Jambo from Kenya

Well, we got safely into Nairobi last night and have had a great day here. Thank you to those praying, it was evident that God has been taking care of us, even down to the airplane meals. We got the last chicken meals available and didn't' have to have the vegetarian ones :-) We had two long airplane rides, but had movies on demand so we caught up on the movies we didn't want to pay to see at a theater. We got into Nairobi around 8:30pm here and had to wait in line for a while for visas, but then picked up all our checked baggage (definitely the Lord's work) and said hi to the customs officer who smiled and waved us out to the street where we were picked up by George an AIM AIR driver and driven back to the guest house, which is more like a hotel.

This morning we went to the hanger and were shown around, the first person we saw was a moody student who was a year ahead of Caleb in Spokane. Not too much later we ran into an AIM AIR pilot who had been to spokane a year and a half ago and did a consultation flight with Caleb. Later in the day the roles were reversed and we got to ride in the back seat while he went through his 6 month "checkup" with one of the evaluation pilots here. Emily's lunch made a surprise reappearance, but the rest of the flight went without a hitch. We even got dropped off at an airstrip while the pilots did some more landing/takeoff training and got to talk to Charles, a local man who really wanted us to support his 6 year old daughter through college, or at the very least convince the pilots to take her on an airplane ride. We had to decline both offers, but it was fun to interact with the people as they watched the airplane take off and land.

We have greatly enjoyed our time here in Kenya, but tomorrow will be leaving for Uganda and then on to DR Congo. Please continue to pray for travel connections, customs and for continued adjustment to the time change. Also, please pray for communication as many people in Kenya speak english, but very few do in the places we are headed. Our french and swahili are not as far along as we had hoped :-) We love you all! (we'll try to get some pictures when we have a faster connection)