Remember to look left, then right, then left, then right, then left, then right again before crossing the street.

We officially can say that we can get places in Kenya by ourselves. Today was our first day without a member from the LIA staff with us, and we are all safely back at the guest house after a long day of riding matatus (Kenyan taxi vans) and walking places. It was a great day.

The day started out with a round of haircuts for the guys. For those of you that don’t know, today is a super special day b/c it is Ben’s 22nd birthday, so he got a stylish new do for his big day. Surprisingly, both of the haircuts look normal, even though the Kenyan barber who cut Daniel’s hair can probably count the number of redheaded customers he has ever had on one hand.

We then headed over to NPC (Nairobi Pentecostal Church), the church that we are attending and want to get more involved with. We met the youth pastors, and they were super enthusiastic and excited that we were there. We were able to also join a young adults bible study/discussion and meet some Kenyans our age. They were really cool, but very confused at first as to why 5 new white people were meandering into their meeting. It was interesting to be able to hear their perspectives about how they deal with some of the things that American young adults also struggle with.

We talked a lot today with the youth pastors about what our role would look like in the church. Turns out we are teaching/leading discussion in the teen service tomorrow. We are all really excited about the opportunity, but none of us are really “preachers”, so any prayers you might want to throw up for that would be greatly appreciated. We are super stoked to be able to get more involved with the youth at NPC, but we have to make sure that we don’t have the “American way is the only way” attitude. They do things a lot differently here, and so I’m excited to learn from them equally as much as we attempt to leave with them…

That’s about it from Nairobi. Keep praying for our Poland buddies, Dane and Erich. And sing happy birthday to Ben, I’m sure he’ll be able to hear you if you sing really loud into your computer. We attempted to make him a fruit pizza tonight for his birthday… it was the thought that counts I guess…

We love you guys and are glad that you are still reading our ridiculously long blog posts…