Kenya!

Well we finally made it to Kenya last night! With the assistance of the Justin Beiber movie and some episodes of Friends and Glee, Sarah and I made it through the second flight without sleeping much so we could get on Africa time! This flight seemed a lot smoother than the last one and it was on a HUGE plane! We arrived at the airport at about nine pm or so. We quickly found the people in Kenya to be very friendly! The bathroom attendant, Purity, really started off our time in Kenya wonderfully! She was telling us all about the country and how "cold" it has been. Apparently cold = amazing temperature here! It feels amazing out!

We were surprised that the city was as nice as it was. I guess we did not know what to expect. There are palm trees! The driving here is CRAZY! I am pretty sure we barely made it out of the parking lot alive! However, our driver Peter is so nice and we could not have gotten a better driver. Speaking of the bus. I will upload a picture when I can, but picture a small HHS with luggage piled two suitcase high all over the top! It was a huge feat of engineering to get all the bags on there. Thank goodness we had an engineer or two!

Our hotel for last night was so nice! We thought the beds were comfy, but we may have just been running on two days with no sleep. Today our plan is to eat breakfast and head to Nakuru to the baby home. We should get to spend some good time with the babies today. We will get done early today since our jet lag should kick in this afternoon. I am so excited to learn more about the country and it's people! I will post pics asap, but we do not have a great signal here so they won't post.

Keep us in your prayers!


Morgan

Made it to Amsterdam

Hello! We have completed the first leg of our travels and are now in the airport in Amsterdam!

Morgan

Trip Schedule

Thursday June 16: Fly from Atlanta to Amsterdam to Nairobi, Kenya
We should hopefully arrive around 9pm local time on Friday!

Friday June 17: 8:15pm Arrive in Nairobi, Kenya

Saturday June 18: Travel to Nakuru to visit AGC Baby Home and deliver supplies
www.agcbabycenter.org

Sunday June 19: Lake Nakuru Game Drive and lunch at the game park
Stay at Tenwek

Monday June 20- Saturday June 25: Construction project at the orphanage
We are working on a kitchen, painting, doing electrical wiring (not me obviously!), replacing windows, and doing various other construction projects!
We will also be visiting the local school and doing VBS.
Each night will include dinner where we are staying and a team meeting.

Sunday June 26: Church in Tenwek
Free afternoon!

Monday June 27- Tuesday June 28: Construction work etc at orphanage.

Wednesday June 29- Thursday June 30: Maasai Mara Game Reserve!!
Google this- it looks AMAZING!

Friday July 1: Leave game park after morning game drive and breakfast
Maasai market
Afternoon still up for debate

Saturday July 2: Leave for airport and head back to the US (and back to Alex and Daisy and Mister)

I hope to do lots of picture taking and updating!!

Morgan

A Barnett Blog

I am venturing into the foreign world of blogging to document my upcoming trip to Kenya!  I am excited to let you in on my experiences in Africa over this blog.  I hope that I am able to share the exciting adventure of going to Africa (safaris and such), but also the spiritual journey that I know awaits me.  Please keep our team and all that we will minister to in your prayers!  Our longgggggg journey begins in Winchester on Thursday morning.  From Winchester, we will drive to Atlanta to fly to Amsterdam then to Nairobi.  I think we calculated that it is about 20 hours worth of flying. This is the part of the trip that kept Alex at home this time, but I am hoping we can take an adventure together sometime! 

A big thank you goes out to all who have supported this mission both in prayers and donations.  We packed twelve 50 pound suitcases full of peanut butter and clothes for the baby home and orphanage!  I wish I had the picture to share of Alex on the scale weighing all the bags- he is very good at guessing how much a bag weighs now! :)  We were also so blessed by all of those who attended fundraisers and gave monetary donations!  And a huge thank you to Deby who lent me her old camera, with which I hope to take some amazing pictures!  Also a thank you to Alex for all the love and support and for driving our bags to Atlanta for us and hopefully coming back to get us when we get back, although some doubt still remains as he may enjoy a quieter house! :)

My mom and I spent three hours packing this morning.  And I can officially say that after eleven long dresses, five long skirts, 16 t shirts, a giant box of cliff bars, about a year's worth of bug spray and sun screen (thanks mom!), tennis shoes, a box full of medicine, and other things that I deemed "absolutely necessary" my checked bag is packed and weighs less than 50 pounds!  After some doubt from the men in the house, my carry ons are packed and EVERYTHING fit- even my soft blanket for the plane ride. 

Your prayer and support is very much appreciated! I hope to update every few days.  We will have limited Internet access so it may be less frequent, but I promise not to leave any details out!  I will post a more detailed itinerary sometime before we leave.

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:5-6

Morgan