I just checked the flight tracker and it looks like their flight will arrive at 3:04 instead of the 3:40 scheduled time. Please make sure you plan to be there to pick up your student a little early. Thanks!
Jenni Millet
Monday, June 29, 2009
Landed safely in London
Jill just texted to let us know they arrived safely in London. They will be at that airport about 5 hours before the flight home. See you all at the airport tomorrow.
- Jenni Millet
- Jenni Millet
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Sunday 6/28 Heading Home
The group is boarding the plane in Nairobi to head home. They will text me when they get to London.
Tomorrows flight info in case you need it:
British Airways flight 193 - London Heathrow to DFW
arriving at 3:40 p.m. Monday June 29
Terminal D
- Jenni Millet
Tomorrows flight info in case you need it:
British Airways flight 193 - London Heathrow to DFW
arriving at 3:40 p.m. Monday June 29
Terminal D
- Jenni Millet
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Saturday 6/27 Update on the day
Just received another text from Jill. They are driving back from the Maasai village right now. (8 pm their time) This morning some of the team went to get food for the relief project. This afternoon all went to the Maasai market and to a village. Some of the team did a vbs and some did evangelizing in the streets.
As soon as they get back to the hotel they will have dinner and then their final meeting/devotional and then back to rooms to pack. Tomorrow morning they will be doing a church service in the same village they were in today and then will leave to head to Nairobi for the trip home!
Jill said to tell you they have been reading your comments on the blog and are very encouraged by them. She also wanted to be sure you knew that ALL are now well and the tummy bug seems to have run its course. They are all exhausted and ready to come home but feel amazed at the opportunities God has given them while there.
I'll post more if I hear anything else.
Sincerely,
Jenni Millet
As soon as they get back to the hotel they will have dinner and then their final meeting/devotional and then back to rooms to pack. Tomorrow morning they will be doing a church service in the same village they were in today and then will leave to head to Nairobi for the trip home!
Jill said to tell you they have been reading your comments on the blog and are very encouraged by them. She also wanted to be sure you knew that ALL are now well and the tummy bug seems to have run its course. They are all exhausted and ready to come home but feel amazed at the opportunities God has given them while there.
I'll post more if I hear anything else.
Sincerely,
Jenni Millet
Saturday 6/27 Last night was great
Hi everyone,
Just got a few texts from Jill - our ever-faithful tell-all informant. She said the village where they had the open air meeting last night was again remote but that about 150 people came to hear them. They showed the Passion of the Christ and about 15 or 20 people were saved. The group will be returning to this same location today to do a vbs and more door-to-door evangelism. Tomorrow (Sunday) they will be doing food distribution.
By the way, Jill is going to have Michelle look at her high-tech phone so they can read all your comments today. And she said all the Lake Pointe peeps are all doing good - just fyi for you Lake Pointe families.
Sickies Update:
Hamilton and Haley M. were still not feeling well last night (they are just now getting up so she hasn't talked to them yet this morning to check on improvement) but all others are feeling better and everyone attended the meeting last night.
Please keep them in your prayers as they are making use of their last few days in Africa before the trip home.
For the group
Jenni Millet
Just got a few texts from Jill - our ever-faithful tell-all informant. She said the village where they had the open air meeting last night was again remote but that about 150 people came to hear them. They showed the Passion of the Christ and about 15 or 20 people were saved. The group will be returning to this same location today to do a vbs and more door-to-door evangelism. Tomorrow (Sunday) they will be doing food distribution.
By the way, Jill is going to have Michelle look at her high-tech phone so they can read all your comments today. And she said all the Lake Pointe peeps are all doing good - just fyi for you Lake Pointe families.
Sickies Update:
Hamilton and Haley M. were still not feeling well last night (they are just now getting up so she hasn't talked to them yet this morning to check on improvement) but all others are feeling better and everyone attended the meeting last night.
Please keep them in your prayers as they are making use of their last few days in Africa before the trip home.
For the group
Jenni Millet
Friday, June 26, 2009
Friday 6/26 -Mountaintop experience
Hi again everyone
I just talked to Jon for awhile and he said that last night was probably one of the neatest things he's ever experienced in Africa. They had been busy all day hiking out to different villages and evangelizing and so finally around sunset, they left to hike to one last remote Masaii village with their guides to meet with a group of Masaii that had been expecting them since around noon. They weren't sure exactly how far it was, but it turns out it was 4 or 5 miles up a very remote mountain - so remote there were zebra and gazelle wandering around everywhere.
They said when they finally got up there, the group was so ecstatic to see them. None of them had ever seen Americans before, and apparently don't get a lot of visitors. It was a typical Masaii village with just a few small huts and a tree as their church. One of the women had become a christian long ago and had spent years praying for a pastor. A former student of James Ndungu has been working in that area and evangelizing and organizing so now they get frequent contact with a pastor. Jon said while many of them now claim to be christians, some are definitely still confused and still make animal sacrifices and pray to the rain god, etc. But they were extremely welcoming and receptive and eager to hear what they came to say.
Anyway, Jon said James Ndungu was on fire and gave a great message to them in their "church" under the tree. They were all invited to go into the huts and look around the village afterward. When it was time to leave, they hiked back down the mountain with a few flashlights, but mostly by starlight and didn't get back until after midnight. They had a late supper and then went to bed. I'm sure I didn't do this story justice so you will want to ask them all about it when they get back.
Today they went to another remote Masaii village (the whole town and surrounding villages are ALL Masaii people) and Jon said Jill did a fantastic job with a VBS program for them. There were about 30 schoolchildren that came. He said that the whole town and villages are almost all women and children right now because all the men (who are farmers) have all taken the livestock into Tanzania looking for grass. And for all you who tend to worry like me - he said they feel extremely safe and welcome in this area.
When I talked to Jon, they were at a gas station because the bus had a flat tire. And our son had just wandered by with a 2 liter bottle of Coca Cola...so I don't think they minded the stop. :) They will be doing another open-air service tonight in the town and they are showing either the Jesus film or the Passion. Please continue to keep them in your prayers as they reach the home stretch of the trip.
Sickie updates:
Natalie and Catherine M. are "sort of mostly" better
KJ Johnson and Hamilton L and Haleigh M are now/still sick
He said he's really not sure if it's a virus or just a result of eating strange things and traveling because everyone has had it to varying degrees but it doesn't seem to be too bad.
That's all for now. I will post any new updates as I hear them.
- Jenni Millet
I just talked to Jon for awhile and he said that last night was probably one of the neatest things he's ever experienced in Africa. They had been busy all day hiking out to different villages and evangelizing and so finally around sunset, they left to hike to one last remote Masaii village with their guides to meet with a group of Masaii that had been expecting them since around noon. They weren't sure exactly how far it was, but it turns out it was 4 or 5 miles up a very remote mountain - so remote there were zebra and gazelle wandering around everywhere.
They said when they finally got up there, the group was so ecstatic to see them. None of them had ever seen Americans before, and apparently don't get a lot of visitors. It was a typical Masaii village with just a few small huts and a tree as their church. One of the women had become a christian long ago and had spent years praying for a pastor. A former student of James Ndungu has been working in that area and evangelizing and organizing so now they get frequent contact with a pastor. Jon said while many of them now claim to be christians, some are definitely still confused and still make animal sacrifices and pray to the rain god, etc. But they were extremely welcoming and receptive and eager to hear what they came to say.
Anyway, Jon said James Ndungu was on fire and gave a great message to them in their "church" under the tree. They were all invited to go into the huts and look around the village afterward. When it was time to leave, they hiked back down the mountain with a few flashlights, but mostly by starlight and didn't get back until after midnight. They had a late supper and then went to bed. I'm sure I didn't do this story justice so you will want to ask them all about it when they get back.
Today they went to another remote Masaii village (the whole town and surrounding villages are ALL Masaii people) and Jon said Jill did a fantastic job with a VBS program for them. There were about 30 schoolchildren that came. He said that the whole town and villages are almost all women and children right now because all the men (who are farmers) have all taken the livestock into Tanzania looking for grass. And for all you who tend to worry like me - he said they feel extremely safe and welcome in this area.
When I talked to Jon, they were at a gas station because the bus had a flat tire. And our son had just wandered by with a 2 liter bottle of Coca Cola...so I don't think they minded the stop. :) They will be doing another open-air service tonight in the town and they are showing either the Jesus film or the Passion. Please continue to keep them in your prayers as they reach the home stretch of the trip.
Sickie updates:
Natalie and Catherine M. are "sort of mostly" better
KJ Johnson and Hamilton L and Haleigh M are now/still sick
He said he's really not sure if it's a virus or just a result of eating strange things and traveling because everyone has had it to varying degrees but it doesn't seem to be too bad.
That's all for now. I will post any new updates as I hear them.
- Jenni Millet
Friday 6/26
I heard from Jill last night around midnight our time and they were just getting up for the day. She said that they had an awesome experience yesterday. No details other than that yet. She was waiting for the three sickies to get up so she could find out how they were feeling today but they were letting them all sleep in so she said she'd send me another text later with an update.
Today, they should be doing another VBS and more evangelism throughout the area with another open-air service tonight. I'll post another update as soon as I hear more from them.
Sincerely,
Jenni Millet
Today, they should be doing another VBS and more evangelism throughout the area with another open-air service tonight. I'll post another update as soon as I hear more from them.
Sincerely,
Jenni Millet
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