Today we drove to Machakos to attend Africa Based Orientation (ABO). The drive was about 1 ½ hours long and we traveled about 35 miles. If this seems slow, it was. We are however very thankful that it was slow. It will take some getting used to driving on African roads. The one we were on today was very bumpy. It reminded me of very large cobblestones in a cobblestone street. The road was two lanes one going one way and one the other. The interesting thing is that they can’t see anyone coming at them, they make it a two lane road going one direction. This works great until someone starts coming down their lane right at you. We actually saw a car go between us and another vehicle at one point. So you can see why we were glad were going slow. If we ran into someone hopefully it was not be too serious of a wreck.
ABO is held at Scott Theological College (STC). I didn’t really know what to expect except that I thought it may be a little like a small college campus in the USA. It is much like this but without many of the conveniences. We are in two rooms with two bunk beds each. The kids are in one room and we are in the other. They are really quite comfortable and they smell like a college dorm. This is a good thing because I think it smells good and it makes me feel like I am in college again which would make it quite a bit younger!
Here are a few photos relating to traveling in Africa.

Here is the view from the inside of the car. As you can see the approaching truck is in the middle of the road. It seems that any vehicle that is traveling on the highways is carrying as many people and cargo as it can. Notice the top of the van.



As you can see travel here is very exciting. it is a common practice to have a group prayer prior to traveling because of the dangers.
1 comment:
Pete,Linda, and Kids: Its good to hear from you guys. Thanks for the pictures. Sounds like quite an adventure, almost wish that we were there,(I said almost)!!!!!Love you lots----- miss you. Unk Jim
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