Ngando

Our drive into Nairobi Saturday was uneventful.  We arrived about 5:30, which meant some traffic, but the new bypass highway is amazing.  It means we managed to not drive at night any day this trip, ‘kinda proud of that.

Sunday we worshipped at Kamulu Church of Christ with the Mbuvi’s and our other friends here at Made In The Streets.  At church we met an American named CJ Wilson who is raising funds to move here and head a medical effort fir MITS and other missionary works here in Kenya.  CJ is a nurse practitioner.  I’m excited about the prospects for him and our medical trips, and I hope to get some more time to meet with him tomorrow.

After church and lunch, we drove onto Nairobi to visit our last feeding station, Ngando.  This place is in a small rented building in a poor area (not quite slum) of Nairobi.  Simon Karanja is our worker here.  The place is tiny, about 12 x 20, but the church members who were waiting for us have big hearts and a love for orphans.  It was a short visit, not much to see, but I did manage to record their kids singing ane meet the church members.

Afterwards, we visited the school of a man named Gideon, a WBS student of John DeFore who has a small private school for the poor in a nearby Nairobi neighborhood.  You might think that private schools for the poor is an oxymoron, but they actually educate as many poor kids in Kenya as government schools.  Gideon has 400 students, 50 of whom are orphans that he doesn’t charge tuition to.  He manages to feed them a good lunch each school day, but his resources are stretched and they cant do much more for them.  Not sure what we are going to do with him, if anything, but it was a good visit.

There was time for a little shopping at a mall called Junction, which is nearby.  We were drawn in by a welcoming sign, Kentucky Fried Chicken.  It was awesome!  Imagine a KFC, in an upscale, ritzy mall decorated in Starbucks style, churning out original recipe as fast as possible.  Kenyans love chicken, especially Mauryn who ate six pieces, and this was just a snack!  Dinner in Kenya is not until 8 or so and it was only 5pm.  We dropped Stephen at the bus station for his long trip back to Homa Bay after our chicken and then drove back out to Kamulu.  All in all a productive day.

Monday is a lazy day around Kamulu, and then we depart on Tuesday evening.