Kenya Mission Trip 2009 | Shalom Christian Missions

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The 2009 Mission Team to Kenya
Loading all of our supplies
Preparing to depart
The Great Rift Valley in Kenya
A souvenir stop above the rift valley
A stop to adjust the bins on top
On the road again
Along the road
A stop for lunch along the way
A beautiful sunset over Lake Victory on our journey
The children gave us a memorable WELCOME when we finally arrived
What a beautiful view from the house the first morning
Church service in Magunga
Some of the team share at the church in Magunga
The older classrooms hold, baby class-grade1
Inside the older classrooms
A visit to the newer classrooms-grade 2-grade 6
One of the classrooms
We walk along the road to Magunga
Touring Magunga
A visit to the local clinic
We visited and prayed for a newborn and her mother at the clinic
The team hikes back to the house
The 1st week we hold VBS for baby class-grade 1
Bre holds Hirine during VBS
Some of the team hike into the bush to take supplies to widows
The team with some widows and their children
We visited a widow who was dying of AIDS
Our contact, John, takes us to visit his family
Some of the widows we visited
Market day is always a busy day
Sharpening service in Magunga
Basket weaver
Another view of market day
One evening we distributed gifts and cloths to each sponsored child
The team looks for clothes for each child
The team did a great job finding clothes for each child
The children have fun opening their gifts
Kevin shows off a toy
Papa J enjoys the evening of fun
Dawn & Taylor do crafts
They loved their crafts
Simon & Gaye work to update the records
The younger children gather at the end of VBS
The children enjoy VBS
Workers install some of the windows in the new homes
View of Magunga in the distance-where the children walk to school
The children start their walk to school early
The children walk 2 miles to school
The team having breakfast
A view of the garden
Taylor dances with the children at VBS
Some of the younger boys enjoy lunch
Teresa isn't feeling well, a visit to the clinic is needed
Waiting their turn to see the nurse on duty
The residing nurse suspects malaria
Blood sample is taken to test for malaria
Drugs are administered for malaria
We visited the lassrooms -Grade 5
Grade 3
Grade 4
Second grade class
Simon & Vitalis unload sacks of corn
We visited the public school in Nyasoti-100 students per class
Primary public school in Nyasoti
Children in need of sponsors line up
The new homes sit on 20+ acres of land, high on a hill
Side view of house
A view of the house from one of the higher points of the property
One of the lowest points of the property
The front of the new homes
We visted widows in Sori-this mother wasn't home so we prayed for her children
Team hikes to a widows near Lake Victoria
The team prays for another widow
Our guards have PBJ with us in Sori
A funeral procession goes out on Lake Victoria
Women do wash in the lake
Children bath in the lake
The team enjoyed their visit to Lake Victoria and Sori
Women drying their fish on the shore
A genuine gas PUMP in Sori
The amazing view from the new church
A church is born in Nyasoti
A beautiful place for a church
Simon speaks & Felix interprets (he speaks 3 languages fluently)
Lizzy & Evalyn lead worship
Taylor shares her testimony
Alyssa shares in this beautiful setting
Some of the team in their Kenyan dresses
Alyssa and Felix-her sponsored child
Dawn plays twister with some children
Nysaoti women stay to visit after church
Simon must have Ugali even if he must cook it
Some beautiful, happy faces
Taylor & Bre enjoy time with the children
The sponsored children made gifts for their sponsors
Charity writes a letter
Lois (a foster mother) and Alice (US team cook)
Gaye met with the land donors
Evening worship with the children
Around the community of Nyasoti
More views of Nyasoti
The Nyasoti public school visited us one day
They performed a cultural dance
Some talented performers
Bre helps with crafts
The team share songs
Fun at VBS
They have fun with crafts
Alyssa & Jaclyn do games with the children
They shared a drama with us
They are very talented
The younger children enjoy lunch
Some of the school teachers
View of the new houses-from old center
Children waiting for lunch
Our wonderful guards
The US team with the Kenyan team
Simon with Papa John & Martha
Dawn with Lavender-her sponsored child
Jaclyn and Collins-her sponsored child
Taylor with Serita and Timothy-her sponsored children
Jevine and Martha
Our going away party
Gaye and her sponsored children-Teresa & Harriet
Bre spends time with some children
Jaclyn and Dawn share a song with the children
Susan, Winfreda, & Peter
Donna spends time with some children
Alyssa enjoys time with some boys
Emadik
Kevin
Some of the children woke early to say goodbye
It rained on the way to the safari camp
Everyone helps push each other out of the mud
Massai woman and children
Donna in front of the safari tent
Off to see the animals
Zebra's
Awesome!
A beautiful view on safari
Enjoying the safari
We found a pride of lions
The lions settle into a rocky area for the night
The king of the jungle
Soon everyone found the lion pride
Relaxing at camp before dinner
Dinner under the stars
The next morning we found the pride again
Out for a morning hunt
Do they hunt people?
An ostrich poses for us
Finally we found some giraffe's
CHeck out the bird getting free ride
We found a herd of buffalo
Some cheetah hunting
A vulture nest
An elephant family
This mama didn't want us to disturb her baby
We found what the lions killed earlier in the day
A mama and baby rhino
Lunch at camp before we head back to Nairobi
Another view of the Safari Camp
On our way back to Nairobi
Dinner at Wimpy Burger before we go to the airport
On our way home-layover in Zurich