children at Suam Guest House

I awoke at around 7AM.  I went to start up my tablet pc to try and skype with Carol.  I had plugged the tablet into my power converter when I went to bed and it showed that it had been charging.  Unfortunately, at some point during the night a power surge must have come through the converter, because my tablet was no longer functioning.  I was able to eventually have a text chat conversation with Carol using my cell phone and a wireless connection.

We learned that the airline officials and airport staff had not located Scott’s passport.  Scott called the state department and learned that he would need to go to Nairobi on Monday morning at 8AM to replace his passport.  We decided that it would be best for Scott to fly from Eldoret on Sunday evening and began making adjustments to our schedule.

As we were preparing to leave the seminary campus we met a couple who were a part of Water Missions.  This couple has dedicated their lives to traveling the world creating purified drinking water systems in areas where clean water is unavailable.  We committed to connecting further when we return to Kitale.

Once Scott’s airline tickets were booked, we made our way to Uganda.  We found ourselves facing extra scrutiny at the border, especially in Uganda.  Fortunately we were all cleared through and we made our way to the Guest House.  Upon arrival I was able to honor a request that had been made of me in 2009.  The pastor of the PCM church in Suam had asked if I could supply reading glasses and I was able to provide him approximately 15 pair.

After arriving at the Guest House, we went into Suam for dinner.  We ate at one of the local hotels.  The people were intrigued as a movie rendition of David and Goliath was playing on T.V.  The audience was made up of men, women and children and two of the men watching were Muslims.  Sadly the rendition was not true to scripture, showing that David needed 3 stones to kill Goliath.   We commented on the fact that Biblical training is so important, when so many gather their information from media.