After over 28 hours of travel, we finally laid our heads down on our pillows.

We only got around 3 hours of sleep because we had little kids sitting behind us kicking our chairs and crying on both flights.  We went to bed at 12:30am local time and got up at 6:30. We had some chai (coffee, tea, milk, sugar) to jump start us with a breakfast of mandazis (like beignets).

KWO Ministries has a nice 20 bed dormitory for visiting teams.  Julie said that we had a guard last night-armed with a bow and arrows.

We are driving on Kenya's incredibly bumpy roads for 6 hours to get to the Tea Hotel in Kericho.  Tomorrow, we will drive for 1 1/2 hours to the Muhoroni orphanage, where we will see over 100 children.  I am trying to get used to the driving on the wrong side of the road. (Slight interruption in writing to kill a huge horsefly that flew into Layne's hair).  I think that our drivers are former NASCAR drivers-speeding, weaving around giant potholes and playing chicken with oncoming traffic when passing slow vehicles, bikes, motorcycles and donkey-pulled carts.

On the roadside, there are hundreds of shanty market stands, selling packets of coal, fruit, sticks for construction, candy, worn clothes, baskets, animal skins, toilet paper-there are very few "stores".

The countryside is beautiful, when not interrupted by the signs of poverty.

Dr. Mark Albritton from mid-county is working with us, assisted by daughter, Caroline.  KWO has most of the dental supplies that we will use in country.  There 13 on our team.  Most are from Golf Course Road Church of Christ.  About half are college-aged.  Their church formed KWO Ministries and it is now a separate 501(c)(3) - like MOSIAC is with Wesley UMC.  Please visit their website to learn about their mission work in Kenya- www.kwoministries.com.

Wow!  We just saw a herd of antelope on the left side and zebras and water buffalo on the right.

Now, we are stuck in the middle of about 50 18-wheelers at weigh station.  Street (highway) vendors are trying sell us their stuff through the windows.

OMG-an oncoming car who was passing in his lane had to pull to the shoulder on our side to keep from hitting us head-on!  Everyone just snugged up their seatbelt.