Our Africa Missions Trip in November 2010

Greetings! We have been very busy since our African missions trip but I wanted to share some highlights with you. We were so blessed to be able to go on this trip and want to thank Marsha McCarty for inviting us to join their church for this missions trip to Kenya. We arrived at our hotel at midnight and we were up and out the door by 8:30 am the next day.

We first visited a small school out in the bush and also did ministry with the Masai people. Buddy worked with the children at a church in Nairobi for two days singing and doing some illusions as well as teaching them about dinosaurs. We then traveled to Kijabe to do ministry there. We worked with two orphanages with over 600 children. We did crafts, singing, and teaching as well as presenting the gospel.

(Just click on this banner to see photo albums from our Africa trip.)
We have a couple of photo albums that we want to share with you. One is on the missions side of our trip and the other is the safari trip that we got to go on just before we left Kenya.

Buddy also did 12 class sessions with Rift Valley Academy. This is where the missionaries send their children to board for their schooling. It is an awesome school and we enjoyed meeting the students and teachers. He also did a music concert for them on Sunday morning with the children and some of their parents. The other team members went out into the community and ministered to them by bringing food to different homes.

One day we climbed Mt. Longonot near Kijabe. It was hard because of the altitude. We had to stop and catch our breath. That gave us time to look around and see giraffes and cape buffalo as well as some hartebeest. At the top you could see down in the volcanic crater. It was about 600 feet down and there were trees and grasses growing there. We could also see a puff of smoke now and then.

We got to go to prayer meetings in the homes of some of the Kenyan people. What a blessing to be able to share with other Christian brothers and sisters. The Kenyan people are so friendly and happy. We loved everyone we met!

A couple of days before flying back, we were able to go on a photo safari at Masai Mara. We love animals and this was a dream come true for us to see them in the wild. We were able to see the BIG FIVE which includes Cape Buffalo, Elephant, Black Rhino, Lion, and Leopard. The hardest to see was the leopard. He is a very shy creature. We saw lots of zebras, wildebeests, impalas, baboons, warthogs, topis, giraffes, hippos, and lots more creatures!

All too soon it was time to board the plane and return home. We thank everyone who was a part of our journey to Kenya. We appreciated your support both financially and your prayer support. It means so much to us. Once you have met the Kenyan people and held the children on your lap, you are never the same.