February 6, 2013 After three days in Cordova I am finally here at Main Bay Hatchery! Due to the weather, no one could fly out of Cordova so we watched a lot of movies, visited the museum, walked around town… several times, took way too many pictures and became regulars at the Killer Whale … More Snow snow snow…
In three days I will be flying from Portland Oregon to Cordova Alaska! Not sure what I’m getting myself into, but the whole opportunity seems nothing short of divine. Thanks to Corinne I have a nice camera and I will try and post as many pictures as possible. Paul and I arrive in Cordova at 4:15pm on the second day of the … More 3 days and counting…
Just wanted to say: Asante Sana! Hebu enda followers! Our Kenyan adventure has come to a close and we are off to Naknek Alaska once again, where it all began. We leave for Naknek on Monday and would appriciate your prayers for this new adventure. We are excited about what God is doing in … More
Couchsurfing rocks! Here we are with our first host, Toru, at Japanese/Korean party where we had super good Korean food! Toru is a Japanese JIKA volunteer here in Kigali for two years, we had tons of fun with him and his friends!
After a 22 hour bus ride through Kenya, Uganda and half of Rwanda, we arrived in Kigali City on the 15th and have been staying here in Kigali visiting Fils’s family and friends and making plenty of new friends along the way! Rwanda is beautiful and very green! It reminds us of Oregon because of … More Rwanda!
Here’s some more about food! Here’s what we eat on the typical day: Bread and margarine for breakfast every single morning. Kenyans literally eat an entire loaf of bread for breakfast and when your staying at someone’s house you’re expected to do the same! On very special occasions (like twice so far) chapati and chai … More The good, the bad and the ugali
Food here at the coast is really different from other parts of Kenya, here are some things we’ve been eating from street vendors here at the coast: Plenty of coconuts! Potatoes deep fried with flour and spice “bhajias” deep fried curry potatoes with onions “Mandazis” deep fried flour, sugar and water
Today was another beautiful, hot and humid day in Mombasa! We went to Mombasa Pentecostal Church, it wasn’t the greatest service but we met up with Racheal there and went into town to try and find some lunch, which was a lot more complicated than it sounds. We first were looking for a place to … More Another great day on the coast!
After graduating and saying goodbye to our classmates, our backpacking adventure across East Africa has officially begun! We left on friday from the base and took a bus all day to the coastal town of Nyali outside of Mombasa. We are staying with Hebron’s family here to just relax for a few days after a … More Our backpacking adventure begins!
Here are some pictures taken in Nyangaita, West Pokot. There are about 20,000 Pokot people who call Nyangaita home. There is one small school of about 50 students, one small borehole and one church with only four members in the entire area. Drinking and alcoholism, water shortages, lack of education, tribal warfare, cattle wrestling and … More West Pokot
The Adventures of Paul and Sue 