Jon McClarnon

Yeah, I skipped a few days of the blog tour from Kenya, but we were on the go A LOT!
Once we finished with the church service on Sunday, we packed up and drove back from the valley to Eldoret (6 hours), spent the night and drove to Nairobi (another 6 hours).

Monday I gave a very brief report after we arrived in Nairobi. Tuesday had us feeling very much like tourists as we bartered in the market (a skill that I’m quite good at…e.g., I paid 500 KSH for a painting that started at 9000), took a safari walk and ate dinner at Carnivore restaurant. Our flight out was at 11:50 PM and the next 22 hours were spent in the air.

There’s a lot to process from a whirlwind trip like we experienced. I have to say that the potential for making a difference in the Kerio Valley of Kenya is huge! All the things we have talked about are possible – providing clean water…making available good medical care…teaching literacy and farming skills – the mission is a great place for this to happen. It’s location is great too – on the border between the Pikot and Marakwet tribes…people that were at war for 12 years and in recent years have come to peace.

Now that we have had the privilege of seeing things for ourselves and having the first hand experience, I’m asking you to pray that God would continue to guide us in this process and that we would move with wisdom on how we can best make a difference in Kenya.

I will definitely be sharing more about this in the near future, and Chatty will be here in the states in a couple weeks. So we’ll get to hear from here directly soon at True North.

Thanks to everyone for the well wishes, prayers and encouragement. Glad to know many of you were following along!