Safe, Sound and HOT!

My husband has arrived safely in Mombasa. Hooray! They traveled through most of the night on Sunday (February 20th), arriving in Amsterdam at what would be our 3:00am, and their 11:30am. They were told, without a doubt, DO NOT sleep! A couple going on the trip with them left two weeks ago, so they learned that one the hard way (apparently it really messed up their internal clock). So they spent the day in Amsterdam, and as I understand it, they even got in a canal tour. Rob says the city is a beautiful.

They left Amsterdam at 8:40pm, and again traveled through the night, and arrived in Nairobi at 7:00am and then they had one more flight to Mombasa, which got them in around 10:30am. They finally arrived at Education for Life (the school/orphanage) at Noon on February 22nd. Um yeah, I have no idea how many travel hours they logged there, but gosh, they must be tired!

And it is HOT! Of course, they are traveling during one of Mombasa's hottest seasons, so everyone knew and expected this, but I imagine that going from a week of the -20°s to +30°s would be a huge shock to the system.

This is the Mombasa 5 day forecast. Ahem.

Wednesday, 23

32 | 24° C

Partly Cloudy

Thursday, 24

30 | 23° C

Partly Cloudy

Friday, 25

32 | 25° C

Partly Cloudy

Saturday, 26

33 | 25° C

Partly Cloudy

Sunday, 27

32 | 25° C

Partly Cloudy

Oh my poor, poor heat avoidant husband...

So the big catch? Well, back in October they loaded up the playground as well as a number of other items (soccer jerseys, soccer balls, underwear for the kids, clothing, computers, medical supplies, etc) in a giant shipping container. The container arrived in Mombasa mid-January. They shipped it early to avoid any government funk and red tape, and guess what? Over a month later, the container is still held up by customs and they aren't releasing it. So this is a HUGE deal, and we are asking for many prayers to get this container released. ASAP!

I believe they have other jobs for them to do while they are there such as painting and whatever else is needed, and I imagine they could prep the playground site in the meantime, but I know it would be a huge disappointment for all to not have the container released.

I would love to see these faces light when they see a playground, sent all the way from a far away place called Canada, and set up by some nice, white-looking folks, just for them.
Wouldn't you?
They serve around 750 children, per day.
These are the children who live in the Children's Home. 27 in all. Amazing!
Love. Seriously.