Kenya YES team newsletter #1
Becky Jordan
8/12/2007
Check for updates and picutres on our team blog at:
yesteamkenya.blogspot.com
Hello Everyone,
We have made it to Songhor at last. Thursday we made the eight hour bus ride from Nairobi. The roads in Kenya are extremely bumpy and many times we were off road riding on dirt paths due to the main road being under construction. We went to bed early after the long day. Friday morning we woke up to the sound of the roosters crowing and the sight of a mosquito net surrounding each of our beds. It was a wonderful morning; the countryside is beautiful here and the yard is full of chickens running around and cows and goats tied to posts and trees. After breakfast we played soccer with the grandchildren of our hostess who is the mother of Bishop Clyde. We formed a circle with the kids and toss the ball around, we would say our names and then throw the ball and ask for the child's name. Soon they were catching on and would call out our names when they threw the ball to us. Some of the kids know a little English so we were able to communicate with them using what limited swahili we know. They were also quite amused by Monica's camera, taking pictures and videos of each other and laughing at the comments they made on the videos, most of which we didn't understand. Tonight we were playing Uno Bam as a team and the kids surrounded the table yelling "Bam" when we would yell it. And laughing hysterically when we would slap our hands on the pile of cards.
Not being able to communicate is a huge frustration, but it is a relief that most people know English. We are going to have two weeks of intense language study. They tell us that by the end of the two weeks we will be able to communicate well. At this point that seems impossible, but we hope not.
Well that is just a bit about what is going on here in Songhor.
God Bless,
Becky Jordan for the Kenya team
Prayer requests:
That we will learn the language and soon
That we will know how to fit into the culture
Praises:
Safe journey to Nairobi and then to Songhor
The blessing that Bishop Clyde and his family has been
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3 comments:
hello from venezuela! glad to see you made it safely. sounds like quite the adventures so far. venezuela is good and so far we've just been getting adjusted. i have spent the past half hour to hour trying to figure out how to add other team's links to our blogpage but cannot seem to figure it out. if you have a sec and can let me know how you did it that would be great! hope everything is still going great! prayers and love
dani
jambo!
habari ya asabuhi?
ha.
whoo.
Melissa did you get to ride an elephant yet? hopefully you can do that soon.
Greetings from PA! So glad to read your newsletter/blogs! You're in our thoughts and prayers.
Blessings,
Jim and Carol Herr (Benjamin's parents)
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