Hello from Kenya (George and Jeff)

Well we have had an interesting few days. I am now at the African Enterprise (AE) offices in Nairobi, where I have access to a computer. I am meeting here with a group of 12 students who are doing the Biblical Theology course. I have left Jeff at the centre where we are staying to continue teaching the larger group of 30 who are doing the Doctrine course. It is all very intense.

We arrived very early on Sunday morning and were met at the airport by William from AE who drove us to  the conference centre outside Nairobi. Instead of a dead kangaroo on the roadside, there was a dead zebra! We got off to a slow start as we waited all day Monday for people to arrive. We couldn't start until Tuesday, a bit frustrating, but that's African- time for you! The pastors have come from several parts of Kenya, some travelling for 2 days, and some did not make it because they had to choose between using the money they had for travel or to feed their families. Things are a lot tougher for them here than for us in Sydney. The really encouraging thing is to see how vibrant they are for the Gospel and Jesus and that they tell us over and over again how helpful these courses are for them and what a difference they make in their lives and ministries. They want to do more and they want to do them faster.

A couple of young men I spoke with over dinner last night are full time workers one in a bank and the other is a teacher. They spend every weekend travelling around the country speaking to school groups and seeing many students come to Christ. It's very exciting to see how our teaching helps them in their ministries and their own growth in Christ.  

We are both well. No sickness (yet). The food is good and plentiful. Jeff got to eat his maize porridge (or ugari as it is called here). The conference centre is right next to Nairobi National Park and from the balcony we have seen giraffes, baboons, impala, eland, warthogs, and monkeys (that run across the dining hall roof top as well). We are still waking up early in the morning as we get used to the 7 hour time zone difference. It also didn't help when one of the pastors decided to pray for half an hour at the top of his voice just outside our room at 10.30 on Monday night, then again at 5.00am the next morning! I have also made contact with Noel and Margo Clark and we will see them on Friday May 1.