Before we woke up this morning Robyn went to get our temporary student nursing licenses. We are officially Kenyan student nurses! After a good nights rest, we were all ready and out the door by ten o’clock this morning. Robyn’s friend Dawn came with us to have tea time with missionaries, Joy Phillips and Terry and Karen Duncan. They were very welcoming hosts and had a wide variety of cookies and other snacks. We all enjoyed coffee or chai while they shared their story with us. Joy is currently overseeing all nursing direction in South Sudan and the Duncans are regional directors for World Gospel Mission here in Kenya. These three people have such a heart for the people they serve and are so faithful to God’s calling in their life.
After tea time, we drove to Dream children’s home. On the way, we were able to see the beautiful land of Nairobi. There were also many humbly scenes along the way. When we arrived, Robyn checked up on a 10 year old HIV+ boy. We gave the Mama, the lady in charge of the home, jars of peanut butter for the HIV+ kids. She was such an amazing woman and invited us for dinner if we have time to go back within the next two weeks because she wants to cook for us. We prayed over them before we left. It was such a moving experience. We all got back in the vans and headed to the second children’s home for the day. It was called Huruma. Again we delivered peanut butter and met many of the orphans and school kids. Peanut butter is given to the children who are HIV+ to increase their protein intake. We met some of the kids Robyn sees including a deaf boy and other AIDS children. These kids have such a zest for life and are always smiling from ear to ear. We were able to spend time with them playing on the playground and making funny faces for the camera. They loved the camera so we got a lot of great pictures! Once it was lunch time, we went inside and each child had a plate with rice and beans. We toured the rooms they stay in as well. Again another humbling experience as most kids sleep 2 if not 3 to a single bed.
Robyn mentioned that some of the children’s homes in Nairobi are corrupt and sadly sex traffic kids. It was refreshing to see how well these kids were taken care of at this home.
We drove back to Robyn’s nest for sandwiches and then went to exchange our dollars for shillings. While there we found a coffee shop and all fueled up on caffeine. Robyn had planned for us to go to her friend’s son’s rugby game however this is Africa (TIA) and it was getting late and started to downpour rain so we headed home instead. We had a great spaghetti dinner Robyn prepared for us. We just finished devos and are packing up for our next adventure. Tomorrow we are headed to Tenwek which is a hospital in the bush. We will be there for the next couple of days and will be going to Safari afterwards. With that being said, we will not be updating until at least Monday, May 21. Thanks again for following our journey!
Specific prayer requests:
- Safe travels to Tenwek and safari; a 4 hour drive
- Rest and energy as we are all starting to feel the effects of jet lag
- For the orphans and that all their needs will be met
- That their will be people to take care of them
- They will get the medicine they need
- Helping us to find ways we can be impacting the people we meet. Even though today was a lot of on the go activities and not much doing, spending time with people is just as important. Also realizing that God is bigger than any of us and has everything under control
- For Robyn as she serves and works with the people and children of Kenya and her ministry here
Written by: Ashley Holmes
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