Road Trip

We were scheduled to take a road trip to Eldoret on Wednesday then return to Noarobi on Thursday evening. Eldoret is very different than Salama in many ways. It's obvious there are different tribes or groups of people there, but we experienced a change in climate which turned out to be a great break from the safari dust.

On the way to Eldoret we made a stop at Rift Valley. The valley is a place similar to our grand canyon with one exception,the lower elevation is inhabited by the Maasai people.

 Eldoret AKA Obama Land named for our President Baraka Obama is mostly a farming community. The ground is fertile, wet soil, very green grass, and many many shade trees.  

Let me introduce you to someone we met while in Eldoret ...  Meet Mr. Limo.

We lodged on his property while there. Mr Limo owns hundreds of acres of land that include a church, school for boys, dormitories, guest houses, etc.This week he hosted pastors from all over Kenya for  leadership training. Mr. Limo is 87 years old and has made many visits to the USA.  He was really excited we came to serve at the two clinics here in Kenya.  He thanked us for greeting the people at Rombo saying 'sometimes sad people can be forgotten'. He has been working in the community to make Kenya a better people and a better country. 

I gave him a walking pedometer as a gift during our visit as all the other hosts. He initially thought it was a speedometer. I explained to him it should be used to measure his walking steps. He laughed from his belly and said 'You Americans are always coming up with something'. He said he would use it to increase his walking, but he also wanted to hang it on his mantle because he thought he might not get to access another.