I was happy this morning to receive a blog post from Cody! I know he has quite the fan base! His blog lightened my mood and has me overflowing with awe and gratitude for this trip. Thank you once again to everyone who has contributed in getting us here! I can't believe we're coming home today. Well, we are going to begin the long journey home... our flight leaves at 11pm, then 9 hours to Amsterdam, Steve Schut (our friend from Courtenay who is going to school in the Netherlands) is going to meet us in Amsterdam for a tour of some windmills, canals and quaint cafes. We'll have 10 hours or so in Amsterdam then a 9 or 10 hour flight home.
I can feel real life trying to bully its way into my brain. To do lists of taxes and bills and banking are dancing in my head -- I'm still managing to drown them out with images of Kenya. We've had nice texts and good bye phone calls from our new friends. Yesterday we met again with Joyce and Jackson in Kakamega. We gave them a very small gift (nice pen and a scarf)... we were saying that it is just something small and Joyce immediately cut me off in a very sincere voice saying, "We love them." I hope I can carry the Kenyan appreciation with me.
Time is ticking, but I don't feel any need to squeeze one last adventure in. I will be happy with a couple of hours by the pool at the YMCA here in Nairobi. I want to pick up a couple of books by African authors and we have a couple of short meetings to go to today. Oh and a cup of Kenyan coffee at the Java House -- there's no coffee to speak of in Kakamega... and even though I gave up coffee over 4 years ago, it is worth a small case of the jitters here as the Java House in Nairobi makes the best, richest, smoothest coffee I have ever tasted! We'll bring some home to share.
See you soon... we just may pop in to the blog again during our travels.
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