We arrived 24 hours late and 3 bags short, no internet (until today), but in good spirits. Our first training with 12 nurses went well last week. This week we are training 25 traditional birth attendants. They are energetic, fun women who don't speak English. It is a lot of fun but slow in translation.

Between the training we got to spend some time in the Hope Matters clinic caring for patients and learning about running our own labs and malaria treatment. We also got to meet the "parents" and play with the children at the children's home. Miriam is obviously younger than the rest of us because she has gone every day to play with the kids after we get done with the nurses' training. The rest of us have taken naps. Last night she was asked to do the evening devotion for the children. She was given about 3 minutes to prepare.

Kelli got to provide an ultra sound for one of Michelle's clients.  We went on home visits with Michelle to the slums. We met 2 incredibly joyous women who live in dirt shacks with significant medical problems. It reminded us that many of the things we consider problems are merely petty.

Brian has been put to work around the medical clinic tiling floors and painting walls.

Please continue to pray for the team and the trip. Kendra participated in the first training then got a terrible cold and is just now starting to improve, but she has been a trooper and is helping with the second training. Pray she continues to improve and no one else catches it. Also, pray that the training finishes well and our connections to get to the safari and back home go smoothly.

Michelle and William Kiprop have been wonderful hosts and we thank God for their ministry, their lives, their help, and their friendship.

Thank you for praying for and following our team in Kenya,
Brian, Kelli, Gretchen, Kendra, Miriam