SECOND BIGGEST TAKE AWAY FROM JUNE 2012 TRIP AND A FEW PICTURES

FIRST PICTURE - KIDS AT VIPINGO WAITING FOR ACTIVITIES.  SECOND PICTURE A SMALL EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE SHANZU BAGS THAT WE ARE SELLING TO RAISE MONEY TO PURCHASE LAND TO BUILD A PREGNANCY CRISES CENTER.

TIME TO RECHARGE

Sunday, June 24, 2012

Got up late, through was up at 5am originally, got out of bed at 8:15am.  Pam and I headed right down to the ocean with her journal and my morning readings.   Such a relaxing time and place with the Indian ocean being so beautiful and just awesome.  It’s high tide so can hear waves like you’re in the ocean.

Then ate breakfast with the quieter part of the group which was nice.   Then off to church at Crossroads Nyali.   It is a church just like our church, Fox River in the states, contemporary through Fox River is at least 10 times louder with their music, it's not your normal church.  That was great to see lots and lots of people I knew there and to recharge.   

I knew I needed some really quite time with God so I stayed back Sunday from Bomani so I could reconnect and recharge.  I worked on the blog, I read a book, and got a massage from my amazing better than ever friend Joy.  

Monday, June 25, 2012

SECOND BIGGEST TAKE AWAY OF THE TRIP

Today we were off to Bomani, to squeeze two days into one.   Activity day with the kids improvised  as we did not have all of our suitcases still and building a mud hut in the community of Bomani.

We learned a lot from our lost luggage. We were without a lot of suitcases until the last few days of the trip. Some people did not get their luggage back until several weeks after we got back home after lots of phone calls.  Though it was not fun, the group realized how it was not that difficult to go without all that they brought along that they “needed” to bring from home.  It was an eye opener how much we over-back and how much we can really do without.   We also had most of our activity suitcases that we brought with things to do with the kids and teachers that were lost. Because of that, we reorganized the trip in a way that made more sense and we will continue to do our trips in that format. Also we realized that it is not all that we bring with us that is important, it is the love from God that we bring in our hearts that is most important. The stuff is extra. This was a good reminder.