Kenya: Exactly what I thought and nothing like I expected....

It crazy looking at a map on the back side of an airplane chair that reads "3.5 hours from Washington, D.C., 33,000ft in the air at -56 degrees Fahrenheit." Um...what?? And that was only a very small portion of our 13.5 hour flight. Supposedly, we passed near the place in the Atlantic Ocean where the Titanic sank - pretty cool!

For some of the girls, the flight was pretty rough. Lindsey successfully locked herself in the airplane bathroom. I know what you're thinking....how?? She doesn't know either, but she definitely did it. That's definitely one of those things she will NEVER live down. We were super blessed to be on a flight that was almost half full of missions teams, going to several different places throughout Africa!!
One of my favorite parts was at the Ethiopia airport playing the "guess what country these people are from" game or the "guess what language they are speaking" game. I don't think any of us were actually ever successful, but waiting at our gate for our connecting flight to Kenya, there were people from everywhere in there! Needless to say our language/geography skills are seriously lacking. Jessica and I interestingly ran into two men in the ladies room at the Ethiopia airport...the culture differences are taking some serious adjusting to - and no it wasn't a co-ed bathroom!

It was so awesome seeing all of the different cultures, ethnicities, and hearing all of the languages. It would be way too incredibly easy to sit and people watch for hours!

All of our flights went really well overall though. On the flight from Ethiopia to Kenya, Lindsey got a serious case of "cankles" aka her legs and ankles were really swollen. Once we finally landed in Kenya, all went smoothly............until we got to customs...

Each one of us brought a personal bag (with all of our clothes and stuff) and a missions bag (with supplies for the kids and the school). We put tons of vitamins, basic pain relievers, allergy medicines, and gauze and such in our missions bag and for the first time in Imani history, we were stopped at customs for that stuff. Instead of what was expected to be a quick breeze through customs as it has been  every time in the past, it took us an hour and a half to get everything checked through. Boy that was a hectic hassle! But we came away with all of our luggage and all of the supplies!!

Anyways, we are finally settled into the apartment with the interns. Just finished devotionals, and we are all about to head to bed to recover from jet lag and get ready to meet the kids and teachers in the morning!

Lala Salama ( Good night) everyone! Nakupenda (Love you)!