Enjoy some pictures of RVA
Friday and Saturday were consumed with New Student and
Parent Orientation. We are impressed by
RVA and the wonderful experience Coby is going to have this year in 9th
grade. We got moved into Coby’s dorm
“Bongo” and he has 3 roommates. His dorm
parents are Todd & Nicki (isn’t that coincidence?) and they have 5 children
of their own. We were able to attend
church on Sunday with him (and ~500 students) at RVA before heading back into
Nairobi.
During the 3 days in Nairobi, Ricky and I did some shopping
for Coby. Go figure we had to buy the
boy a Bible since apparently we had forgotten to pack it. He also requested a basketball so he could
practice at RVA. Some friends were planning
a trip to RVA in the next few days, so they agreed to deliver Coby’s
gifts. We also met the Conards, who will
be acting as guardians for Coby while he is attending school. They used to serve in Zambia before us, and
they came highly recommended for this position.
We also stopped in at the Allens for a short visit which was good to see
some familiar faces and catch up on each other’s lives. The day before our departure, we were told to
check-in with Ethiopian Air office to make sure of our baggage allowance, since
we had excess bags. The office was
located in the city center, a good ways from the guesthouse. We had to wait in this long line, and finally
when we got to talk to someone, they told us it would be better to wait until
we arrived at the airport to see how much extra baggage we had and then to pay
for it, so that was a wasted trip! Our
taxi that dropped us off in the city was not available to come back and get us,
so we hailed another cab. As we were
driving away from the city, there was this loud boom – our driver said it was
tear gas. WHAT!? He explained that city hall was just behind
us and there was a strike going on, and his guess was the officials were using tear gas on the people. Well, I’m glad we were headed AWAY from the
city!
this is Coby's reaction after receiving a special gift from his friend, Justin R.
This was a view of the Rift Valley on our way.
No comments:
Post a Comment