June 8 -- The Sequel

Yes, this is the second blog entry of the day, but there is a reason. We will be leaving tomorrow morning for Maasai Land and will have no access to the internet there. Hey! They don't even have McDonald's.  Get over it!

Today was a day of preparation for this adventure up north where we will be camping. It was also a day where Byron spent much time trying to figure out why our luggage still hadn't come.  At one point he was told that the customs people wanted us to come to the airport (over an hour away) to go through the luggage with them because their xrays showed questionable items. We couldn't figure out what they would be.  He eventually called Holland to speak to a person at KLM about it and we think they must have called the airport to straighten it out. We've now been told that the two suitcases will be here at 10 tonight, an hour and a half from now.  We are hoping.

Faith with some of her many chickens

Rich with 7 month old, Jess

We had a wonderful visit with Faith and Benson today. They are a Tanzanian family of five that are good friends of the Bordens.  Benson works for Compassion International and Faith works for Wild Hope, the organization that the Bordens were serving with before this recent change.  They also raise chickens for meat, something that the Bordens gave a micro-loan for to help them to grow the business. After our tour and discussion, Faith invited us to have a plate of fruit with the family, a Tanzanian custom.  While there I got to do one of my favorite activities,  holding a baby.

Continue to pray for the arrival of our luggage, our health and opportunities to connect with some of the Maassai while we are up north.