To Samburu District and Beyond!

Ken arranged for us to fly with AIM-Air from Nairobi to Maralal on 3/15.  We were able to fly with Reine Schmidt (he flew part of the team to Maralal on the last visit in 2007 and has visited Westview).  The flight was pretty bumpy and a couple of us literally lost our lunch (Seth and Heather...but Seth puked first!). 

Pre-flight photo of the Haupts.  Reine is the pilot on the left and Dan Stairs was his co-pilot.

We landed on a dirt landing strip in Kisima about 20 minutes from Ken and Susan's.  Some of the town came out to watch us unload the plane.  Apparently, Ken checks the runway before the plane lands by driving fast over the road and if it's too bumpy in spots he gets out and chucks rocks out of the way. 

Reine is on the left in this photo.  Check out the height difference between him and Seth.  Amazinly he seems to cram himself into the cockpit.

We started our projects the next day.  The construction team went Lare Oibor for construction on the new school/kitchen.

The church is in the background and now has stone walls!

The Medical team went to a Manyatta about 10km from Lare Oibor in a village called Loragai.

Pastor Peter's Church at Lorokai

Brian Smith and Brian the Samburu boy.  Yep, his name is Brian.  He was bit by a dog on our way out of clinic and Nicholle and Brian were able to patch him up.

Bob seeing patients at Lorokai.  Everything has to be done through a translator and can take a lot of time.  Lawrence is the Samburu translator in this picture.  He is 24 years old and is very close to Ken and Susan.  Both of his parents are dead and he is responsible for his 4 younger siblings.



More later!

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