After a long and complicated journey, we finally arrived in Nairobi. After going through customs, (which took me awhile because they liked what I had and wanted to charge me for bringing it) we stopped by the Ufungamano Center to drop off our things and freshen up before continuing. Then we drove to Missions of Hope International (MoHI), also called the Pangani center, which is located on the edge of the Mathare Valley slum.
We were introduced to the staff and even got to walk through 'village 1' in Mathare. Although I have been here before, the sights, smells, and volume of trash are shocking to the senses. We drew a croud of small children everywhere we walked. They would yell "Mzungu", which is the term for a white person, and run to us with arms open wide. One girl in our team even had a child lick her arm...you just never know what will happen on a day in Mathare.
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Praise God you arrived safely. Prayers from one end of the country to the other were holding you up and seeking your protection. (Did the authorities charge you for anything you brought?)
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Mom