Rebekah and Mark

This will be our last blog since we are leaving tomorrow night. Please keep us in your prayers as we depart from Nairobi at 10:10 pm and arrive in Amsterdam at 5:30 am. Then we leave Amsterdam at 8:10 am and arrive in Detroit at 10:40 am American time Friday. From there, we fly out from Detroit at 1:50 pm and hope to arrive home in Greensboro around 3:30 pm Friday. We have missed everyone very much but it has been an incredible experience!!! Updating you everyday on here is a true blessing but we can't wait to tell you so much more in person!!! Today, we went to Mercy Care Centre for our last full day there. It was a very busy day with many projects going on and we also had to work around a testing schedule. I started out by going to the kindergarten class and asked them to sing to us again so we could videotape. The teacher and students were so excited about having an audience so they sang 15 songs to us!!!! It sounded so beautiful and I joined in with the songs that were not in Swahili. Then I had foam visors for each kindergartner to decorate and wear. I don't believe they had ever seen anything like it before because they were so appreciative and the smiles on their faces never went away. After that, I went to the first grade class where I told the story of Jonah and we made two crafts. One of those crafts was using tissue paper and none of the kids wanted to tear it. Dad and I had to tear most of the paper for them. This shows how thankful they are of having crafts and not waste anything. After lunch, Patrick took dad and I on a tour of the Mathare Valley. Every where we walked, we were stepping around trash or sewage. He took us up to a higher point that overlooked the valley and we took many pictures of the hundreds of shacks packed so close together. We stood there for awhile just looking all around and thanking God for a home to live in, showers, bathrooms, clean floors, and a safe environment. We also ask that you would remember in prayer the people that were involved in an uprising today. An individual was run over and killed by a van on a street we drive on everyday. A riot broke out and spread through some parts of Nairobi. I believe it has settled down some but we pray for easy travel tomorrow as we head to the airport. We want to say again how grateful we are for our church who helped provide for this opportunity to spread God's love among all the people here. Also, thank you so much to those who have been reading the blog and keeping us in your daily prayers. It means the world to us and we can't wait to see you all soon and tell you about all the incredible stories we have!!!!! We love you!!!!