Kenya Update 10/24/09 - 2 Month Messiah!

Today I met a sandal wearing, leper healing bearded Kenyan who claimed to be the messiah! No...just kidding. Actually, today I SANG the Messiah (Handel) with something on the order of 400 other singers! It was awesome. The concert was a fundraiser for the "Nairobi Hospice" a organization that provides a caring home for those with terminal illnesses; they also supply home care...so the concert was super awesome, we were accompanied by the Nairobi Orchestra, and directed by the director of the NCC (Nairobi Chamber Chorus) Ken Wakia. Wow, so anyway, the concert was so intense and exciting, especially the movements people know well (aka. Hallelujah all the way) I'll post a video :)

Messiah Hospice Concert

I had a great night yesterday. I was feeling very homesick after a sad Skype conversation with my family (you know...poor reception and all that) but then my friends Dibo and Jeannette came to visit! I had the opportunity to share some Oreos and milk with Dibo and his bride to be, which is great. You know the only thing that makes a great thing better is sharing it with someone else! :) We had a great time and I got to share with them how much their friendship (and their own relationship) has encouraged me the last couple months. This was followed by a guitar djembe funky breakdown session. It was a perfect solution to that season of homesickness :)
Whats coming up this week? I hope to visit St. Paul's orphanage with some fella's from campus on Friday...I'm having dinner with the missionaries and a GS on Saturday (and spending the night at Mt. Carmel on Friday)... that is all I can think of right now...
Oh! I'm playing guitar for my neighbor Xao Yi in church tomorrow - he sings so well! I'm excited to be playing for him, he's one of those singers that absolutely loves lifting his voice in praise, so it's a great encouragement. I secretly recorded us practicing earlier tonight, but I think telling blogger to upload an mp3 and a video at the same time is a bad idea...