Spring 2017 Kibera Team is getting ready to saddle up

Our team was commissioned this morning at both the 9:30 and the 10:45 services.  There will be seven of us including Pastor Kevin and his entire family (Tammy, Jack and Ben), Diane and Elena Henderson and myself.  We will be serving in the Nairobi slum of Kibera at the Springs of Life Lutheran Church, where we have many friends from previous vision clinics there.

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Our dear friend Catherine Wangari has been working very hard to assemble an all star team of doctors, Pastors, evangelists and local volunteers to help us with serve the community.  Those of us that have made multiple trips will get big hugs from good friends there and our new team members will rapidly make friends.  It is a very welcoming place.  Please keep an eye on this space, as I will be posting daily reports when possible, and hope to include a picture or two.  Spotty Internet and time constraints many times mean that the bulk of the pictures will be posted after our return to the States.  I have already started a Google Photos Album with these two pictures and will add to it as I can.  I'll occasionally post a link to it as it grows.

Elena, Diane and I fly out of Houston this time, as we got a very good deal on airfare, less than $1000 round-trip.  We have a stop in London before heading on to Nairobi.  Pastor Kevin and his family are traveling separately and are laying over in London for an extra day.  We will be joined by them next Saturday after we have a full day of activities, probably including a photo safari out away from town.

That's it for now, stay tuned, more to follow as we begin our travels later this week!  Please keep us in your prayers for a safe and effective mission and especially that the Holy Spirit would work on the hearts, minds and souls of the patients we will encounter with human care on our mercy mission and more importantly, with the saving message of the Gospel.