Day 16- January 11, 2011

The plane travels begin. After that meal at Carnivore (Ridiculous!) and the circus that is the Kenya International Airport, I am currently sitting on the plane to leave this place that I’ve come to love. Sure, I’m glad to be out of the corruption, but there is so much that I’ve come to love about this place! The beautiful creation, the people of Turkana… Samway! I just have God to thank for this opportunity and also for the serious work He’s been doing in my life and in the lives around me. I just hope each person on our team’s personal relationships continue to grow so much each day when we return.

Well, we’ve been doing this plane thing for the past 20 hrs (ish, time period changes throw me off), and I must say, Continental Airline does things right! Food was great; the bathrooms were large, and the movie selection is nice. On the other hand, Brussels Air sucks. All they have to offer is nice blankets, which yes, I did keep (illegally) as a souvenir. With all this free time I’ve been able to sit back and relax. I got another letter (my last), and yes as the letter says, God is faithful (Hebrews 6:10) to me, but even better… I know that same verse applies to Pastor John, Joel, John, Duncan, Regina, William, Cheboi… and all of the amazing Christian leaders of Turkana. He will not forget them, and with Him they are in such a better place than they would have been with only me! I’m having to distract myself for this flight with some C.S. Lewis (who, btw, I’m coming to find out is SO legit). I’m distracting myself from thinking too much about Samway and the fact that he will never experience this kinda plane ride or even the computer that I’m gonna type this on. The pencil and paper that I originally wrote this with is so foreign to most of them! Whew, after that thought, it’s time to hurry back to the distraction of C.S. I suppose.

Well, the moment we got off our Trans-Atlantic flight it hit me officially… our trip is over. I will still claim T.I.A. for everything that happens but instead of it meaning “This is Africa”, it will be “This is America”. I don’t know if I’m ready but oh well, I’ll have to be ready by the time our plane lands in Charlotte and I see that lovely mother and father of mine along with my beautiful little sis.

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