Four months after coming home

Kenya isn't in my thoughts every hour but certainly in my thoughts every day. I feel so fortunate to have had the opportunity to visit such an amazing country and to get to know some of the absolutely amazing people. I must get back.

The gears are turning for my return to Nairobi next July. I have contacted the administrator of the Autism Unity at the Nairobi Primary School and she is agreeable to my return. I may stay a few days to a week longer to be able to do some additional training for the school. I will submit my deposit to Soulfari this week.

I now sleep well and without aids. I continue to be fascinated by the forebearance and creativity of my Kenyan friends. I am reminded daily of how fortunate I am. My blessings have been great...family, friends, health, profession, talents, comforts. As Christmas approaches I realize that I am really not grateful enough...whatever that means.

Andy said in his sermon this morning that we must attend to our need to give as much as to our recipient's need to receive. That need to give is what drives me. I must be careful, however, to give in the forms my recipient needs, not in the forms that I want to give. It gets dicey there, I think. My talents may lie in one area and the needs may be in another. This will require much thought and prayer.