I made it alive!

Day one in Kitale...
First off I want to thank God for getting me here alive! Lets just saythat the journey here was neither easy or safe. I added it up and I hadtraveled for 29 hours with 21 hours of lay-overs. 3 different flights anda 9 hour bus ride over night from Nairobi to Kitale. That was the scariest night of my life I think. I have never reached so far for the hand of God to get me through a situation than I did that night. I was in a different country, did not speak any swahili, no cell phone, had no idea if anyonewas going to pick me up from the bus stop, had a bunch of expensive equipment on me, and was on a bus in the middle of the night to a place I had never been to. I was dropped off at the bus stop in Nairobi 2 hours before my bus had left. sitting in a lot with my 3 bags and no idea when this bus was going to start loading because the guy only spoke swahili,anouncing when to load the certain busses. I sat next to a man who I seriouslythink was sent to me by the big man upstairs. His name was Daniel and he wasa christian and worked with orphans. Before I started talking with him I wantedto cry. I wanted to get back on a plane and go home. I was thinking, this isnot what I had in mind. I may die here. Going through mny head were the worstpossible scenarios that could happen to me. I kept saying I can't die right now, I am getting married! God was with me. Sitting right there beside me,in that parking lot and on that bus,holding my hand the whole was through. Now I understand why on mission trips you depend on God so much. I now understand.
Arriving in Kitale at 5:15 a.m Chris was there to great me. Seeing Chris there wasan answer to my prayers. I was so happy to see a familiar face, let alone a goodfriend. When I woke up Chris and I went and met up with the girls, Daina, Alison, andAlex, at the Oasis School of Hope. When we got there the scene blew my mind.Over a houndred kids from probably 4 years old to 14 years old, hanging out behindthis building. I was bobarded with children. I loved it! So many of them just wanting to hold my hand and take a picture with me. One kid that stuck in my mind was this orphan named humphry. He would not let my hand go.
This is Humpgry.....

Here are some more pics of my first day with the children of Kitale