Tuesday 28th November 06

Chelsea nearly won – just a bit more finesse in front of goal – and the score could have been different. I was able to watch the second half in the Hotel TV room. Linda just sat there and read her book.

On Saturday we went to Kisumu – which is on Lake Victoria. This is the 2nd biggest fresh water lake in the world – and the source of the River Nile. It borders three countries – Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. However, it is not advisable to eat the fish from in it – and during the various uprisings, wars etc – human remains have been chucked in the water – and the fish have eaten them – so you never know what you might get with your fish and chips!

We went to a Restaurant – but they had nothing on the menu – everything we asked for they didn’t do! It was a 2 hour trip – and we saw quite a bit of flooding on the way – it is sugar beet country.

On Sunday we went to church – where I should have preached last week – if I hadn’t been ill. I was going to preach this week – but then there was also a visiting speaker from Nairobi – so I just said a few words. I am speaking to the youth on Tuesday. The service started at 9.30 – we could have gone to the earlier one at 8.00 – but fortunately no-one mentioned this to us! It lasted about 3 hours – and there was a lot of singing – all in Swahili but the sermon was in English.

After this we had tea and some bread. I had a chat with the Pastor and a retired Police Officer. In the afternoon we went for a walk – but not too far – as it is tiring walking at this high altitude – and you have to be back by dark as it gets dangerous then.

In the evening we had dinner at the restaurant (after the football) – but was disappointing – and the Chef has certainly not learnt how to make chicken masala!

On Tuesday we went back to the school in the morning. We helped prepare the window frames – by knocking all the putty and broken glass out. I was very good at this destructive stage – fortunately they have someone who knows what to do to put the new panes in.

Linda had bought some tennis balls – so as we were travelling along – she was throwing them to the poor children who were standing by the roadside. They were excited when they saw the balls.

We went to a new restaurant for dinner – and Linda had some chicken – which she didn’t like – but the chapatti and samosa were good. It was raining very hard and we got soaked just going from the car to the restaurant. Everywhere is flooded.

In the afternoon we went to the African Inland Church Sitotwet Bible College – as we had an invitation from one of the Pastors we had met at Church on Sunday. They are a small Bible College – about 40 students – but it has potential. We had some discussions - and look forward to working with them. They teach secretarial skills on typewriters that my Grandmother had. They only had one antiquated computer – must be able to help them.

The Churches of Kericho were having a united week of teaching for the youth. So this morning it was my turn to provide an input. It seemed to go – all right – although they were very shy. We met the Principal of the local Bible College for lunch – and then it was time to find an internet café.