Monthly Archives: January 2017

January 9 – Nairobi At the Royal Apartments in Nairobi, you need 5 keys to manage: one for the security gate to enter the building, one for the security gate to enter the apartment, one for door to enter the … Continue reading →

January 8 – Nairobi Up in the morning for church.  The service was a gathering of three congregations and I think there may have been a little competition going on.  The Sunday School children from St. Mary’s Kipasi (the Ndwara … Continue reading →

January 7 – Ndwara I got up this morning and showered in the Ndwara way, with a bucket of hot water and a scoop.  I asked for less water since it is in short supply, and did my best to … Continue reading →

January 6 – Ndwara It was a day of good news, which helped to offset the sadness brought about by the drought.  The dryness is awful:  corn that should be ready to harvest brown and falling down in the fields. … Continue reading →

January 5 – Ndwara After a breakfast of excellent sausages, mediocre eggs, and nasty bread with  margarine, it was back to the airport for my flight to Kisumu, on the northern shore of Lake Victoria.  The domestic airport in Nairobi … Continue reading →

Jan 3-4 Nairobi Every once in a while, I seem to have one of “those” trips…nothing exactly went wrong, but it seemed like a series of small irritations.    At Edmonton airport, the first direction I got was to go to … Continue reading →