En route to Kenya.

By Kyle Small -
We departed Amsterdam after a brief four hour layover (it is 7 hours on the way home). Layovers begin to disclose personalities. Some want to sit in a chair and wait it out - the bonus is that these guys watch the luggage. Others want to walk aimlessly in order to get some exercise. Still, others have a destination in mind - Starbucks or a wireless hotspot. I like this about our group.

We are now on the plane to Nairobi. Gunnar has met his flight attendant, the two younger women sitting in his row (one is from North Dakota traveling to Kenya to teach English on the South-east coast), and he is the most diligent at walking the aisles. I think that every time he gets up, he meets someone new. Towards the end of the flight he met another missionary couple with campus crusade. They used to live in Minot north Dakota. By the end of the flight Gunnar has connected every passenger to either North Dakota or Denmark. Remarkable.

The movie of the trip has been True Grit. I have yet to watch it (I watched Chronicles of Narnia 3, instead). I think the guys really like it. But I thought it odd when Ron Russell and Ken Carlson were playing cowboys throughout Schipohl Airport (boys will be boys).

John is our watch-out guy. He is always turning around to make sure everyone is with us. We are dubbing him security patrol - he is responsible for our daily health checks (and mere presence). Ken is our even keel guy. He is flexible with whatever is next, willing to help however he can. (He just walked by me as I typed that - we are all working hard to ward off "deep bone thrombosis").

Bill is doing well. He has a quiet presence that is always on the edge of wit. Shawn is our perpetual smiling presence. Whether one of us offers an off-hand remark or simply a statement of a peculiar fact, Shawn nods his head and smiles. He's the rock.

Finally, nothing eventful has happened. We simply sit, walk, pee, and sit. This is a good life. I think we will be ready for a long sleep when we arrive in Nairobi. Tomorrow we wake up, eat breakfast, attend worship, and travel north to Stars For Jesus.

Comments

  1. Anonymous6:43 PM

    Kyle, thanks for the invitation to 'follow you around Kenya.' I think I will. Who are your team members?
    Garth

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  2. Anonymous11:37 PM

    Boy oh boy, that Gunnar is something else, a people-champion. Thanks for the personality sketch on each person. But what about you?

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  3. terri8:45 PM

    I hope you are all well and having a great time.

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