It's Monday morning, 7AM here. We have a long day of meetings and then eat dinner and head to the airport for a midnight flight. We arrive in London at 6AM Tuesday and won't fly out until Wed morning. So we have to get our luggage and six people from the airport to the hotel by train, then do a little sight seeing.
Yesterday's teacher appreciation banquet was a huge success. 100 teachers and their spouses were bussed across town over to our beautiful compound here at the hospital. They arrived at 1:30, and were greeted and given name tags and fresh roses. We had music and a lot of laughing at the expense of the guys on the Bridge team. We then had a wonderful catered Kenyan dinner followed by an awards and appreciation presentation. Each of the teachers received a gift bag, a Bible and an engraved pen. They were then broken into three groups and given a 40-minute tour of the hospital with question/answer sessions. Many took the opportunity to do video interviews with Don, which will be used by Bridge to share with donors. As night approached, they reluctantly, and with great fanfare boarded their two buses for the ride back to reality. They were all dressed in their Sunday best and it is hard to imagine that most would return to their reality of a dirt floor, corrugated-tin-sided shack. They are precious, intelligent, giving people. Many said it was the most appreciation they have ever received in their life. God is good.
Can't wait to see Nevada. We left in Spring weather and I suspect it might be looking like summer.
God bless.
Greg
