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... Welcome to the KTTST 2001 Home Page ...On Sunday 29 July 2001, twelve Brits travelled to Kenya for a trip they will never forget ...Follow their diary as they narrowly escape death by lion, bandits and matatu ... Read how they discovered for themselves the ...
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Diary
... Diary ...Fri 27 - Sun 29 July Orientation & Flight ... Monday 30 July Arrival ... Tuesday 31 July Eastleigh School for Refugees & SCREAM ... Wednesday 1 August Garsen Briefing & Painting at SCREAM ... Thursday 2 August Abandoned Baby Centre, New ...
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Friday 10 August
... Friday 10 August ...Home Diary Topics ... A matatu collected us from the ‘Y’ to take us, together with the Masai family and Johannes’ family, to Kipao, an Orma village beyond the Tana River. Before we had gone very far, the matatu got a puncture. ...
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Friday 17 August
... Friday 17 August ...Home Diary Topics ... Our last full day in Garsen began with the now familiar ‘up early, "Rich Christians…", boiled egg and bread’ routine. I spent some time talking to Asaph, who worked at the ‘Y’ and ...
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Friday 24 August
... Friday 24 August ...Home Diary Topics ... We got up late and had a slow, lazy breakfast, talking to Francis. We shopped in Nairobi for souvenirs, calling at a church that sells souvenirs to raise money for missionary work, before travelling to a really cheap ...
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Friday 3 August
... Friday 3 August ...Home Diary Topics ... The Americans, who were staying on the floor above us, woke us at 5.30 as they were leaving. They had mistakenly thought that they had needed into the office beside the boys’ room. Tiredness was becoming more ...
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Health
... Health ...Home Diary Topics ... I have tried to say as little as possible about health during our trip. Nobody was seriously unwell, but discussions of pooh patterns, begun at the orientation, were frequent. (As indeed were the poohs.) ... Paul and Carolyn ...
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Monday 13 August
... Monday 13 August ...Home Diary Topics ... We were frustrated again through lack of building resources. The reason for the shortages wasn’t always clear, but we were aware that people were being deliberately obstructive at times. Suppliers were also raising ...
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Monday 20 August
... Monday 20 August ...Home Diary Topics ... Some of the team went snorkelling, while others in the team went to buy souvenirs at the craft market, or should I say barter for souvenirs at the craft market. Paintings and carvings of animals, villages and Masai ...
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Monday 30 July
... Monday 30 July ...Home Diary Topics ... Arrived at the Sheepfold Centre. We were welcomed to the project by Francis Omondi, who founded Sheepfold. The team rested until 1.00pm, while Alison and I chatted with Francis and were introduced to Becky, who was ...
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Monday 6 August
... Monday 6 August ...Home Diary Topics ... After an early rise with Stott, and a no-surprises breakfast, a few of us went shopping for sarongs. Actually, I bought some beach sandals and a cap, rather than a sarong, but the trip demonstrated that we had no real ...
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An A-Z of Things Seen on Safari
... An A-Z of Things Seen on Safari ...Home Diary Topics ... Balloon Bar (at the campsite) Birds (Vultures actually) ...Elephants - Families and Singles ...Giraffes Aplenty ...Lions - Up Close and Hunting ...Matatus and Monkeys ...Storm and Sunset ...Sunrise ...
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Saturday 11 August
... Saturday 11 August ...Home Diary Topics ... We spent the morning creating the wall structure for Baba Jesse's new house, using rafters and string. It was good to get stuck into some practical work. For lunch, we ate the chicken that the chief had given us ...
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Saturday 18 August
... Saturday 18 August ...Home Diary Topics ... After more goodbyes at Baba Jesse’s, we broke two world records: greatest number of people in a matatu and longest distance travelled in a matatu with wheels and tyres intact. Nineteen of us made it to Malindi ...
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Saturday 4 August
... Saturday 4 August ...Home Diary Topics ... Sausages and PB sandwiches for breakfast. Two members of the team had to get up an hour early to make the sandwiches in a two-slice sandwich toaster, according to our meal rota. Not everyone was that appreciative ...
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Sunday 12 August
... Sunday 12 August ...Home Diary Topics ... After an early rise to finish preparing the sermon, we were surprised to see toast instead of bread for breakfast. However, this was the day of the "chocolate porridge", which turned out to be millet rather ...
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Sunday 19 August
... Sunday 19 August ...Home Diary Topics ... This was Paul and Nicola’s Wedding Anniversary. They got up early and went with Alison and Julie to a luxury resort called The Driftwood Club, at the opposite end of Malindi. The rest of us followed on later, ...
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Fri 27 - Sun 29 July
... Fri 27 - Sun 29 July ...Home Diary Topics ... Orientation at the Wycliffe Centre, High Wycombe ... Met the team, introduced ourselves and did enough icebreaker-type activities to last a lifetime. It was useful though. It laid the foundation for a team that ...
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Sunday 5 August
... Sunday 5 August ...Home Diary Topics ... Got up a little early to read Stott before breakfast, then read "Sharing the Good News with the Poor". Nicola was unwell and stayed at home, while the rest of us were given a guided tour of Parklands Baptist ...
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Tana River
... Tana River ...Home Diary Topics ... The Tana River, the largest river in Kenya, is brown during the dry season, but red during the rains. It carries Kenya’s precious topsoil to the ocean, the red soil coming from further upstream and thickening the water ...
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The Orma
... The Orma ...Home Diary Topics ... Orma women were, from a Western point of view, completely subservient, to the men. Men had up to three wives, who each lived in their own house. (Houses were built by the other women in the community on the day of the wedding. ...
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Thursday 16 August
... Thursday 16 August ...Home Diary Topics ... Many of us were woken early again (about 5.00am), by radios and talking by others staying at the ‘Y’. I got up and continued "Rich Christians…" ... We were picked up early by matatu, and ...
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Thursday 2 August
... Thursday 2 August ...Home Diary Topics ... Weetabix with peanut butter sandwiches for breakfast, followed by devotions in small groups. We visited Dagoretti Children’s Centre for disabled, abandoned or orphaned children. It is run by Feed the Children ...
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Thursday 23 August
... Thursday 23 August ...Home Diary Topics ... Our 5.30 wake up call ensured we were ready for another safari as the sun rose. I packed quickly, before setting out on another torchlight hippo hunt. There was still no sign of it, however ... The morning’s ...
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Thursday 9 August
... Thursday 9 August ...Home Diary Topics ... I resumed my reading of Stott each morning before breakfast, while sitting looking out over the plain. Breakfast in Garsen was always porridge, boiled egg and four slices of white bread. Twice, the boiled egg was ...
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Topics
... Topics ...Who We Are ... Health ... Kenyans Love Jesus ... Matatus ... Orma Views on Women, Cows and the Pakomo ... Paul's Prayer for Kenya ... Safari ... SCREAM ... The Tana River ...Rich Christians - Quotes ... Giving ... Simply Living ... Evaluating Organisations ...
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Tuesday 14 August
... Tuesday 14 August ...Home Diary Topics ... I hardly slept, as the other guests at the ‘Y’ were making a lot of noise. The monkeys were banging on the doors and rattling the door handles as well. I got up early again and continued to read "Rich ...
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Tuesday 21 August
... Tuesday 21 August ...Home Diary Topics ... Rising early, we travelled to Nairobi by bus. Alison and I both bought loaves from Malindi Cottages before we left. The loaves were sliced white bread, in clear plastic bags, printed with the name of the company. ...
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Tuesday 31 July
... Tuesday 31 July ...Home Diary Topics ... The team broke into three groups of four. We had devotions in our small groups, before travelling to Eastleigh, an area of Nairobi where many Somali refugees live. We visited a school for the refugees, run on a shoestring ...
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Tuesday 7 August
... Tuesday 7 August ...Home Diary Topics ... After breakfast and personal devotions, we continued to paint the doors and their frames. Unfortunately, some of the frames we had already undercoated and glossed had since had extra beading added. Communication continued ...
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Wednesday 1 August
... Wednesday 1 August ...Home Diary Topics ... After a cold shower, we had boiled eggs and toasted peanut butter sandwiches for breakfast. We walked to the plain (part of Nairobi National Park) at the end of the road. The sum total of animals was one male ostrich. ...
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Wednesday 15 August
... Wednesday 15 August ...Home Diary Topics ... After an early start with "Rich Christians…" and breakfast, we split into two groups. One group nearly finished the stringing, while the other group started the mudding. This was our first full day ...
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Wednesday 22 August
... Wednesday 22 August ...Home Diary Topics ... Having struggled past Tim’s mattress, complete with mosquito net, we left at 8.00am for our 5 hour journey by matatu to Fig Tree Camp in the Maasai Mara. We made a short stop at a garage for provisions and ...
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Wednesday 8 August
... Wednesday 8 August ...Home Diary Topics ... On arrival at Malindi, just before sunrise, we changed from a bus to a matatu. We all crammed into one bus, along with all of our luggage, to travel the 100km+ to Garsen. I sat in the front with Tom, our Kenyan ...
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