It is a quiet Sunday morning as we get ourselves ready this morning. Breakfast will be at 8 am and then we head for Mwanika Church.
Our journey to Meru yesterday went very smoothly. We arrived at Thiiri Center, where we are staying at 5:30 pm. The temperatures were in the mid-70s and partly sunny. We enjoyed our time together in the vans. We left Nairobi about 8:30 am, had a pleasant lunch at Nanyuki, stopping afterwards at the Weavers Shop on the north side of Nanyuki. The Weavers is a women's cooperative for woolen textile goods. The women receive 90% and the coop gets just 10% for overhead.
Mt Kenya was shy yesterday, as they say here, hidden in the clouds. You get a sense of the vast expanse of Kenya on the west side of the mountain. They grow wheat and have greenhouses for growing flowers. The maize crop was noticeably in poor shape. This would normally be harvest time, but it looks sadly underproductive.
As we got nearer to Meru we got to see the busyness of the markets and people conducting business in the open markets. There Re many new building in the area. We look forward to exploring the progress in the community.
Rev Marilyn Brenchley met us at Thiiri on our arrival. Their new housing is open and we are the first guests in some of the rooms. The new facilities allow then to host larger group now and the space is more flexible. Marilyn is doing well herself and will be traveling to her original home church in Washington state mid week to be with them there.
We are greatly blessed in our time together. Hope your day is blessed and joy filled also!
On behalf of the Mission Team,
Gary
The photo below was taken just before departure from the Methodist Guest House in Nairobi. Photo taken by Kathy Macdonald.
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