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And we're home.

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 We've now been home over 48 hours. I'm looking forward to hearing how the others have found it, but being back at work it almost feels like I was never in Kenya. And yet I've had a few opportunities to talk about our trip, and there's no doubt its had a big impact on me. I really miss Kenya. It was so beautiful, and an opportunity to fully rely on God because we had to.   Hopefully we should be able to share some more photos and videos on here now we're home, but in the meantime here's another one from Reverend Nick's house - we were so spoiled on our last evening there, so kind of them.    So what were my highlights? In a way I'm stealing stories of other people, as this trip was never really about me. It was such a joy to hand over knitted goods and sports kit donated by friends and family in the UK. It was a joy to see our young people serve amazingly, make friends, eat things they never would at home and be impacted and changed by their time in Afri...
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Day 13 final day

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 We are carrying mixed emotions today and tiredness is beginning to hit - it’s our last day. We started early with breakfast and pack up and then headed out for half a day of activities.  We did a 3 mile nature trail through the woods which was beautiful. Then a few of us headed to a shopping mall for lunch and gift buying - could you be one of the lucky ones?! The rest of us went to an outside swimming pool to cool off and have fun. It was awesome. See the photos.  Late this afternoon, we collected our luggage and said goodbye to Resurrection Garden where we have been staying. It has been such a blessing to stay there. We then headed to Rev Nick’s from Nairobi chapel with him leading the way on his motorbike! Such a cool rev. Dinner and saying goodbye was so encouraging and such a blessing. They treated us to a wonderful dinner to celebrate and refresh before our flight. They even gave us a Kenya happy birthday and cake for all of us with birthdays and anniversaries comi...
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Day 12

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 Well we've arrived at our last night in Kenya. Its hard to believe we're flying home tomorrow night although we have a fairly full day tomorrow. Today was an incredible wildlife day. We were out the door for a safari at 6am but it was so worth it. We saw lions, vultures, rhino, crocodiles, and much more. I'll put a few photos below, but do some more when we get back.  Then we went to an elephant orphanage, followed by a giraffe sanctuary where it was a real highlight to feed the giraffe. This evening we prayed for each other before having dinner with Josh Lumwagis family. It was lovely to meet them.      
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Day 11

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 Brief update on Kimilili:  Our time at IcFEM was an absolute blessing, it was full of chaos and tiredness but also full of excitement, laughter and joy. Although we had a few blackouts and lots of rain most of us definitely want to return. Some real bonds were made at camp with the children but volunteers too so goodbyes were super difficult.  Some of us got to meet Solomon, the director of ICFEM, on video call this evening. He is truly a visionary man and it was great to hear the community transformation vision behind what we've seen this week. Travelling back to Nairobi:  We travelled back to Nairobi today, on the way we had a quick pit stop at the equator which was absolutely amazing! We were hoping for a bright red line across the floor which sadly does not exist but we of course took a picture on the line. When we got to the airport the plane was delayed but I think it worked in our favour as we all enjoyed getting food, drinks and looking around the souvenir s...
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