We're Back

We have arrived on U.S. soil and will be headed to the airport for the last leg of our journey home. Although we did not have internet access while in Nairobi, we did journal our trip. Below is a short entry we typed on the flight from Amsterdam to Nairobi on Wednesday, October 29th.


Apparently best laid plans are just that. Best laid. Internet access is neither easy nor cheap, it seems. We were told in Atlanta that the plan we purchased would work in Amsterdam, not so. We are still unsure of how often, if at all, we will have access in Nairobi.

Our flights have been relatively uneventful. We were able to have our seats reassigned on both legs of the journey so that we were all able to sit together. On our way to Amsterdam we were packed in like sardines and tried very hard to get some sleep. We rested our eyes for a few hours, but real sleep eluded us. We finally arrived in the Netherlands. Caffeine was the first order of business. Amie and I had a croissant with java and boy was it GOOD. It was still warm and flaky. I am looking forward to ordering another on our return trip.
Half of our group left from Atlanta (which we did) and the other half left from Washington, D.C. The plan was to meet up in Amsterdam and continue on to Nairobi together. Unfortunately, the Washington group’s departure flight was delayed by 2 ½ hours and they missed their connection in Amsterdam. Our group coordinator, David, is working through alternate travel plans for them. But so far it seems that all the options will have them arrive the following afternoon at the earliest. They will have had to endure an additional travel day, mostly sitting in an airport, and will begin their work at the orphanage very tired. Please pray for them.

Our flight to Nairobi was very comfortable. There were many empty seats and we were able to spread out and we each got some good sleep. We are so very thankful for that.
We have approximately one hour before we land in Kenya. Excited doesn’t even begin to cover it.

We are still planning to blog each day, but there is a strong possibility we won’t be able to upload our posts until we get back to Atlanta.

Hope all is well with you.
That’s all for now.

Update: The Washington, D.C. group took a flight from Amsterdam to Paris and then on to Nairobi and eventually joined us the next morning.

We will continue to post our thoughts and journey in the hours and days to come.