We are home in Narok

Hello to everybody, we are home safe and sound! We had a great time in the States and wish we could have visited with more of our friends and family, but we did the best we could with the time we had. Sorry if anybody felt left out that was not our heart. God  guides our steps and we tried to do what he had us to do.

We spoke at NCF in Knoxville and Rockwood United Methodist and had a great time and felt well received by both churches. 

We just got back from Nairobi taking care of some business and getting our internet up dated in hopes of keeping in touch easier on this side. It seems to be going well as of now, but this is just the 2nd day. I'm going to stay hopeful! We have heard that Tabula is doing well and we are in contact with the doctors to set up the last phase of her surgery by getting her implant made. We have heard that Leonard is taking his medicine that he is to be on for 6 months, so that is good and we hope to get up there to check on him in the next few weeks.

All our pets, chickens, dog Valentine, cat Anna were glad to see us. Poor Valentine was sad when we left yesterday to go to Nairobi James said she sat by the gate all day waiting for me. She thought I had left for 2 months again.

We are starting the planning for the May 23 team trip and if  anybody is interested in going let us know or check out Kenya Medical Outreach web site. As of right now they have a low cost ticket that would make your trip a little less expensive, but you would need to act fast. If you e mail me I can give you Sheila Williams phone number if you need more questions answered.

It is very dry here and we are hearing that there is no water in many places. We are hearing that springs that have never been dry have dried up. We are going to check in to this better and see for ourselves, but things look grave for the rural people in the Rift Valley. We have read in the paper that food prices will go sky high by June. We did hear that there is one place that people are standing in line for 24 hours waiting to get water, but as I said we want to check it out and not go on rumors. If it is as bad as we think, we will try to do something but we will let you know later. We are to meet with a councilman in the Rift Valley to find out what the government is doing and try to push them into doing something. That will be a long shot here in Kenya!

We ran into a young man that is from Robbinsville NC that lives not to far from us and is with African Inland Church. He has his whole family here and is expecting another child. We had a very good time talking with him and are hoping to go out and visit with him and his family. They live at the gate at the Maasai Mara that we go through every year if anybody has been with us you might remember that area. It was good to talk to somebody that sounded like me. "Country" He has a lot of knowledge that Dollie and I can glean from him because they have been here 3 years.