Crazy first day in Africa!!

So Ken, Ben, Jen, Ellen and myself woke up with the roosters at 5:30am and quickly got in the old van and began our 3 hour journey to the Tenwek Hospital to drop off Jen and Ellen. But what started as a beautiful scenic trip quickly became a TRUE African adventure. Winding our way through the muddy skinny roads we came to a bridge that was out. The one side of the bridge was washed away almost completly...and the only way across was to go across the river. So, we all got out and our missionary guide started to drive across. He quickly got stuck and for the next 35 minutes the van went back and forth, stuck and un-stuck. We were shocked to see men come from all over out of the bushes and begin helping us push the van out of the river. By the end we had 8 men helping us...our heroes!!! Once we got back on the road and drove another hour we realized that somewhere we had missed turning at the third bush and had gotten ourselves almost back to where we started. So, 8 hours later we finally reached our destination!! But we met some great Kenyan people and had a GREAT African adventure along the way...all in all, AN AMAZING FIRST DAY IN KENYA!! - Crystal