Today there were no sermons or obligations. It was a day of shopping, sleeping in, and spending dinner with Alice at her home.

Jacque gave the morning devotional. She wasn’t feeling good, but she muscled through it and it was good.

I went out in the morning to video Benson speaking with a contractor about the needs regarding the greenhouses on the property.

We visited the puppies on the property, one of which appeared hurt.

Evan’s, who grew up in Openhand and is now a young man with a good job, came back to Openhand today to receive a gift that Leroy Cole had sent for him. He also shared with me his plans and dreams. He is a runner and is a very grateful young man.

Before we left to get lunch and do some shopping, we played with the kids a little bit. It was fun to watch them continue to enjoy the playscape and to swing.

We went to a mall called the Galleria. We ate KFC (Ray, Jacque, and Charles got pizza Inn).

We then went to “Kobe strong” where we saw how the women made beaded necklaces and bracelets.

We also went to kisac to buy soap stone souvenirs, as well as the Maasai market shop. The manager of shop, John, remembered us. He asked how Kamar (from last years trip) was doing. He still had a pic in his phone of him from last year.

Dinner at Alice’s house was excellent. She fed us a lot of food, as usual. 2 of Alice’s daughters (Njambi and Joy) as well as her son, Emmanuel, were there.

Njambi showed us pics of her fiancé and even FaceTime called him. Tyler drilled him and dad gave him some advice. Njambi and Edgar are getting married in August of this year.

We also met Alice’s sister Lydia (whom God has healed from cancer) and Alice’s niece.

One of the many funny incidents of the night was when Emmanuel and his friend came out to meet us. Someone asked, “which of them is your son?” Alice responded, “the black one.” They were both black. But, in Kenya they make more of a distinction between the shades of skin…black, brown etc.