In The Shadow Of Kilimanjaro

Hi all-

I'm posting here from the crazy computer station at the Serena Amboseli Lodge. The silly internet is expensive here so I will have to be very quick!

We are finally settled at Amboseli after a long day of traveling. We arrived here about 2:30 this afternoon and we left Scott at 8 a.m. Soooooo, six and a half hours driving on the world's bumpiest road with three sick kiddos and a sick sponsor? Interesting. But we made it. And everyone is really excited because this place is just gorgeous. We just walked in from our first game drive, and we've already seen tons of giraffes, hippos, zebras, cape buffalo, wildebeests and we even saw TWO male lions! AMAZING for a first run! Sadly, I only have my little point and shoot camera with me so my animal pictures are going to have to be poached from El Jefe (Jon M.) and his sweet zoom lens. And oh yeah, he's got that graduate degree in fine arts and all too. Ha ha. But I did get some AWESOME sunset pictures so I will be sure to post those when I get home. You will love them.

On the way to Amboseli, we stopped in Kajiado where we will be serving this Thursday-Sunday. The other day when James was there to finalize our ministries before we arrived, he happened to see a children's home there in town (Kajiado Children's Home). He just stopped in to see if there was anything we could do to help, and it turns out that we were able to bring them about six bins worth of clothing today on our way to Amboseli. We were really excited to help because they do an amazing job at this children's home. Very compassionate ministry.

We also got to see lots of Maasai on our way to the game park today. It made me really excited about this weekend and all of the exciting ministries we have planned for the Kajiado area. As we were driving, I was struck by how dry the region is and how thin the cattle all appeared. I hope that we are able to provide some immediate relief while we are there.

There are many kids here waiting to use this computer so I better sign off, but I did want to let the parents and friends of Ellie, Frances, and Lauren know that the girls are all feeling much better and that they are all taking Cipro. :) And as for our fearless leader, Jon, who we were all really worried about this morning, is feeling 100 times better this evening. So, thank you all for the prayers and for sending your sweet comments! We're hoping to shore up our last bit of energy for Kajiado over the next 36 hours and then ON TO THE NEXT LEG OF OUR JOURNEY!

Oh, and did I mention that we are staying right at the footstep of Kilimanjaro? My goodness, it is majestic. I don't know what else to tell you except that God is evident in His creation!

Love you guys-
Jill