African Sunset: Priceless.

And we're back!
We have returned to Nakuru today after almost a week at a place called Osegel (which is around 9,000 feet above sea level) in an area where the Massai tribe lives. Most of Eric's ministry is done in Samburu, but the Massai are very closely related, so he can easily work with them as well. They speak almost the exact same language and have a very similar culture. Most of the different tribes in Kenya don't share the same 'mother tongue' and have very distinct traditions, but these two are almost the same. I also love Osegel for it's most beautiful sunsets which I have tried to capture.
We had a very good time there, although we also had some trouble. If you remember I wasn't feeling well last week but then started to get better. I thought I was done being sick so I ate a meal, and after that disaster struck. I became very ill again and had to sit a day out. It wasn't till Friday night that I ate, but now I am fine, for sure. Eric and Bryan also took turns feeling bad, and Bryan had to stay back one day after throwing up. Both Eric and Bryan are healthy now, and we are happy to be back home in our own beds (and have actual toilets to use).
The ministry that we were able to do went well. We visited three different schools, presented the Word at two bible studies, did some visitation, and we shared at church this morning. We've become very good at the school ministry and that wasn't a problem at all. The kids loved it, although at one school the headmaster told Eric he was a Jehovah's Wittiness while we were doing introductions. It was very awkward but we were just glad they gave us a chance to be with the kids, even though I don't think the teachers liked us much.
We gave two topical bible studies: one by Bryan, and one by myself. I felt good about the one I gave on Heaven and Hell (although there were only about 10 people present, including us) and I was encouraged when Pastor Peter asked me if he could have the notes I had prepared for it because he liked what I had said.
We had a good experience there, but like I said before, the most of Eric's ministry is done in Samburu, so the best is still ahead of us. Osegel is one of Shane's ministries and Eric has been there twice before (once last July when I was here) so we had a good time of simple fellowship and sharing. It's nice to follow up and see those people again and I was shocked when the kids at one of the schools remembered my name!
So this week we have to finish up the last few things for the truck (it's come a long way), go to Nairobi to meet with the couple who runs the orphanage in Sudan, and then get our stuff together to leave for Samburu. I have a feeling that after this week, the rest of the trip will fly by. Things like this become a blur when it gets busy; when we are visiting different places and traveling around, I always lose track of what day it is and soon enough it's time to go.
As interesting as the churches here are, a Sunday doesn't go by when I miss MBC and all of you back home. I don't want to leave, but I so look froward to being back. Time is a funny thing, isn't it?

Keep it real. Watch Lost for me. And eat Jr. bacon cheeseburgers for me. Those are so good...I craved one today.