Kenya

From the Philippines to Kenya we were only allowed one bag that was 23 kilograms for checked bag. We had fifteen bags, and a guitar, including our team bags. Qatar Airlines wouldn’t allow us more than one bag, so we had an idea: weigh each bag and check to total. All fifteen bags added up made an average of exactly 23 kilos a person. The airline agreed, then said we needed to check the guitar, but didn’t add up the weight to see how much the weight totaled. We got all our bags through to Kenya. 

Upon arrival in Nairobi, we drove to the YWAM base. Our driver offhandedly said, “If you look to the left you’ll see giraffes.”

Literally, in the back yard of the base, there is a reservation. We went hiking for an hour and saw zebras, wildebeest and two types of gazelles.

So, Kenya, AMAZING. We went to an orphanage and a church in Nairobi. Then we went to a village three hours away for an entire week. We did kids programs, high school programs where we split up boys and girls and had the sex talk with the girls (which is very taboo in their culture, so it’s not really disgusted more than once a year), and prayed for healings. I was healed of some back  pains.

At the high school, thirty-one boys became Christians, and we saw three people healed of malaria, one boy who never moved because of pain no longer in pain and dozens of other people healed of injuries.

Day off was at a orphanage, for elephants. At the moment, they have twelve. They’re goal is to rehabilitate them back into the wild. 

Also, while in Kenya, we ran into another outreach from New Zealand, another Around the World team. They had four different outreaches within their school, and they’ll meet up in Israel for graduation. They were called Team Africasia, because they went to both Africa and Asia. They also have a Africa team, Asia team, and a South America team. We only knew them for a few days, but they were awesome to get to know.

The twelve hour bus ride to Uganda turned out to be fifteen hours. We got in a ten, ate dinner, and went to bed.