The Panari Hotel Nairobi

... to Sth Luangwa NP, where she had an awesome game drive and got to see a leopard with a kill being chased by a Hyene, which ios so rare and meant that she had seen the big 5 anbd had basically done everything you could do on a game drive. So, at least the game had been ticked off and maybe one day we'll come back to Africa and she can do the things she's missed due t illness. Sadly, she also was unable to go to the Gorillas, and we have spent ...

Arrived in Nairobi, Kenya. We had no problems getting our visas and finding our ride. We came back to our hotel, the Panafric and went to sleep. Today we just lounged around the pool and took naps….man, do I love naps! This evening we met with our tour group and got the overview. We then ...

... their traditional red plaid fabric wraps and carrying a type of wooden club, walked us to their nearby village. The village was a collection of small dank mud and cow dung huts, surrounded by a gnarled fence of cut thicket bushes laced with thorn branches to keep out the wild animals. A large pen in the center of the village holds the cows and goats at night, to protect them from attack. The residents all dressed in their native clothes and ...

... chest, but my ears hardly picked it up. Anyways...day 1. We drove something like 8 hours to Masai Mara, 3 on dirt roads. We passed Masai villages the whole time, with little kids running to the street waving. More kids were hanging out with their huge herds of cattle and sheep. At first I thought, they don't always wear those clothes, they're doing it for tourism, but then I realized, they had no idea we were going to be driving by, so yes, they always do wear those clothes. Bright ...

... ostracized from her society by the enormous stigma associated with HIV/AIDS.  Abused and abandoned by their husbands, and disowned by their communities, these women have worked together to completely turn their lives around, as well as the lives of their children, some of whom are HIV-positive as well.  Banding together to overcome the immense shame and degradation they lived through, they are now all on ARVs (anti-retroviral drugs) and have learned to sew school uniforms ...

... is no such thing as pedestrian right-of-way, so you don't cross the road w/ a car coming. We must have passed 2 million people today in all of our travels, and we were the only white people (Mzunge is the Swahili word for white person, and we heard it a lot)- except for the fancy hotel in downtown Nairobi. Apparently, that’s where they all go! The people at and around the hotel kept asking if we wanted to go on a safari, and one man laughed at us when we said we were ...

... is noble and needed these efforts are simply putting a band-aid on a very serious systemic problem. With the current state of the economy and unemployment on the rise around the world it could easily be us on the street or one of the 4 billion people (2/3rds of the global population) living in poverty. We, as a collective, need to get our priorities in order to end the suffering. We need to put our energy into leadership that represents us and the interests of all ...

I traveled to Machakos with a few of SCI's trainers to provide a valuable demonstration to some strong-willed & independent women. These women were all single, for one reason or another, and had banned together to create a little community for themselves and their children. Solar cookers will not only save these women time in foraging for ...

... I assured the women that were present at the conference to keep their eyes on Jesus Christ. This war is only a distraction in getting them to keep their eyes off Jesus. I assured them that the Lord is protecting them and that they should continue to praise and worship Him. As you can see from the videos, Kenya is praising the Lord!