Wednesday: Rest, Travel, and Preparation

This morning Mitchell and I had a easy morning as we had a late breakfast and waited on Bernard to pick us up for our journey to Thika. While we waited we walked the grounds of the Kentmere, worked on our notes, packed up our stuff, and just hung out. It was a beautiful morning. The rain has made everything green and the flowers are blooming. Rose is captured in the picture as she headed across the lawn with a 24 pack of bottled water on her head--no hands--balanced on her head. Yes, 24 .5 liter bottles about 12 lbs.

Mitchell took some great pictures of the streets of Thika and businesses. I wanted to see a few. We climbed high to the conference site and were greeted by Pastor Peter and his wife, Momma Rose. The women are called Momma plus the name of their first born. Soon, our long time friend, Pastor John, joined us. School children kept dropping by to see us and have a picture made. The little girl pictured below was scared of us--we were her first white faces. She never warmed up but kept a comfortable distance with a careful eye on our whereabouts.

We talked with Kevin and they arrived safely at their destination. Adrian and Ruth Giorgiov arrived from Oradea, Romania. The team for tomorrow is ready to go. Breakfast at 7 AM. Conference starts at 8:30 AM after a 45 minute drive. Thank you in advance for your prayers for the conferences. We thank you for the your prayers the past days as the conferences went very well and laid ground work for the future. The new system of four conferences in each region rather than one large conference is proving to be the way to go. Already the number of church leaders and churches represented is equal to the past conferences. These are exciting days. Please pray as the coming teams are finishing their last minute preparations. More tomorrow!