Out of Africa.....

I love the mosquito nets around the beds. It did help while we were sleeping. I got a bunch of bites --for some reason, they love me.

Last Friday we left for a trip to Kenya.  CURE hosts a conference periodically so that the Exec Directors, Spiritual Directors and Medical Directors can get together.  We enjoyed our time at the conference getting to know some new folks and seeing friends we've known for a bit of time now.  Our hospital is such a different gig compared to CURE's other hospitals--most do club foot or hydrocephalus (I hope I spelled that correctly) surgeries where we are a general hospital that provides a lot of different services. 

Here's Alan. Jenna got a picture of the 4 of us. He's a dentist in Kijabe.

When we were there, we go to see our friends Alan and Jenna who used to live here in the UAE and worked at Oasis.  Jenna also went to Gordon with me.  They moved back to Kenya in May so it was great to spend some time with them again!  They took us driving around Nairobi to see what the neighborhoods are like and then we ended up at a great cafe.   We ended up getting to see them again as we went up to a town called Kijabe for our last night. This is where CURE's hospital is in Kenya and also where Rift Valley Academy is located.  They hosted us for a night which was great and we were able to enjoy some local Kenya cuisine.  It was really good to see CURE's hospital in Kenya. This was CURE's first hospital.  Now there are 10 (or 11 depending on how you count).

Alan showed us some coffee bushes. I don't think I've ever seen a coffee bean before it's roasted.  We were able to buy some good Kenyan coffee to bring back.

We had a great time. I'll post pictures of our safari next.  It was FABULOUS!