Well, we made it to Kenya! Our journey started on the 22nd of August from Portland, went through Chicago, then London and finally finished at the Nairobi airport on the night of the 23rd. Our 31 pieces of luggage (read footlockers) made it all safe and sound (including my guitar!). The woman at the customs desk wanted to have a look at our “packing list” but when Kristi started talking to her and mentioned she was “home.” She waved us through without any hassle!
Greeting us at the airport were our teammates, Gene and Melba Morden, with their son Abraham as well as Jeff Brown and two of this three children. The boys immediately started making fast friends and making lots of noise….30 some hours on planes and in airports….well, let’s just say they had some catching up to do (grin).
We got all our things loaded and then Gene’s Land Cruiser wouldn’t start. We tried different things to get’r to go, but ended up calling a big taxi. Turns out it was just the battery, which we got replaced on Monday.
We started looking for a vehicle on Monday morning and found one Tuesday afternoon. On Wednesday morning, we drove home our 2002 Toyota hardtop Cruiser! This is really a miracle as it only has 65 thousand kilometers on it (about 40 thousand miles), was owned by the Dutch embassy for one of their projects and has consequently been well maintained. One of our biggest fears of purchasing a “used” vehicle was the condition and the maintenance (or the lack there of). God really guided our search! It usually takes about a month to land one once you start looking and (at least two weeks anyway), and the fact that we were able to drive it home on just day number three of being in the country was, well, a miraculous answer to prayer. All the others we found had more than 250,000 km. Thank you all for praying!
All of our other “housekeeping” work is essentially wrapped up, and we are headed to Eldoret tomorrow for about a week before returning to Nairobi on the 7th for the annual KFT meeting (Kenya Field Team). Pray for our journey north to Eldoret and our safety there. The house we stay in was robbed the week before we arrived (with the Morden’s inside….who heard nothing). We know this is a spiritual war we are in, so we need your spiritual covering! They had both their computers stolen and some other electronic things as well as their cell phones. Pray for them as they continue to process those events and continue their work in Turkana.
Wyatt is having an asthma flare as well. Since you are already saying prayers for us, perhaps, if you don’t mind, pray for him and his asthma. We think it’s the air quality here in Nairobi. Lot’s of diesel fumes and we’ve been in a valley. Tomorrow, we’ll drive out of the pollution and hopefully this will make a big difference.

Your partners in Christ, serving in Kenya,

Scott, Kristi, Wyatt, Aidan and Gabe