“Safari” to Nairobi

Well, maybe not the type of “safari” that pops into your mind when you think about Kenya…”safari” means journey in Swahili. However, on our journey from the little village of Matunda to the big city of Nairobi we did happen to see a few packs of zebras and several groups of baboons (some of which had little ones hanging on to them—sorry you can’t see them in any of the photos I took since they were taken from a moving vehicle from a bit of a distance). 

Beautiful valley & mountain scene on the drive to Nairobi.

A roadside baboon digging for treasure.

Yes, those grainy white and black images are zebras 😄

This baboon is carrying a young one on its back—sorry for the limited picture quality.

Large pack of Zebras near the highway.

We decided not to stop and pick up these hitchhikers 😏

We left in the pitch dark at 6am and saw many children out already walking along the roadsides to their schools—many of them likely walking several miles to get there. Yet another reminder of how good we and the children of our country have it. Our skilled driver, Dan, got us to the Nairobi area in near record time. We dropped off a load of the avocados we had brought from Mary Sagala at her sister, Jemima’s, home in Karen (a suburb of Nairobi—we stayed at her beautiful home when we had first arrived in Kenya). She provided us a delicious lunch of rice, beef stew, chicken, and vegetables. 

Pastor G. & me with Jemima & her brother, John Sagala.

After all the travel, the places we’d been, and people we’d met and ministered to, it felt like it had been much more than 3 weeks since we’d first arrived at Jemima’s home! 

Our driver, Dan, dropped us off safe and sound at the Four Points hotel in the Nairobi Airport for a good night’s sleep before our flights back home. We gave him our thanks and appreciation for the wonderful work he did for us. He really is an impressive young man, an excellent driver, pleasant to be around, and a pleasure getting to know over the past 3 weeks. Again, thankful to the Lord for leading us to the right people to help us on our “safari” (journey)! 

-Pastor Luke