Off to a new country

For the few faithful followers of this very quiet blog…I'm off to Kampala, Uganda. My only other experience in Uganda was the thirty minutes I spent sitting in a plane on the runway in Entebbe. I can't remember exactly why the flight from Ethiopia to Malawi has a thirty minute stop in Entebbe but it did. Now at least I finally will get to walk on the ground in Uganda.

I leave tonight at 7 pm with 15 friends for a 16 hour bus ride. Once in Uganda we will be staying on the lake, spending five days of camp activities and five days doing mission work, then take another 16 hour bus ride back to Nairobi. I really looking forward to it. Please keep me in your prayers. I've been sick the past week…first stomach, possibly malaria, then a bad cold. I'm on the verge of recovery from everything but still not feeling 100%. Pray for my boyfriend too…he has a cold too.

I'll let you know how everything goes once I get back!

My Boyfriend

Here are a couple of pictures of my boyfriend. Isn't he cute? I think so and the soul behind those eyes is beautiful and so dedicated to God.


At work behind the sound booth

At play with the students at Kimuri Primary School

Forever

It's been forever. I'm sorry I've been so silent. It's not for lack of things to talk about or thinking about updating this blog. It's for lack of time because I have so much going on. I'm not going to try to go into all the details but here are a couple of the important things:

Nimo (that's me…at least that's what most of my friends call me) has a BOYFRIEND. (Picture coming soon…or check out my facebook albums, his pictures is the album cover for the last album I created). His name is William something something Mwaura (there is another funny Kikuyu name there in the something somethings that I can never remember). No one calls him William…he goes by Billy, Bill, Willie, Mbiro, or Mwaura. Personally, I prefer Mbiro (Mm-be-row). He is 25 years old, an intern at Nairobi chapel (my church) working in the youth department, he is a sound engineer, loves kids and youth, most importantly loves God will his whole heart, likes experimenting with funny recipes (kind of like a certain brother of mine used to), loves dancing, music, and having fun. There is so much I could say about him, but those are the basics. Oh and this is a very officially approved relationship…my parents, his parents, our pastors, and our friends.

Moving on to a different topic (since I could talk about the other one for hours). I spent last week traveling around Kenya. I visited Eldoret, Kitale, and Kisumu. I hadn't been to Kitale in six years, so it was very nice being there again. I was traveling with K-Krew and World Vision helping (meaning taking photos and doing whatever else I could) with the Amani Milele Concert Tour. World Vision funded a small tour to promote peace in Kenya (Amani Milele means Peace forever). They brought in a musician from Rwanda who experienced the genocide there and a girl from Kosovo who went through the war there. It was a very enjoyable and beneficial time (except that I got sick in Kisumu).

Next week I'm going to Uganda…FINALLY! I get to add a new country to my list of countries visited! I'm going with a group of 20 youth from my church. We will be going to a camp then doing missions work. We'll be out of Kenya for a total of 10 days. (and yes, Mbiro is going too!). I'm excited and I'm very grateful because God provided the needed money (I'm very grateful to those who helped God provide!). Now I just have to figure out the visa situation but hopefully that won't be a problem.

What else? There are so many things that I think I will just stop with the big things and leave the others for later.