Kenya

Tracy, my new Kenyan girlfriend - daughter of a professor at St. Philips Theological College, Maseno, Kenya.

Mr. Jacktone (Jack) Ambuka, friend and fellow student at LTSP. Jack and his wife Tracy are spending there summer working with the Maseno orphan program of the Anglican Church of Kenya, a program that teaches and feeds over 7000 orphans each and every Saturday. Despite being a Kenyan, Jack is not a very fast runner.

The Equator, which runs right through Maseno. (pictured: Jack, Tracy, me, Alison, Sue, and Emily - program volunteers)

Some of the children in the orphan program.

Walking through Maseno.

Kilimanjaro!

Summit of Kilimanjaro.

(This post currently under construction. Yes, that's right. Yep.)

Technology...

Greetings everyone, from Tanzania! Internet access has been pretty hard to come by, and excruciatingly slow and unreliable over the last few weeks, especially for this technologically spoiled Westerner. To make matters more complicated, all my writings on my flashdrive seem to be frozen and untransferable to internet cafe computers, inexplicably! Hope to solve that problem soon so that you all can know some of the stories of the last three weeks (South Africa, Zambia/Zimbabwe, Gaborone, Lesotho, Tanzania)

Today I'm headed up Mt. Kilimanjaro for a 6 day trek. Just me, a guide, and two porters! Should be interesting! Please keep us all in your prayers.

Yours,

Christoph

Lesotho

Lesotho is one of the poorest countries in the world. It's also one of the highest. In fact, it boasts "the highest low point," altitudinally speaking, of any country. Because of this, it is quite cold, as you can see from the following pics.

Mom and I took a six hour pony trek to see some ancient San bushman paintings, as well as to a beautiful waterfall. And at night, we were treated to an outdoor concert of the Lesotho Junk Band, whose traditional instruments were made entirely from garbage and other everyday materials. They were great, and as you can see, they loved to have their picture taken!

I have no idea what the above sign means. Don't worry, no one's going to shoot your dogs.

Frost and snow. In Africa.

When I die, I'm calling this guy. After all, the sky IS the limit, and he guarantees quality.