Our first day in Africa!

So today has been a a wonderful day. We got a great nights rest, woke up and got showered, Alfred made us breakfast(toast, boiled eggs, pineapple, and bananas), and then David picked us up to drive us around for the day. Looking back on it we are living in complete luxury in comparison to those around us. I feel guilty that I don't have enough resources to help each person I meet. But I must remained focused on the help we are doing and the impact it is making on these peoples lives.

There will be pictures to come soon I hope, but as Patrick describes the internet here is the "World Wide Wait!" So its hard to upload lots of pictures at once

Our day so far.....

Once we left the house we went into town to exchange our money for the week into Shillings. One hundred US dollars equaled 190,000 shillings. So you feel like you have LOTS and LOTS of money because they had you bills in increments of 10,000. After that we headed to the school where we spent about 5 hrs painting and visiting with the kids. We did a primer coat and two coats of robin egg/ smurf blue (pictures to come!) They loved it and so did we!!! It made the rooms more bright and cheerful. I also had the opportunity to hand out toothbrushes and toothpaste to the kids. We are planning to go back on Wednesday. The team plans to walk through the village and visit with the families and Joel wants me to do wound care and treat acute care issues. There is also a little boy with lazy eyes. I am going to get a patch made for him to use and strengthen his eye muscles. There was another little girl we met that hung out in the room with us ALL day! Her name was Joan and she is deaf and mute...... she was the sweetest thing ever and had a constant smile on her face. The communication was hard but she understood most hand gestures. She melted my heart, in the middle of painting we were listening to the kids playing and singing and I looked at Josh and was like you realize that she (Joan) cannot hear any of this we are listening to. He world is ABSOLUTE silence, I could not imagine. But she walked around happy, helpful (picking up paint brushes wanting to paint too) and living her life! That is a way to live! 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

"Always be joyful. Never stop praying. Be THANKFUL in all circumstances, for this is God's will for those who belong to Christ Jesus."

It was an GREAT day and a WONDERFUL way to start our week...... we left the school (one of the cars had broken down, humorous!) we headed to the store to buy a souvenir and get groceries! We are cooking dinner for 12-14 people at the house: pasta alfredo, bread, and fruit! Yum! I feel immensely blessed to of been given this opportunity to experience a week here! God is good