Day 2

We're still here! All is going well here. We started some of our "duties" today and have decided that "Missionary support" may be the main reason that we are here. The weather has been good. Nice and not too hot during the day and then both yesterday and this afternoon we got heavy rains and thunderstorms with a Little flooding. It's very reminiscent of what we had in San Antonio. AS I write this I can still hear the winds and heavy rain falling, but is is now night time, so it doesn't matter too much.

Today I walked up the hill to the Private Christian Academy called Rift Valley Academy (RVA) it is where the missionary kids from all over Africa go to school. It is a private boarding school and very nice. The students just came in yesterday and started school today. It is a little crazy around there right now ans there is a ton of paper work, so I jumped in today and started sorting and organizing the new students various forms that they fill out. It was my first "Missionary support" duty. Everyone there is either a Missionary, or a child of a missionary. I hope to go up a couple hours each day and help them however I can. I am hoping to also go to the Children's Hospital tomorrow and serve there as well.

After working at RVA, I walked up to the market here called the Super Duka (Duka means Market) It is actually very small and had a limited supplies, but I was able to find a few things that I needed. Across the street from the Super Duka is a curio's market where the locals come and sell their various goods. I bought some pineapple and papaya and bananas to go with the mangoes and coconut that I bought in Nairobi...the fruit here is wonderful, very much like Hawaii, maybe even better, because it's so much cheaper! I met a beautiful women named Miriam in the Market, who was a dwarf. She didn't stand any higher that my knee. She was selling scarves and I sat on the ground next to her and looked through her scarves and visited with her. I told her that her name was the same as Moses sister form the bible--she was the song leader. She smiled so big and I just wanted to hug her right there, but I didn't want to scare her!! Of course I bought a couple of beautiful scarves from her and I plan to go back to the market and see her again. She touched my heart and was so lovely. I am going with one of the missionary wives to Nairobi on Friday to the large market, where tribes form all over Kenya come to sell there goods. I'm hoping to get some Christmas shopping done, and am looking forward to experiencing more of the culture.

I could go on and on about the day, but don't want to bore anyone. I will post again soon,
Love to all,
Amy