Visitors in Kapenguria

Mom and Dad have arrived safely -- they are spending a couple of weeks here in Kenya to visit me and also to see the work. It's really good to have them here! I went up to Nairobi to pick them up last week, and on the way back we spent a day and night at Lake Nakuru Safari Park. It was brilliant! We saw all kinds of animals -- zebra, gazelle, water buck, water buffalo, baboons, giraffe, rhino, warthog, a hyena, various types of birds, and even lions! We had gone out at 6:30am (as soon as we could see) to try to find the lions, but sadly found nothing. But at midday, when we were on our way out of the park -- there were three lions right by the side of the road! One was sleeping in a tree, and the other two just lying there looking bored. It seems to be pretty rare to see them -- word must have been spreading all over the park because all these vehicles full of tourists started pulling up. They looked so docile and peaceful lying there -- even cute -- that it was hard to remember that they are wild animals! They do have pretty strict rules in the park -- you're not allowed to get out of your car except at a couple viewpoints. I got yelled at by the rangers a couple of times -- well, our poor driver got yelled at actually. The rear windows in our car only went down halfway, which was really annoying, so at one point I went around back and sat in the boot (it's a station wagon) and left the tailgate open so I could take pictures. They didn't like that. Then the second time, I was still in the car officially cause my feet were standing on the back seat, while I leaned out the window and took pictures of the giraffe over the roof of the car. But they still weren't happy! But I did get some good pictures!

We're back in Kapenguria now of course, and school is in full swing. I had my first CRE (Christian Religious Education) class this morning -- it went ok I think even though I didn't really know what I was doing. This class is with Form II, and we're studying the Life of Christ. Dad preached on Sunday in the school service at Lityei, and then in the local church next door. The people seemed to enjoy the ministry -- I heard some comments from some of the students especially to that effect. A couple men stayed after the church service to speak to the pastors - pray that a true work of grace will be done in their hearts.