We’ve been on the go every day since we pulled out of the parking lot at North Side on June 11th – often starting our day at 6 a.m. and finishing many evenings at 8 or 9:00.
We’ve looked forward all week to the Masai Market shopping afternoon – which came today! After spending the morning in Nairobi painting Pastor Ben’s church – the
Umoja Baptist Church – we cleaned some of the paint off our faces, arms, hands & clothes and headed to the Village Market. Those of us that came to Kenya in 07 gave the first timers some guidelines: Never accept the price quoted for an item; always walk away if you don’t get the price you want; don’t let them put an item in your hand; and learn how to say “NO.” We bartered like it “was our job.” I was so proud! I saw team members bartering with flip flops, pens, hair bands, chewing gum, food….. You get the idea. I planned ahead – buying up Obama badges from the 08 election & Lance Armstrong yellow bracelets – and they were a hit – especially the Obama pins! We shopped for a couple of hours – and bought lots of great souvenirs! It was a good afternoon to relax and enjoy some down time. Tonight, we enjoyed a good meal at Brackenhurst, a warm shower and some fellowship at a team meeting after supper.
Thanks for praying for Jerry Hawkins. He developed a migraine yesterday from the paint fumes – and has been under the weather all day today at Brackenhurst. Hopefully he’ll be much better tomorrow – but pray for his health to be improved. (Hello to my mom, Kate J and my buds at PAOA! – I’m having a great time in my adopted homeland!)
Kathy Dublin
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Haha - sounds like it was a success! Way to be Momma! :)
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