Finally in Nakuru

So its sinking in now. I'm in Africa!! Holy cow =). It's been amazing so far. I couldn't have ever imagined the things I've seen in the very few hours that I've been here. I flew in last night around 10:00, got my temporary visa with no problem, stood by the luggage carousel for 20 anxious minutes not seeing anything familiar, and then they came.. all 3 bags. Got them all on a cart and wheeled myself out to not see any familiar faces. I must have looked pretty lost, cause the woman who came to pick me up found me and let me know that Cason and Colleen's clutch broke on their way to pick me up and they werent going to be able to make it. So I stayed at another WGM workers house for the night and she brought be to Nakuru this morning. What an incredible drive! Driving through Nairobi in itself is crazy insane- and very entertaining =) and then just seeing all the people, everywhere, cows and sheep and goats and little stands made out of sticks and tarps selling everything under the sun. I wanted to take pictures of it all, but was warned that it could be offensive, and eventually end up damaging the car we were in i guess, so theres no photos of that. Not yet =)

We also saw zebras and antelope along the way, as well as flamingos from very far away in lake nakuru, and the other lake which i dont remember the name of.

Once we got to Cason and Colleens house, which has a beautiful property with a great view of lake nakuru, we went out for lunch in the city and then to a shop that someone needed to stop at. Along the way we walked through kinda a sketchy street, and it would've been fine except there were street boys everywhere. They said they've never seen so many, usually just a few, and there were around 10-15 running up to us and asking for sweets and food, all the while sniffing glue to get rid of the hunger pains. Soo so sad.

Then we finally headed to the Baby Center to get there for a celebration/farewell/welcome back thing for some of the staff. We were all crammed in a little room (well it felt small, just cause there were a lot of people i think... and babies. There are about 22 babies at the center right now and 9 toddlers, so more than i thought, and they are even cuter in person. Colleen handed me Lydia, one of triplets and she welcomed me to the center with a huge grin and spit up. about 4 times =) I'll get pictures very soon I'm sure. there was just so much going on today that I just had to take it all in and not constantly be snapping pictures.

So tomorrow we're heading (colleen and i) to the baby center, going for about a half day probably, just to take it a little easy so the jet lag doesnt catch up to me. i've felt good so far though, we'll see how tomorrow goes. So thats tomorrow. Heres a couple pictures, and then also a link to my facebook album of photos, which will have a few more. Thanks for all the continued prayers, I'm very excited for what God has planned- i cant imagine what its going to be like, after all I've experienced in the first 24 hours!