We're Home!

By this time all of us have returned to our homes. It's 6 p.m. as I write this. According to our Kenyan body clocks it feels like 2 a.m. Yikes! We are tired, but so glad to be home with our loved ones!!

Our journey home began very slowly in Mombasa. Our tickets didn't show up in their computers so we gave them the e-ticket numbers and they re-entered all of our flights...4 different legs of the journey for each of our team members. It took a while, but they did a great job getting us ready to go. The theme for that visit: hakuna matata!

All flights were on time and we made all the connections without a problem. All the luggage returned as expected so we were thrilled!

Thank you all for following our journey through this blog. We appreciate your thoughts, your love and your prayers. It truly made a difference!

And now......you will get to hear the stories from each of who traveled to Kenya! Enjoy!

Thank you!
Denise

Sunrise on Safari

Elephants at the Watering Hole

This is the view of the watering hole from our tent. It looks farther away in this picture. There were no barriers and one of the paths the elephants took to and from the watering hole was very close to us.

In the center of camp they had an observation deck from which we could see the water. There was a hippo family that lived in it.

When a guard escorted us back to our tent that night I asked if they ever had trouble with the animals. He said, "Yes, mainly with the elephants." I'm thinking, "That's a pretty big problem!" When asked what they did about it he said at night they would shine a flash light at them and they would leave. During the day it was not so easy. They had to blast some kind of gun that makes a loud noise and then they would leave.

No problems for us. :)

Monkeys, baboons, gazelles and other little critters roamed freely around the camp.

Inside Safari Tents

Safari tents. Safari man.

Safari Tents

The safari tents we stayed in were up on a concrete slab with a thatched roof.

Safari

Giving Away Lunches

Each day we are working in the centers we take box lunches from Voyager. They consist of items like: bread, fruit, meat - like a piece of chicken, a small bottle of water and/or yogurt. When we are in the centers we eat with the children and the food is good. We usually leave the boxed lunches to be distributed among the staff. On the day we went to Tiwi we didn't have time to eat at the center, but ate snacks we had with us and gave away the lunches as we drove out of the area. I think the look on this little girl's face says it all......and she doesn't even know what's in the box yet! It was fun!!