Kenya

I am going to try to continue the blog that was previously posted at ">http://frcckenyatrip2010.blogspot.com/. We had a day of R and R--before we start a busy part 2 schedule to our trip. Relaxing on the beach this morning, I caught up on my reading and had an awesome time with God as I overlooked the Indian Ocean. As big as the ocean is, our God is so much bigger and it humbles me each time I am by the sea.

Most of us walked to Ule's--which will be familiar to the rest of the group that is home. They have better ice cream than Culver's! We shared a pizza--a Margarita pizza- (sliced tomatoes and cheese) and chips (french fries). And the ice cream flavor that is the best? Dulce Latte--just caramel ice cream with a lot of goo in it!!)

Before eating, we decided to take a walk out to sea--as the tide was very low. As we walked, we were confronted by two Kenyans that wanted to take us on a "Sea Safari" and show us many creatures. We told them that we wanted to walk on our own--and they persisted as in not uncommon here!! At first, it was annoying, but after awhile we went with it, after we told them that we had no money to give them afterwards. "John" and "Ben" found a sea spider (looked kind of like a starfish with tentacles), sea cucumber, octopus eggs, sea urchins, sea anenome with cute little clown fish swimming around. They invited us to hold many of the creatures and we put our finger in the sea anenome and it closed around it!

During the walk, I had some good discussion with the men as they shared the facts. I found out that John lived near our school at Bomani and that he was a christian. Ben said he believed in God--but was not a christian, so that spurred on some good conversations. Afterwards, I went up to my room--retrieved a few hundred in shillings, along with a Bible, a couple of granola bars and the gospel tract--(given to me by Grace, from Texas!, along with a happy meal toy for John's daughter. I was able to share the tract with the men--and they read it out-loud. Ben said he understood--hopefully that is true!

Brooke and Nora did some intense bartering along the sea shore as they saw a scarf and purse they wanted. They used t-shirts, pens and McDonald's toys to make a fair trade! Ask Nora to see her scarf when we get back!

The acrobats that had performed at Crossroads Fellowship Church nearly a week ago, recognized Brooke on the beach, and called out her name! We have been humbled many times during this trip as Kenyan's memory for details is far superior to ours!

Going to bed now--busy day tomorrow as we have a Super Saturday for a school that is near Crossroads Academy in Vipingo. (A Super Saturday is much like a day of VBS at home.)

It is very strange here without the rest of our team. We miss you all--and am so thankful that you made it home, safe and sound. Family and Friends--miss you, and see you soon!