Easter

Easter Sunday was spent with our fellow Maryknoll missioners. Vikki, a lay missioner, lives and works in the Kibera slum here in Nairobi. She has been a great help to us giving us rides, delivering our mail, suggesting places to go, and answering our multitude of questions. We wanted to make sure we had the opportunity to tell her good-bye before we moved to our new homes. So, we offered to take her out for Easter brunch after church. Of course, we wanted to go to church with her and needed a ride. She graciously accepted.

Her church of choice for the day was St. Austin’s Catholic Church. It is the oldest Catholic church in Kenya. The mission was founded in 1899 and the first church was built in 1911. It is an impressive church. From the physical surroundings, you feel like you are in an European or American church with all the stained glass and gilt. However, once the choir started singing, you knew you were in Africa. It was a beautiful service.

Her favorite place is Java House. They are a chain of coffee houses that have a wide menu of not only drinks but food. Choices, choices, and more choices. We sat outside enjoying the weather and all decided to have breakfast. John had an omelet, Vikki a croissant egg and sausage sandwich while Mary and I had eggs huevoes. We all agreed that we ate more than we should have. We spent the afternoon at her house visiting and enjoying one anothers company.

It is a tradition at the Father’s house to have a special Easter Sunday evening meal. They called and invited us as well as the Peace Team Sisters. It was a nice gathering and gave us a chance to also say good-bye to the priests and sisters that have been so kind to us. We had shrimp and ham for dinner. We almost thought we were at Grandma’s house for lunch.

It was a wonderful day. Click here to see pictures from our Easter celebrations.