A Day of Rest

We went to church at Nairobi Baptist Church, it’s basically Center Street Church and at least as big as the old building and most likely bigger. Some of the worship songs were ones that I would normally do back in Calgary with Hearts Wide Open and I found it really comforting but I think others found it a little unnerving. All around it was a good service but very similar to services at our church which I found a little unexpected.

After church a number of us watched some Olympics for a couple hours. I really found this to be a treat since it’s really the first time we’ve seen or heard any coverage of the games. It’s rather bizarre to have the biggest sporting event in four years happening and to know nothing about it. I guess it’s not that bizarre when you consider that most of the people we’ve been working with have WAY bigger problems to deal with, like where am I going to get the water I need to be able to drink today.

Post lunch we packed all our crap into vans and headed out to the game ranch that Tim lives on. Wow is all I can really say about it. There are MANY, MANY, MANY animals here to watch, hear and chase away from the compound. It’s kind of like living on the farm but having no fences. We are here for the next two days and will have our debriefing while here. I think this means that all the weight I lost will be back by the time we’re home, the food here is really, really good!!!

Lisa