We arrived in Mombasa Saturday early afternoon to spend some time with Katrina at the beach. After checking into our hotel Katrina made arrangements to begin her scuba diving lessons on Sunday.
So Sunday we spent with our fellow missioners. Coralis lives pretty close to here. Mary picked us up and we went to church together. Coralis cooked a wonderful lunch for all of us: Mary, Susan, the Klugs (Kurt, Anita, Rhema and Bethany) and us.
The Klugs are a young family that have returned to Kenya after five years in the States. Kurt and Anita came here in 2004 and served one contract. While they were here both of their daughters were born. After finishing their contract they returned to the States so Kurt could finish his masters degree. They just arrived again in Kenya on Thursday. The girls are now 7 and 5. We helped Kurt to celebrate his 39th birthday on Sunday.
Everyone is doing well and are busy with their ministries. Susan is a doctor and spends her time going to medical clinics in the different parishes in the Mombasa diocese and doing other consulting work. Judy is a nurse and runs a clinic in a slum in one of the parishes. Coralis is running a clinic in her parish as the administrator, working to establish a school for children with epilepsy and taking a course in sign language. Mary 's project is helping 100 children affected by AIDS to obtain an education. When they aren't in school during the holdiay months they offer study sessions and workshops for the students.
Cindy, Susan, Mary, Coralis
After lunch we walked to a resort and spent the afternoon playing on the beach and swimming in their pools. It was a nice relaxing day with plenty of visiting, catching up and laughter.
It is just beautiful here. The ocean is magnificent.
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