Whew... tough day.

Another early start with breakfast at 7am and then a two hour drive to KWO Ministries' Ongoro orphanage.
 
Even though this location had electricity, we had problems.  When we would try to use both units, the main fuses would trip.  So we defaulted to one unit again.

The morning was very hot.  I did most of the screenings outside, using the sun for my light.  This orphanage houses 170 children.  It was very clean and the kids were very polite.  Lunch was (again) white rice, red rice, dough, Texas tortillas, mystery meat and the slowest chicken.

After lunch, we had a short chance to play with kids.  We jumped rope together.  They were fascinated with soap bubbles.  Lots of laughter and smiles.  Today was college t-shirt day, so everyone wore their colors.The afternoon session started with two very tough extractions for both Mark and me.  This tired us and slowed us down.  Then a monsoon hit that was so loud that when the rain hit the metal roof, we had to yell to hear each other.

As it grew later, we were all tired, then a melody began to flow through the courtyard.  The children started singing "You are My All in All".  A new energy flowed into us and we finished strong.  Julie will tell about the singing.

At day's end, we screened 109 children.  Mark extracted 29 bad teeth.  Julie and I extracted 2 teeth and did 21 fillings

Most in our Land Cruiser tried to nap on the way home (impossible with bumpy roads).
Almost to Kericho, Julie looked over her left shoulder and told everyone to look at the sunset.  I grabbed my camera and got a shot of the blazing red glow piercing the clouds.  Maybe God's thank you for a hard day's work?

We returned to the hotel 12 hours later.

Tired.  Hungry.  Satisfied... for serving God's children.


Prayer Warriors please pile on the prayer for strength and safe travel.  We want see at least another 100 children today and we have 4 hours of travel.  Tomorrow we have a 7 hour drive back to Nairobi.

JULIE:
This was a tough day...we are not promised easy. Encouraged by words sent in earlier email from John:  "Work stinking hard. Grow closer to Christ."
Appreciate your prayers and love you all!  :)