2 months in Kenya

Our group/bibleschool is called TeFT. That is a norwegian word that means that you are inspirered to do something. And we want to inspire to serve the lord. In Kapenguria we made a sign. We want to shine for Jesus.

This picture was taken our last day in Pokot. Here with Ingrid Næss and Jostein Holmedal which are missionaries.

I had fun with my knitting/crochet. It was cool, because even though I didn't know how to speak their national language I could show them how to do it.

Every day we had lessons from the Bible. We also learned a lot about prayers. Jostein was our teacher in Pokot.

Uno is the game above all games in our group. WE have special TeFT rules for the game. It's a hit!

Some of us went to Uganda to visit a brand new church there. They started the church in April and there was aabout 150people that came to the service, which was under a tree. This was the youth choir...

This is from Rorok where we had an open meeting under a tree. Our group sang some songs in Pokot, Swahili and English. And then we had testemonies, before Philip(a pastor)preached in the Pokot language.


I was reading from the Bible about sheep in the Bible.Jesus said that we are all like sheep, and he is our sheperd. And while I was telling them about this,crowds of sheep walked by. Most of the people in Pokot are farmers, and their wealth are their cows and animals. In their culture the cows have been more valueable than their wives. It tells us something about how important it is to own a cow. No cow, no status. While I was talking about Jesus, the man in the picture translated into Pokot. He also recorded what we said with his cell.


This is the kind of car that we drove around in. The "roads" are interresting. Holes, rivers and driving in the bush is always an adventure. There is also lots of people that want to hitchhike.


While we were in Kapenguria there was a peace race. Tegla Loroupe is a famous female runner that comes from this area. The Peacerace is named after her. We ran 10km on an elvations of 2000meters above the ocean. It was very warm and hard. But I made it! I ran the whole time...

The african kids are so cute.

On the last Saturday in Pokot we went to an african wedding. It was supposed to start at 1pm, but they were not married before 6pm. It was pouring down with rain. The car which was bringing the bride also got a flat tire. And then it took forever before anything happended. It was an interresting experience, but never again!
I like to think about that Jesus loves all the little children. No matter who they are or where they live. He wants them to be his children. I have had so much fun playing with african kids. They don't care if you know the language. They are so very happy to be seen, and get some attention.

Last Thursday we had a very special night here in Nairobi. Prayer was in focus, and it was also the Lords supper. We had different sections were you could light candles for people you are praying for, you could have someone pray for you, put a prayer request in a bowl, be still with the lord or put your burdens at the cross. (We had made a cross and you could put a rock down)

Today my sister and brother in law are coming. They will stay until the 4th, and we are going on a vacation. So if I don't write in a while:

God Jul
Frohe Weihnachten
Merry Christmas
Feliz Navidad
Krismasi Njema

Christmas party

Tonight we were invited to a Christmasparty at the norwegian school here. It was so much fun. The schoolkids had a Christmas play, and they did it so well. And then we had a very nice dinner.
Later on we sung songs and "Walked around the Christmastree". Even Santa came by to visit a little.

It is very nice with everything that come with the Christmas celebration, but we also have to remember the real thing about Christmas. Jesus was born, and if he hadn't come we would still be hopeless without a saviour. So a Christmas without Jesus is without value! He is the best gift of all.

Climbing a mountain in Chesta

Bug invation

One of our first days in Pokot it was raining. And then suddenly there were teremites flying all over the place. The teremites lost their wings after a little bit, and then they tried to get back onto the mud. But some died in the middle of the floor, and soon a big crowd of safariants came marching. There were millions of ants everywere!!! And they were "flesh eating ants"... We had nightsmares about ants that would come and eat us while we were sleeping. Pretty scary!








We also cooked some of the teremites and ate them as a snack. Tasted kind of like popcorn!

Lake Baringo



In the end of last month we went to Lake Baringo, an inland lake down in Rift Valley. It was a very special place. We stayed in a house that was lying right above the lake, and when we were sitting on the porch we could watch hippos and crocodiles swim by. At the most we saw 4 hippos at the same time. It was really idyllic! After some very busy weeks in Pokot, it was very nice to have a day off and just relax and be tourists.

It was kind of scary at nigh time though. Two people from the group were out walking, and suddenly there were some hippos grassing 30feet away. Hippos can be very dangerous if you get to close to them, and luckily nothing happened. But they came back to the house and were deeply scared. We went over to the restaurant at the campground, and then we also saw the hippos walking on land. We had a guard with us though, and were at a safe distant.
We were fishing a little bit just for fun. I got the smallest fish ever! The fish wa called Tilapia, and I ate it at the restaurant. Very tasty!

This turtle was alive!Isn't it big?

I just wanted to post some of the pictures from this wonderful trip, even though it’s almost two weeks ago.

Today we got back to Nairobi. The drive and everything went well. We are all happy to be back at the Norwegian community school. We will stay here for two weeks, and then it’s Christmas break. My sister and brother in law will be coming on the 20th. Im very exited to meet them. And we will celebrate Christmas in Masai Mara and New Years Eve in Mombasa.

Hopefully I’ll have more time to be on the computer, and I will put lots of pictures on my blog. We have experienced sooooo MUCH! It’s really a blessing. God has been with us and given us lots of opportunities to witness about Jesus! Sometimes in nice churches, sometimes in churches made of mudd, and other times just in the shaddow of a tree.