
Eleven delegates from the Presbytery of West Virginia went to Nyeri, Kenya. There were three college professors, two clergy, one Christian Educator, two elders, and three teenagers. In an official ceremony at their Presbytery meeting, the Presbytery of Nyeri signed a Covenant of Agreement with the Presbytery of West Virginia; and we traded gifts, and we presented them a check for $5,000.00 for various mission projects. The ten days were filled with visiting four clinics, five elementary schools, a school for the mentally challenged, two orphanages, a home for the elderly, and more than thirty churches. We especially spent time with children, except when we were eating. On Sunday each of us had preaching or worship leadership responsibilities. We visited the slums of Nyeri and the site for a proposed church in the middle of the slums. Also, we visited the marketplace of Nairobi and a wildlife reserve. Over the ten days, each of us was housed in three different homes. This gave each member of the team some intimate time with at least three Kenyan families. In each place we shared our experiences and witnessed to the good news of Christ, and in turn they shared with us life in Kenya and how the church is making a difference. The pictures show the main purpose of trip: the forming of friendships.