I hadn't slept in two days and the airplane food was getting old. I can only handle so much chicken absorbed in sauteed sauce with French titles. So landing in Nairobi was a welcome blessing. My Kenya parents, Stanley and Sylvia Mutangili, collected me from Jomo Kenyatta Airport around nine PM Kenyan time. We then left the chaos of the airport and drove through the darkness and rain into the heart of East Africa's largest city.
Nairobi, Kenya has a population of about three and a half million residents most of whom live in the slums and surrounding sprawl. I will be staying for two to three days at the Africa Inland Missionary guesthouse called Mayfield. My roomate is Jene Tan, a medical researcher from the Newark, New Jersey. He will eventually be living in Uganda working at an HIV research center. As AIDS is so prevalent throughout East Africa his work is very valuable. We'll also be together during our next three weeks of school and training in Machakos, Kenya.
Being back in Kenya, especially Nairobi, is somewhat de javu, the sights of people walking everywhere ( no one owns cars except the wealthy ) and the nasty smog smell.
Jene and I went running this morning and we were consistently greeted with a wondeful, scented blast of black gas from whatever unrepaired vehicle was traveling.
The Lord has been good. I have had breakfast the past two mornings with fellow workers and AIM Sudan team leaders here at mayfield. I am always awed at the large body of dedicated believers who come from Europe, the States, and Africa to work alongside others called to prosper the Word here in Africa. Body of Christ at work.
Thank you for the prayers and support, Matthew