Sisters On A Mission

Hello all!  Jody and I had an excellent flight over. In all my years of international travel I can never remember being able to sleep the entire way over!  I slept most of the trans-Atlantic flight to Brussells and was completely out of it on the flight down to Kenya!  Jody, however, did not sleep in 36 hours.  She was feeling it when we arrived at the Nairobi airport. It was wonderful to be greeted by a van load of other missionaries boarding at the Africa Inland Missions Guesthouse. Our brief stay at the Guesthouse has given us connections with folks from InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Engineers in Missions International, Missionary Aviation Fellowship, and many more.  They come not only from all over Kenya but all over Africa and their stories of trusting God through intense adversity, civil wars, hardships, and heart aches has strengthened our own faith. Jody also made some unique connections.  At church on Sunday morning Jody met Cathy...

With less than a week before we return to Kenya, Jody and I have been busy wrapping things up here in Ohio, such as Jody finishing her teaching jobs.  Together we closed out the last day with the Northwood fifth graders with a day of Kenyan drama, dancing, and music. It was great seeing some of the girls jump out of their seats to  join in while others beat home made drums and clapped to the rhythm. Jody is working on keeping in touch with the kids so they can start to learn more about the work in Kenya and eventually become pen-pals to our girls in the slums. Thanks to Ms. Stacey of Sidney Middle School, we have been packing 25 soccer uniforms and 8 soccer balls! And in the midst of all the packing and seeing friends before we go, mom and dad treated us to a day at the races!!   Thanks to all our friends and family for your help, prayers, support, and love!