Day Six...

Day Six...in the KPA slum...
phrase of the past two days....ministry of presence...we hope this congregation is boosted by our presence....


The conditions.....
sure they are clean....
being servants to the team....washing the mud, nastiness, and whatever animal grossness you can imagine from our shoes...

PS...Craig only showed his good side today...

Day Five....

Day Five...but Day one in KPA...not exactly the palace we had grown used to in Kibera.....
The day started by getting stuck in the mud....and having to walk all of our chairs and equipment through the rest of the mud.....

Some new and "exciting" challenges....
....watch where you step with that sharp object that pulls teeth from your skull....
...watch out for the random cow walking through the clinic.....
...but within the yuck....there was some beauty....

Last clinic day tomorrow....

PS....this past weekend way too many people touched Craig's shorts!!!!

Day Four....

Our Last Day at the Kibera Slum....

With no school in session...which led to more kid patients...which means...do SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T FREAK THEM OUT....
It resulted in much happier patients.....
finally a team picture...taken after a moment that no one in this picture probably can explain with words....
Happy Birthday Don!!!!

Tomorrow is a day of exploring Nairobi....Stayed tuned to the move to KPA slum...

PS...Craig likes phalanges

Day Three....

Day Three Festivities

This is the crowd that had already assembled before we even arrived....

The Kenyan dentists "supervising"......and learning an awful lot....

oxymoron....toothbrush and coke in each hand....

we can't get away from "GREEN" leaders....

who knows what our last day in Kibera will hold before we move to KPA

PS....our team has created a new language ....CRAIGHILE ;-)

Day Two....

Soooooo....here's what happened today!!!!

Don made a new friend....

Buggsy went to school

No Large Gloves...no problem...David shares and builds relationships with the people waiting.....

Day's end....Lynne led a great team time....

Stay tuned....

PS Craig had a genius moment today....everybody does sometimes...

First work day!

What a great start. We observed the members of Spring of Life Lutheran Church witness to the over 100 people who came for dental care. About 10% asked that the Pstor contact them. We could all learn from these African Christians on how to witness boldly and unafraid.
Also inspiring were our team members who should such love and compassion to those undurgoing an extraction (there were 65 teeth pulled today). And the teachers were a big hit at the church's Pre-K to 2nd grade school. There were over 100 kids singing and having a wonderful time. God is good, our teammates are amazing and we are looking forward to more of the same tomorrow. Don & Rosalie

Day One...

Had a great day

a Kenyan School Choir sing-a-long

....65 patients

.........and a major hairstyle change


....all in a days work for us in the Kibera slum

(PS Craig's a jerk ;-)

Getting Ready!

We are so excited to be almost there. Well almost to the airport and then several hours flying and then there! What an adorable host family - check them out at www.TheTrumps.org.

Lynne

In the newspaper!

We had a reporter come out to church on Sunday, June 11, to interview some of the members of our team.
Click on the link to read the article!

Africa Article

Making disciples of all nations.....

"Go and make disciples of all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit." Matthew 28:19


This blog will follow 11 members of Faith Lutheran Church in Eustis, Florida, as we start our journey to Africa. We will be in Nairobi, Kenya for 14 days. While we are there we will be hosting a dental clinic and teaching adults and children how to take care of their teeth. While this mission is very important, we are over in Africa first and foremost to share the love of our Savior, Jesus Christ. This is our most important mission, and we pray that through our dental work and teaching, we may show the light of Christ to the people in Africa.


As a team we have been blessed by many people. We have had more support than we can ask for, and we hope this blog will keep our family and friends connected to us during our trip.
We are very excited about our trip, and our hope is to update this blog everyday with our thoughts, prayers,  and pictures.


Please keep us in your prayers as we start our mission for Christ!


In Christ,


Craig, Anne, Dave, Don, Josh, Libee, Linda, Lynne, Megan, Rosalie, and Wade