SAFARI

SAFARI
Safari being on a trip,,,,, that is to Eldoret,,,,,, I wonder if that is Swahili for Eldorado,,,,,, this is our first road trip alone, we leave at dawn,,,,, approx 6; 30 and things are looking good,,,,, we travel without incident and arrive safely,,,,, Francis the leader at Eldoret is having a leaders conference for men and women,,,, after prayer and worship we get down to business,,,,, connie takes the women and I the men.
The theme for Connie was raising women up in the church, but no one wanted to take on the translation for Connie so she struggled to convey to the group the message intended, but God maybe had already taken care of that
I used Titus for the men (thanks milt) and spoke of what it meant to be “blameless” etc, after lunch we brought the men and women together and this worked well
We spoke of how many people tried to incorporate their culture, their myths their witchcraft into Christianity and arrive at their own version and preach it as if it came from the Bible.
Kenya is described as 76% Christian and maybe 42 versions as there are tribes

We have to leave at 3;30 to get back before its dark and already its starting to rain and we are going back on the old road ,,,,,,,so every one comes out to wave us goodbye and every one stands by without a word and without a gesture as I reverse our car into a tree,,,,,,,so I have pushed the spare wheel which is mounted on the back door and crumpled the rear door and broken the hard spare wheel cover,,,,,,,what can I say,,,,,,,,
The rain gets heavier as we drive into the Nandi Hills,,,,,,,the roads are full of pot holes so we drive on the shoulder which by now is a very soft shoulder(the pictures don’t do the conditions justice),,,,,,so here we are driving on mud in and out of big puddles and here comes another one ,,,,,the hood of our car disappears under water and a wave sweeps up our windshield and over our roof,,,,,for a second our heart sinks along with our car,,,,,,,but it pushes on as if nothing has happened,,,,,,,unbelievable,,,,THANK YOU GOD
We get home all in one piece if a little bit shabby and before its dark,,,,,

We’ve moved into our new house and we love it,,,,,,,its on a huge lot and you think you are on a farm,,,,,,well at a stretch,,,,the house has a few problems,,,,,,the water suppliy has three breaks and the pressure is way down to a dribble so we get some plumbers who fix the leaks and the pressure increases from a dribble to a trickle,,,,,,,,none of the house is getting water except the kitchen,,,,,,so we gather around and parle and come up with the idea that we need a pump to increase the pressure,,,,so the pump is installed but by another plumber as the first two who worked for water dept were making money on the side when they should have been at work,,,,,they were discovered when I went in to pay an outstanding bill and the manager said that you have been disconnected and insisted on coming to the property and finding his employers on the job,,,,,,a few red faces followed
The pump is installed and we switch on with bated breath,,,,,,yes its running and pumping water,,,,,,,,,,and then it stops,,,,,,the pump has sucked our supply dry,,,,,,,so we gather around and parle once more and come up with the idea that the supply should first fill up a holding tank and the pump then carries water to the tank in the roof space,,,,,,,,and hallelujah it works,,,,,,,,through out this process we were dogged by power outages and so the whole performance took a week,,,,,,,now here comes the moral to this story,,,

We are in mega city,,,,,,,,(its really a walmart I don’t care what anybody says),,, and we get talking to these muzunga,,,they are missionaries who have been here for the last 15 yrs,,,,,so we introduce ourselves saying that we have been here just 2mths and what a hard we week we had trying to sort out our electricity and water and they listened to all we had to say about the subject and when we had exhausted ourselves they quietly told us that they have never had electricity and they hand pump their water,,,,they told this without a hint of sarcasm simply to say that’s how it is,,,,,,,,you can imagine how we felt,,,,,,,,,,,he’s south African and she’s American from Tennessee,,,,,,we liked them so we exchanged info,, they live about 1500 shillings from us and we said we would visit but,,,,, that’s another safari as they say in Africa,,,,,,,oriti,,,,,,bye