A bullet list of thoughts:
* Amsterdam has a strange airport. I liked it, but everything cost a million dollars. I bought a McDonald’s Egg McMuffin and it cost more than $6 USD.
* Our plane from Amsterdam to Kenya was pretty ginormous. 250 people were on board and there were still plenty of seats unoccupied. Somehow, those empty seats didn’t help us though since we were parked right next to the super-endurance baby who managed to cry during our entire 8 and a 1/2 hour leg.
* 2 hour flight to Minneapolis, 8 hour flight to Amsterdam, another 8 hour flight to Kenya, plus several hours in layovers in between = worn out.
* We arrived to our hotel, which believe it or not is a Holiday Inn, just a few hours ago. First thoughts – Kenya appears to be a lot more LUSH then I had imagined…
* Please pray for hearts to be opened during this week as several bloggers try to bring awareness to their readers about the work that Compassion International is doing. This trip is apologetically reaching for as much child sponsorship as possible. Please consider sponsoring a child in your own heart if you’ve felt that tug to make a difference. From what I’ve seen so far, a great way to change the world for the better is to sponsor one of these kids.
More soon!
Sweet! Glad you are safe. I mean thankful that you are safe. Love you! Mom
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Yay! and praying!
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So glad you are there. Been thinking and praying for you both. By the pictures it looks beautiful.
can’t wait to see and read more.
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Have a wonderful, life-changing time. I’m excited to hear about it.
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Thanks for sharing this. However, I’m a bit put out by all the Int’l hype for helping foreign countries when we, in the USA, have people who need our help also. Why doesn’t the USA do something to help the hurting people here? If it is happening I am not seeing or hearing about it. I’ll be praying for you all and your safety and the trip itself. I’ll also pray for those all over that need help.
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TheDan says:
March 3rd, 2010 at 9:57 pm
@Kimberly,
You haven’t been to a third world country have you? The conditions aren’t comparable. I know because I grew up poor in the worst neighborhood in my city but compared to the children that I met in India I was king of the world. There is plenty of money in the US to help both.
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Great post man I have a sponsored kid and love it. Compassion international is a great organization.
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Its your turn to help these kids have a chance to shine. Praying for you both.
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Glad you made it! Everything is good on the home front. Keep your eyes open!
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Praying for you both – looking forward to hearing all about the trip!
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Just came from Brad (Ruggles)’s site, praying for you the same thing I prayed for him: traveling mercies and God’s goodness on your journey.
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Africa is nothing like you imagine and everything like you expect. It is lush and green and dry and drier. It is poor and rich. It is the center of the target of God’s heart. At least, that’s how it feels to me since I am proud to call it home. Each country has a unique geography, language, color palette. But each will offer hospitality the likes of which you have never seen before. Each will shame you with its generosity. You will come back with so much more than you brought to offer. Africa is both the question and the answer to some of life’s hardest questions. I pray you enjoy it on so many levels. And try to resist buying one of the wooden giraffes – they are unbelievably hard to haul around as carry on during the trip home!
~Lisa-Jo
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Glad you made is safe and sound. My thoughts and prayers are with you all. Compassion is an amazing organization. In giving a little I have been abundantly blessed in return. It has been a wonderful experience to watch our sponsored child grow up and know he is taken care of and taught the amazing grace and salvation of Jesus. A real blessing indeed!
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I’m glad you made it safely. Thanks for sharing the trip with us. Can’t wait to read more.
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I recently read the book “crazy love” by Francis Chan. It forced me to start evaluating my financial priorities. Can anyone with internet at home really say they can’t commit $38 a month to save a child? What’s more important checking your facebook wall or someone getting to eat dinner and hear about God’s love?
This leads to mine and my wife’s new child, Melda in Indonesia.
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I almost screamed a little at the $6 for an egg mcmuffin. I hope people will take this opportunity and sponsor a child. I sponsor a little girl and it’s very cool to hear about what’s going on with her. I’m praying that all you guys have an amazing experience in Kenya!
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Glad you all made it there safely. Now GO and DO what you were MEANT to do!
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Here in the City of Angels, I am praying for your journey and for the little ones at home! May God speak to you and may you hear His voice.
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Glad to hear that you made it safely. Was thinking about you yesterday and the amount of flying you’d be doing. Ugh! Hope jet lag isn’t too bad. I’m very excited to live vicariously through your pictures and words. God bless you on this adventure.
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1 to 15 of 1106! I know the need is great but that statement was an arrow to my heart.
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