Nairobbery

April 3^rd-5^th: Saturday-Monday

We drove into Nairobi a little after 5 and promptly got lost. Jim had met and stayed with a couple her in Nairobi when he had come for the medical conference in January and we planned to stay with them again. Jim was able to call the wife and we managed to find our way. Joe and Elfie are an interesting couple. Joe is a Kenyan born in a village, son of a witch doctor he has traveled and lived abroad while getting various degrees. He speaks something like 13 languages and is a pastor of a Presbyterian church in Nairobi. Elfie is German born and came here to work in the 80s where she met Joe.

That night we went to an Ethiopian Restaurant where we talked with Joe and Elfie an ate some amazing food. the next morning we went to church with them. they are renting a really nice private school for their services. they congregation is over a 100 strong and divided up between indians, blacks and a scattering of Mzungu. it was a realy cool service. we sang in 3 languages, english, kiswahili, and hindi. we didnt get to hear Joe preach though because there was a guest pastor.

After the service we had lunch with Joe and Elfie and then Jim, Jenny and i spent the afternoon evening going to various shopping centers throughout Nairobi. we finally ended up at a tapas bar for dinner. When Jim was telling Jenny and i about this place we kept thinking he said "topless" bar. which of course was rather confusing because he was saying he had gone there last time and really liked the food. anyway a tapas bar is apparently mediteranean food which is amazing. i had a glass of wine. again.