We left at 5:15 am in order to miss the Nairobi city traffic and arrived at our site approximately 21/2 hours later. We experienced sensory overload as we watched the city come to life. People walking everywhere including children going to,school in their brightly coloured uniforms of red, green, blue and grey. women were opening their small shops that sold foodstuffs, clothing, material, etc. And some men were opening their stores that sold coal, hardware, ga...

My good friend Janet drove us to the Pearson International airport, toronto, arriving about 3pm. Thanks Janet, I owe you one!!!!! We met 3 of our team members there and left toronto at 6:30 pm. After a four hour layover in London, Heathrow, we set off for Nairobi. We were met by Charles, our driver for the next two weeks, and arrived at Heart Lodge, our home away from home at approximately midnight. Then off to bed--- was nice to stretch out after the long fl...

Lauren and I went to Toronto to the SCAW office where we met with our team leader, Bob Barclay, and received the items we need to transport to Kenya for the bedkit distribution. We were thrilled to meet Dave Dryden also, a son of the founder Murray Dryden. It was especially nice he was there as the office is the home where he, his brother Ken, and sister Judy grew up.