Latest Message from Wendy

Just got this via Facebook from Wendy:

Ok so i got internet access again so i thought i would send yall a quick note but I have to copy and paste again cause stinky facebook only allows you to put so many people on message... LAME! Since the last time I wrote it has been crazy, half of our team got a stomach virus so we connected by being sick in the cho (aka the hole in the ground we call a bathroom). I was one of the lucky team members that got sick but we all got through it and God taught us to trust in Him because we luckily got sick before the kids came. We just finished our first week of camp and it was amazing. We had orphans as our first week of campers and it broke my heart to see them leave today, if only I were in a place to adopt there were definetely a couple I would love to adopt. The week was filled with games and bible study. BK and I are roomies and we had the youngest campers and half of them were bed wetters... which was interesting... pray the pee smell will air out soon. The cutest was, BK and I left the room to get ready and came back to see them draging their mattresses outside. Every day these kids start by washing their clothes in buckets with bars of soap so we would stand outside amazed at these kids scrubbing away while we stood watching in the same clothes we have worn for three days... sigh I have become disgusting and dirty, but a cold shower is just torture and no one showers here. These kids were amazing in the knowledge they already have in the Lord so we were stretched in trying to challenge them even more. Also these kids had pretty hard shells when they first got here due to constantly having people come in and out of their lives, so it was a bit of a battle to break through, but by the end of the week they were all hugging on us and sharing their lives with us. Please be in prayer for next week we have our regular campers but they do not know english as well, so we will be even more dependent on our translators.
All but one of the action packers was found, the baby supplies was located... YAY! the action packer that is lost does not have necessay supplies.
AHHH I have to go cause everyone is yelling at me cause we all have to share the computer.
I love you all!!!!
Wendy

Another Message from Wendy in Africa

I know it is kinda lame that I haven't actually written a post in a while, but I assure you that you will soon get your fix of more of my amazing wit and wisdom soon.....but in the meantime here is another message that my sister sent about her trip to Africa (actually she sent it on the same day as the last message - I'm just slow in posting it).


So my first message was ridiculous because i was in such a hurry and could not get myself to calm down and think so let me try this again. Oh and facebook restricts how many people you can send stuff too that is silly. Anyway we are at a girl's school and the girls there are fabulous and just so happy to have us there. They ask us all sorts of questions and love teaching us the language and teaching us to dance. We went to church on sunday and the girls sang to us and it was the most beauticul song I have ever heard. I did not know the words but just to praise God with them was such an amazing blessing. The girls will only be there a few more days and I wish that we were putting on camp for them so we could get to know them better. They love getting their picture taken and want to see themselves because there are no mirrors so many of them have not seen themselves for a very long time. We played volleyball with them and they completely killed us we rematched four times and only won one game. And they are amazing at scrabble and yes we were using english words and they put down words i never would have thought of. Oh and they have such a love for the Lord that I pray I could have that much faith. Today we went to the market and bought way too much stuff but then again I do have a shopping problem. The people there are very aggressive and you have to be careful becuase they will put things on you and then you have to pay for it or somehow get it back into their hands and everything is up for negotiation. The craziest was when we were buying out of the top of our van. Oh the vans we are in are for safaris so the tops pop up so right before our safari we were buying more stuff. I made the mistake of getting out of the van to get my sunglasses from our other van and got completely mobbed and had to be rescued. I thought i was fine but Lucas, one of my teammates got a little worried due to my face issues (aka i don't like my face touched as you all know). As i said before we are at a resort right now so we got hot showers and got to get cleaned. It was the first time since we got here that i got to see myself in a full lenght mirror and it was not a pretty sight, but then again when you haven't showered in four days that is to be expected. This place is just amazing, and beautiful and the people we are working along side with are just so filled with God's love and teaching me so much about loving people well. The team we have is definetly hand picked by God and so far we have such amazing unity and bonding, I pray that continues once we have been together for a couple of weeks and know each others annoyances. I have so much to say. I have so many thoughts going through my head my hands just can't type fast enough 15 min is not enough time!!!! I love this place so much and want to tell you everything. Mainly how amazing these kids are I want to adopt on so bad and bring it home with me. Don't worry Mom, GG, Val and Barbara I am not going to do it, i just want to, they are precious. Plus kenya law doesn't allow me to. You think the airlines would notice if i brought a little boy with me on the plane he could be my personal item. Anyways, Please be in prayer as we continue planning for next week. The kids are finally coming!!!! Also the airport lost a lot of luggage 6 bags and 4 of our action packers and Tiffany's bag and 2 action packer are still missing. Tiffany is the one here with her 9 month old so her bag is vital or we have to get supplies quickly shipped from the states. Also please pray for continued unity as the honeymoon phase ends with this group. oh I have to go because this silly faceboook message thing won't let me send this to everyone. ...(blah blah blah - personal shout-outs to her peeps)...Thank you all for your prayers and I will see if i can find a computer later, but Lances died once we got here. There have been many little blips so i am sure God is going to move in a might way. Ahhh time is almost up!!! I miss and love EVERYONE.