First Work Day

My first full day in Nairobi (Jan 31) was a “work” day. I was able to hire Taxi George for the day. He is the taxi driver for Open Arms International when we bring teams through Nairobi. I have known him since 2005 and he has become a trusted friend.  We went to several places gathering information for a course on *Healthcare in Kenya* I hope to teach in January 2011. 

It was such a wonderful day! We thought it would take two full days to visit all the places on my list. The traffic was not as bad, because it was Saturday.  So we went to almost all of them today. God is so good:)

We didn’t go into all the places. Just made inquiry and collected information pamphlets. In fact, the only one I went into was our first stop at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. I had seen a segment about this place on a recent 60 Minutes broadcast. They rescue orphaned elephants and rhinos. Sadly, I did not have my camera (because we didn’t plan to go inside any of the places today). However, I was able to capture these photos of Maalim from their web page. He was born prematurely and was abandoned by his mother. These photos were taken when he was one and two days old. I’ve seen many rhinos on previous trips to Kenya, but this was unusual.