Work Team to Kenya

Dottie and Lewis Gibbs will be leading a work team to Kenya, July 21st through August 5th. Estimated cost is $3900.

They will fly from Asheville to Atlanta to Amsterdam to Nairobi. Upon arrival in Nairobi the team will spend the first night at the Methodist Guest House then board vans for our 135 mile trip up on the slopes of Mt. Kenya, arriving at the lodging place around 4 or 5 o’clock in the afternoon.

This year the team will be staying at Bishop Lawi Imathjiu’s Cultural Center outside of Meru. If the graduation is on Saturday, the team will attend it at Kenya Methodist University. Sunday, all the clergy going on the trip will be scheduled to preach in one of the Kaaga District churches.

Monday through Friday the team will be working at St. Matthew’s school, out in the desert near Isiolo. After three years, it is near completion.

The team will also be putting together a medical day, hiring local doctors and pharmacy people to go into a village and check people for all sorts of diseases and distribute medicine for malaria and other ailments. Last year the team served over 700 people in one day.

The team will also be visiting a group farm where passion fruit and coffee are produced and will also go to a farm where the University produces milk and vegetables for the university and for sale in Europe.

Saturday the team will board our vans for a trip to Samburu National Game Park for two nights…then to Sweetwater Game Reserve for one night. Then the team will go to Nairobi (Methodist Guest House) Tuesday night and on Wednesday tour the high-rise campus of Kenya Methodist University.

Next the team will go to the National Museum…that evening we will go to the Carnivore Restaurant and then to the airport for a 10:30 flight back to Amsterdam arriving early Thursday morning. Then a flight from Amsterdam to Atlanta and on to Asheville.

The cost for the trip is approximately $3,900.00 which is inclusive of practically everything. This pays for airfare…all transportation while in Kenya…all food with the exception of one or two meals… any other expenses that people might have for personal expenditures they pay themselves. Up to 25 persons may be part of this team.

We have advised that members carry about $200-$300 extra dollars for personal use.

For more information contact Lewis C. Gibbs, LGibbs6756@charter.net