Day 5--Monday
NEW EXCITEMENT:  The teacher strike here is OVER!  Oh, I forgot to say anything about that. There has been a teacher strike here due to low pay and no government changes to help that.  But praise God, it has ended and all the children, I mean ALL of them, will be back on Tuesday.  We are so excited to see the ones who have been missing.

Today was a very exciting day with memories to die for.  We hope that everyone reading this will want to come after learning of all our fun.  The day started out with a Zebra sighting not far from our hotel. Patrick was accomodating enough to pull over so we could stop and take pictures.  There they were just grazing in a field, out in the open by the highway.  Well, one of our incrediblely comedic team members (John) decided to walk down to them, just as the Zebras decided to cross the street.  Our team member (John) took off running behind the Zebras.  It was such a sight.  You can only imagine by seeing.  Check out:  http://themollybuckley.com

So how do we top that for a day of fun?  Try fence building, gate building, play with the kids, lots of pictures, and lots of afternoon rain.  Our team has started developing deep relationships with the people of Kiria.  Adults and children alike.  Of course when you mix lots of rain with VERY bad MUD roads, hills to climp and descend, and curves to take, it can make for a very exciting time!  Before we had even gotten out of the village, we were stuck in the mud.  12 people on a 20 or so passenger bus in the middle of Kenya in the rain.  But we have the best driver in the world, Patrick, and he managed to get us out.  Off we went again.

Some time later, we pulled over for a 'squatty potty' break.  We noticed that we had a tire going flat.  Patrick said let us continue.  It is not that far.  It wasn't long before we realized that we would have to stop and change the tire on the road.  That was an adventure but with a little bit of entertainment from one of the nearby village gentlemen named
'Krees-to-far'.  He gave us the 'Lye-own' story.  See this amazing video on youtube, just search Christopher and the Lion Story.

Of course, there were many other things that have occurred along the way but you must come to be privey to those.  We returned to Lake Naivasha, our home away from home to an evening of fellowship and letting our feelings flow.

I want to close with just a few words about this mission.  I personally came on this trip with only one expectation.  That is to share the love of God.  However, I am receiving  more love than I could ever give.  The people of this country are so giving of themselves. The sense of family and community oneness can only be explained by the scripture Mark 12:30-31.  Abbreviated version:  love God and love your neighbor as yourself.  The people of Kenya......
what love they so freely give.

God is sooooo good!  All the time!