The Eagle has Landed!

That's one small step for God, one giant leap for Kristen and me.

Dan here - I told Kristen I wanted to write some of these blogs so you will have to bear with me.  We made it up to Kapsowar Saturday afternoon.  Another missionary couple met us at the airport in Eldoret which is about 2 hours away from Kapsowar.  We did some shopping at Nakumatt while we were in Eldoret.  Nakumatt is Kenya's version of Walmart.  We ended up spending 43,942 shillings on our first grocery trip.  We wont be going shopping very often as Eldoret is where our closest grocery store is located.  There are some American brands at the store but you do pay a little more.

We bought some spreadable butter at Nakumatt while we were there and tried to spread it on our toast the other day.  We put the butter in the refrigerator when we got home which is what you would do in the States.  Apparently that is not what you do here.  Our butter was anything but spreadable.  It actually was to hard for a steak knife to cut through.  So we are now leaving the butter out of the refrigerator (which is ok and what you are supposed to do with this type of butter)!

The ride to Kapsowar from Eldoret is somewhat of an adventure.  About half of the way here, the road is paved.  The other half is a dirt road which is a bit of rough ride to say the least.  Kapsowar is a beautiful place.  Our house overlooks the Rift Valley.  It is green and luscious outside.  We even have a poinsettia tree in our yard.  For the most part is warm and sunny here.  I would say it is probably in the mid 70's here each day.  Apparently this is their cold season.  I have seen local Kenyan's walking around in winter coats.  I dont think the temperature fluctuates very much between hot and cold seasons however.  

Kristen and I have been eating lunch out on our back porch each day.  I commented today how the landscape almost looks like you could be at a resort. Kapsowar does have it's drawbacks though.  We cannot drink or brush our teeth with the water from the tap.  We fill jugs of water and lay them out in the sun for the day so the UV rays can kill anything inside.  We then filter the water in a water filter before we drink it.  Another drawback is the power situation.  We tend to lose power for at least a few minutes most days.

Today, we went to the local market.  It is filled with many locals trying to sell their produce.  We purchased about a week's worth of vegetables for about 5 dollars today.  Avocados were about 30 cents apiece and red onions were about 10 cents each.