Sand, Sun, & Creatures of the Mist

Sleeping in Mombasa proved to be more troublesome than first thought.  The temperature probably was about 80 degrees all night which wasn’t too bad, but the humidity stayed around 100 percent.  Our beds were wrapped with mosquito nets which just added to the trapped moisture.  Now I know what it is like to try to sleep wrapped in a wet towel.

I was a bit groggy in the morning but many of the team awoke to see the sunrise over the ocean.  Brad spent the morning in prayer trying to implore the Lord to start the Well’s next campus in Mombasa.  With the 11 hour time difference, he could preach here Sunday morning and have the video sent to the US before the 9am service… just a thought.

We decided to have our church service down on the beach.  We had been able to meet a few other people who were staying at the same place and invited them to join us.  Charlotte led worship on her guitar which was quite a task for her to stand in the sun sweating and trying to hold her guitar. 

After Brad’s message, Fletcher and McKenzie were baptized in the ocean.  Actually McKenzie was baptized twice because I forgot to hit the record button on the video camera – or maybe she wasn’t held under long enough…

The boys spent the rest of the morning collecting animal specimens for the Smithsonian.  Every time they found something it was bigger and more dangerous than the last.  We capped off the morning by being visited by some apparently frustrated monkeys…

We were picked up in the afternoon and headed back to the train station.  Martin, our driver, again made some tactical driving maneuvers to bypass the line for the ferry – probably not the best way to encourage good relationships between tourists and the locals.  Back at the station we found the car we were riding in – 2^nd to the front.  Of course the entrance to the rail yard was at the rear of the train.

Once on board we settled in for the second half of our adventure.  Brad decided he would play dress up as the train engine…

We knew we were in for another great adventure when we discovered the lights in our car did not work very frequently and the train was completely booked.  Walking back and forth 6 cars to the dining car and back certainly was hard on our shoulders as we bounced between the side of the train and the other rooms.  I got the pleasure of taking that trip multiple times that night for various reasons.  With the added humidity and the additional occupancy of the train – it wasn’t long before we all locked ourselves into the cabins for the night.