Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Driving to Meru

Here's a fantastic example for you of the way things work in Africa:

Last night, as we were dropped off at the Methodist Guest House, we arranged with our driver, Joshua, to have our bags ready by 8am this morning so he could load the van while we ate breakfast; departure for Meru would be 8:30am.

Reality: Some of us slept a bit late, but still managed to get all our bags out by 8:30am. Breakfast ended at more like 9am. We left the Methodist at more like 9:30am (after deciding on arrangements for the wheelchair we're delivering to Meru... an item that does not fit in our van; and after purchasing more minutes for our cell phone). We then made a stop to visit one of the families who have sponsored kids here in Nairobi- the home of Stephen and Lucy. Now it is 11am, and we are waiting for Joy Mburugu to be delivered to us here at the YaYa Centre so we can finally depart.


The bonus for me: I get to drink a lovely cup of spiced chai while I update this blog.

1 comment:

  1. Love you sister and thanks for the updates...praying for you all..and hope you are safely in Meru by now.
    The Kelly Family is praying hard!

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