Day 2 in Nairobi

Greg has made it to Kenya safely, and is adjusting to the time zone better than I have. It is good to have the whole team here at last.

This morning started out with an early trip to International Justice Mission here in Nairobi. The organization has offices all over the world, advocating for victims of various forms of injustice. The Nairobi office focuses its efforts on children who are sexually abused, and people who are illegally detained by police. Check out their website for more info: http://www.ijm.org

Other highlights for today:

• Visit to Nyumbani AIDS Orphanage (http://www.nyumbani.org)
• Visit to Kazuri Bead Factory (http://www.kazuri.com)
• Lunch with Eric Gitonga, former sponsored student who now goes to school and works in Nairobi. More on that visit later...
• Visit with Irene, who Jason & I sponsor through Homeless Children International. What a sweetheart! The last time I saw here she was 10yrs old, very shy and quiet, and not too great at speaking English. Today, I met a confindent 15yr old, who spoke very good English, and told me about her dreams to become a TV newscaster.
• Dinner with Josephine's sisters' families

We almost tried to squeeze a visit to Kibera into the day, but realized we were all too exhausted, and didn't really have enough time to do so today. We'll do that visit when we come back to Nairobi next week.

Off to Meru tomorrow...