we're here!

Well we have arrived in Kosele safe and sound.                                                                                       

The journey was good but long and tiring – leaving home at 8.30 on Monday morning and arriving here at 4.30 on Tuesday afternoon. David and Yvonne dropped us at Glasgow airport. We had a long stopover in Amsterdam but took a train into the centre and enjoyed a few hours looking around the city in glorious sunshine. Overnight flight and as usual we didn’t catch any sleep. Transfer to local flight at Nairobi – and we didn’t have to pay any excess luggage despite having over 80Kg of bags to check in. Mary was there to meet us at Kisumu airport and it was great to see her again. Changed money in Kisumu, visited the immigration office, had lunch and did some shopping with Mary. Her main concern was to buy more maize flour to make the children’s porridge – the price has really shot up and supply is so low the shops are rationing it to 2 or 3 packets per person – so we each bought some! A further 2 hours drive to Kosele and a lovely welcome from the kids, some of whom had stayed behind after school to sing for us. Great to see everyone again and experience the warmth of their welcome!

  

After a 12 hour sleep we had a quiet day unpacking and trying to find places to put all the stuff we’ve brought, and greeting people that we didn’t see yesterday. There have been some improvements since we were last here, and things feel positive. However the situation in the community is not good with the maize crop poor and many people hungry.