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I am finally back with my amazing wife after being away for two weeks! I arrived in Kenya on Friday night after 21 hours of flying on three different planes. God blessed me in London. When I was giving my boarding pass at the gate, they looked on their computer and said that I had received a free upgrade. I was upgraded to business in the first row with all of the extra leg room for free. This may not sound like a big deal, but on a 9 hour flight its huge!
One of the coolest sights I have ever seen was when we were flying over Sudan. It had just turned dark and as I looked outside I could see little "clusters" of orange among the blackness of the ground. I looked closer and could see that they were fires and you could see where villages were by the fact that there would be 20 or more little fires close together. This was so beautiful and unusual to see in the night. Typically cities are outlined by buildings and street lights, but Sudan was marked by fires.
I have hit the ground running in that we are preparing the Christmas buckets and food to be delivered next week to Mitumba slum. In addition to this, we are going to have a celebration service in the beginning of December for everyone who has given their life to Christ over the last couple months from our evangelism. We will be giving them a free bible in Swahili and encourage them to go through the new believer's class. I will also be preaching at this service.
Shauna is continuing to do an amazing job teaching and is getting involved at our church with taking a class right after the service on Sundays. She is preparing for a Thanksgiving party next Wednesday. I am definitely looking forward to the food and watching Charlie Brown's "The Great Pumpkin Patch" with the kids. Even being across the world, there's nothing like some holiday traditions to make you feel close to home!