our first glitch

It's a wonderful, sunny day here in Victoria but there's a small cloud on the horizon. Last night I checked into BA to get a boarding pass: no second leg London-Nairobi showing. Please don't tell us we have to retrieve our luggage in London where we have an overnight because of the flight schedule!
Another shock: our baggage limit for each of us is 3 bags at 51 lbs, not the 70lbs we were told. So we were up at 6 am this morning repacking.
Fortunately we have spare weight to spread around, but our one bag reserved for the overnight in Nairobi now contains other stuff.
The BC Ferries have been experiencing delays because of engine problems, so that hurdle remains to be tackled as we leave for Vancouver at noon.
Why would we expect it to be easy? We left for our first six months in Kenya on Sept 14, 2001 on one of the first flights rescheduled. It can't get worse than that!

Almost ready to leave

We leave Canada on September 29 and will arrive in Kakamega on October 2. We know we will have a great deal to do when we arrive. All the computers that were sent in the container must be checked and training sessions organised. Then we will deliver to the schools.

The Virtues Project has been running at full speed in the whole of Western Province and Pat will need to catch up with what is happening. She will be taking some fresh materials for the Kenyan team.

The micro finance groups are also waiting for her to bring news and more money!

Pat's Rotary Club in Victoria has sponsored a new project we are calling "Adopt a Village." We are very excited about this and will be talking to a couple of communities before choosing a location and setting priorities for needs. We'll keep you posted.

It goes without saying that we will also be putting in some more wells.

Then we will meet the students we sponsor in school and know we will have a lot of praise for their hard work.

We're hoping this blog will be a good way to keep in touch with everyone--provided our internet connection will allow us to use it.

feel free to pass the address on and to add any messages to us. We will check it as often as we can.