Shinkou

July 02, 2011
Nairobi, Kenya
Wow - up before the sun again. We have to say goodbye to the good people at HEART. I have become close with Vickie and Tammy and will miss their insight and sense of humor. Steve - what can I say? There is a mature godly man inside a twenty six year old's body. I have been watching his leadership in awe and his heart is Kenyan despite his returning to UCLA in fall. Katie is another mature godly person inside a young body. She'll be attending Columbia University in fall in the master's program - that indicates her intelligence. However her leadership skills with Freedom for Girls were exemplary. And Britta. A fellow Chicagoan teaching in Denver who spends her summer vacations serving. I will always remember her enthusiastic smile and energy while stomping dung and mud in Kisii!!! I will miss all these people. We shared tears, laughter, smiles and "the looks"!!!! After two weeks, they have made significant impressions on my walk. These three interns will be remaining at HEART for awhile and the next mission team will benefit from their experience and enthusiasm.



Well, Dave and I were in line forever to check-in at the airport. John, Scott, Richelle, Torrie, Abbey and Melissa checked-in within a few minutes. And then we figured out why! Dave and I were commenting that it shouldn't have taken so long to just tag our ba
gs to be put directly on the connecting flight out of London back to San Francisco. The others then looked at their tickets and realized that their luggage was tagged to be picked up in London and then they would have to check-in again to get it to San Francisco. The six of them had to get back in line.

When we get on the Virgin plane, there was a 45 minute delay in taking off. First they had to remove a passenger. We never heard the details. Then we heard an announcement that there would be an additional 15 minute delay because of a luggage issue (our team!). Finally, nearly an hour late, we took off.

My plan was to sleep part of the 7 hours on the plane so I would have energy in London. I hate making plans that don't come together. I tried watching boring movies but discovered they were interesting! I slept perhaps 30 minutes.