We're Here

8:00 AM in Nairobi. We're here! Our flight from AMS to NBO had an unexpected surprise. We stood in the security line for the KLM flight and Richard checked on our boarding passes - which we did not have. We all had to get out of line and greet the gate agent for KLM who checked our luggage tags. Then we walked away with boarding passes and went back to the end of the line.

When we got to the gate, the lady taking our ticket said, "You didn't have to wait in this line - you have priority boarding." Well from that point on we all experienced the Lord's favor. First Class on a KLM 777 is the way to travel. The service was phenominal, we ate and ate and ate, and when finished we ate some more - with a choice of meals, no less. So we asked if they could keep flying for a couple of more hours just so we could keep enjoying the flight :).

Out of all our luggage, one bag didn't make it and it was the one with soccer balls for the orphanage. May get here today. Albert and Nancy Mulemi were there to greet us at the airport and brought us to the Hampton House - a very nice, reasonable SBC Missionary guest house.

Agenda for today: Spend some time with Albert and Nancy, probably get a little look at Nairobi, then get on the Kenya Airways flight at 5:00pm to Mombasa.

A couple of more interesting observations -
1) Europe was cloud covered for virtually the entire flight, except for a beautiful opening over the Alps. There was a lot of air traffic (noticible by the contrails) over europe and the Mediterranean, and none starting at Egypt and all the way to Nairobi.
2) It would take an incredible imagination to look down on the Sarahan Africa and not come to the conclusion there was a flood of global proportions. The evidences of retreating water is unmistakable - there is just no water any more.
3) I believe that all the water in Egypt and Sudan is kept in one place - the Nile River.
4) I've already learned a few Swahili phrases: Bwana Safiwe - Praise the Lord. Habari - How Are You? And they have no phrase for "How are you REALLY doing?"

Pray:
1) The Lord tells us what to say and when to say it
2) God's favor that the Holy Spirit builds relationship with these people before we ever begin speaking. While I have nothing to compare to, Doug says this is different than other trips because we will be speaking to people that there is no previous relationship with.
3) That the enemy has no victory in us with the minor irritations of changes in travel arrangements - i.e. we've already been notified that our Mombasa-Nairobi flight was canceled, probably due to lack of enough passengers, so we'll be on a later flight. Keep you posted!