Dear Friends,
Things are quickly coming together for the trip to Kenya. Along the way we’ve already had several adventures we thought you might enjoy hearing (and laughing over).
We sent for our Visas almost as soon as we received our Passports back. Ok, actually it took us a couple of weeks because we would think we had everything together for the Visas and then discover we needed two pictures with the Visas, and the picture on our Passport would not count as one of the pictures. Then, we would think we had everything together, only to find that we had no stamps on the envelopes when we stopped to drop them off at the Post Office. Finally, with what we thought was everything we sent our Passports and Visas off- complete with checks to pay for each Visa. A few days later we received a call from the Kenyan Embassy… we had sent a personal check and they only take cashier checks or money orders. In addition we needed to send two registered mail envelopes for the Visas to be sent back in. Thankfully we sent for the Visas with enough time left to get everything together. We should be receiving them back in a day or two.
Our second adventure involved our immunizations. To go to Kenya one needs Hepatitis A and B shots- which we received in March. We also needed Typhoid shots, and Yellow fever shots, and Malaria pills. The Hep. A and B shots were just awful. Each shot hurt all the way down the arm as we got them. We were really dreading the Yellow Fever shots because we heard they’d be bad. Well, two days ago we finally got those shots, and thankfully, we have only a slight achiness- not the flu symptoms we had expected! We’re praising the Lord for that!
We now know a bit more about what we will be doing in Kenya. It looks like most of the first week will be spent in doing clinics in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital city. As with any metropolitan area Nairobi can be dangerous. We’d appreciate prayer for safety as we spend time there. We will also be visiting at least one orphanage in Nairobi. Most of the second half of the trip will be spent in up in the north western part of Kenya, in Dr. Kenya’s village. The village has no electricity. Curt says it does have running water– we are the ones who do the running to get the water. In the area is a large girl’s school of around 1200 girls! We’re looking forward to doing some teaching there, and some skits and drama.
Thank you for your prayer and financial support. Especially with the good reaction to the Yellow Fever shots we are sure folks were praying. Each time we have come up on a deadline financially the money needed has been there just at the time needed. Just before we got our Yellow Fever shots Curt looked and saw that we were a few dollars short, but that afternoon a card arrived in the mail, giving us the money we needed to pay for the shots completely! God is so gracious to us, as are you!
Just to list a few Prayer requests: Pray for the teams health/safety while in Kenya. Pray for clarity and wisdom in presenting God’s Word. Pray for receptive hearts. Pray that jet lag will not slow us down when we get over there. We have a limited time to spend ministering there and we would like to make every moment count! Finally, this may sound silly, but pray for wisdom as we pack. We’re planning to travel light, and each use our one checked bag to bring Bibles with us. Pray we would not be foolhardy in packing too little or too much.
Thank you so much!
In Christ,
Curt and Christy Doucette
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