Arrived in Kenya!!!

We finally Made it! Every time I think about what we are doing and how we got where we are, I am just amazed at how prevalent God has been throughout everything. While checking our luggage for our flight we found out that technically we never had tickets for our flight, but some how that wasn't a problem for God, He worked that one out. He also, took it one step further and upgraded our seats, God knew i needed a little extra leg room. It is funny how God spoils us sometimes, when we know we don’t deserve it, it’s simply because he loves us. Over all the long flights were not bad at all, and that is coming from someone who has only ever flown to New Jersey, one time. Flying to Kenya I saw some of the most spectacular sights in my life. In LA, where the ocean meets the sky; in the Netherlands where snow just piles on tips of an endless sea of mountains; across Africa where the sand has leopard spots; and clouds like whipped cream, so beautiful, you just know that heaven can't be far away.

      

  I don’t really know what to say about Kenya so far, it is both beautiful and terrible at the same time. I feel like there is no way to really understand it, unless you live it. We only spent a few hours walking around the neighborhood here near Roysambu, and there is so much to take in. Sights and smells are all new to me; fruit, dirt, corn, sewage, cows. Riding in a Mutatu was different. They can fit about 16 people into a van about half the size of a VW bus. Now, I made the mistake of leaving my backpack on while trying to get into the Mutatu, and basically I got stuck and I had people behind me pushing me, trying to help me squeeze myself and my backpack through the door of the Mutatu, It was a great experience on my first morning in Kenya.

       

We saw the babies this morning. Every single one of them has the face of an angel, and they all just want to be loved. That is the number one thing that all of them pine for every day, after seeing them, there is no way to deny that. We visited the older babies first, and I was immediately hit with the panicked feeling of: how can i possibly show all of these babies love in one hour? It was very hard to be there, but it was much harder to leave. We went outside to play with the toddlers and younger children. The second that Mari stepped into their playpen, she was swarmed, and overtaken by little hands and little faces that are crying out for love and attention. I finally manned-up and went in also. Everyone just wants to be held and comforted, they don’t care that they just met you. I had three little ones sitting on my legs, two on my lap, and two on my back, it was too hard to turn anyone away. I wished we could have brought a whole army of people to hold them.