FRIDAY, JAN 7 - FLY FROM LONDON TO NAIROBI

Above we have collected our luggage and are lining up to get our entry visas and go through customs at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Kenya.

We flew Kenyan Airlines from London. Our flight arrived an hour late (7:30 AM) on the morning of Saturday, January 8.

Florence and Steven Mubichi had driven down from Meru the night before and stayed at the Methodist Guest House (where we will spent our last night in Kenya). It was a fabulous treat and a very generous gesture as it is about a 6 hour trip for them. It was wonderful to see familiar faces and they helped steer us to the money exchange.

Here's a money tip: Change your money at the exchange just outside the airport entrance as they had the best rates and it moved much faster than when we used banks. Also, get lots of very small demonination bills (not just 1,000 KS) as it is better for bargaining!

We gave Steven four large suitcases to transport to their home in Meru. One contained clothes belonging to Florence and Fridah that we brought over from Oklahoma City where Florence had been living and where her daughter, Fridah, is still attending Oklahoma City University. The other suitcases were filled with choir robes we were donating to the Mubishi’s church (Kaaga Methodist Church), Sunday school teaching materials and other gifts we are bringing to organizations in Meru. This avoided our having to transport the suitcases to Maua; they would have taken up precious space in the vans and in our hotel rooms.