Jambo! Habari!

Greetings and salutations to our beloved at Lighthouse! We arrived in Kenya 2 days ago after roughly 24 hours of travel with little hassle from customs with all of our luggage. We were all very jet lagged, but extremely excited at the same time to carry out God's purpose for us during our short stay here! Here is a recap of our first day:

Saturday 9/6:
We landed in Nairobi at 7am from our 4 hour layover in London ready to start our mission. Our first task: take a nap. All of us were quite jet lagged because none of us could get a good night's rest in the confined space of the airplane. We received our Kenya visas, got through customs, and proceeded directly to the Methodist Guest House where we are staying for the majority of our trip. After cleaning up and experiencing "authentic" Kenyan food for the first time, we ventured off to The Nest orphanage to visit kids (from babies up to 15 years old). Our plan was to bless the children with song, crafts, and candy, but we were completely blown away by the hearts of these kids and their caretakers. Once we arrived at the orphanage, the kids all gathered together and performed a song and dance to greet us! Looking around the compound, we noticed that the favor of God is all over this orphanage - from the caretakers to the numerous visitors that they have received in the past. We sang a song to the kids (think Bingo tune with Jesus in place of B-I-N-G-O), shared the gospel via a "jelly bean prayer" pamphlet and jelly beans, and a craft project that was made up of making a cross necklace with a wooden cross and beads. These kids were so excited to have people there to spend time with them and it touched all of our hearts when it was time for us to leave. It's safe to say that we didn't want to leave so soon, and that the kids blessed us so much with their hearts of gratitude and love.

With that said, la la salama. We won't be blogging everyday, but will do so as often as we can. Keep praying for us please!