In Kisumu
I arrived in Kisumu around 10:30 this morning on a short 50 minute flight from Nairobi. After meeting Janepher and Paula Kodia we drove to their home in Kisumu. I was a little embarrassed in that I did not recognize Paula right away. It’s not so much that she has grown physically since my last trip in Jan 2017, but her hair was completely different. She understood completely after I showed her the picture I had of the family from 2017.
Today turned out to be a shopping day for computer equipment. We ended up purchasing equipment from a couple of different shops. I brought the thin client computer with me along with the Mac Mini for our server. The rest of the equipment; keyboards, mice, monitors, wiring, network switch, etc. we need to get here because it would be just too expensive to bring with me, not to mention heavy to bring from the USA. Besides, I try to purchase what I can in country as it’s better for their economy. So we got all of the keyboards, most of the mice, one of the 16 monitors we need, a Gigabyte network switch and Cat6 wire for the network. The rest of the equipment including a printer we’ll get on Wednesday. This will give me plenty to work to get the project started.
Tomorrow we will go to Kisumu in the morning to check over the computer room to see if there is anything else we’ll need to pick up on Wednesday and then we’ll leave to attend the funeral of Bishop David’s uncle who passed away just recently. I think David was hesitant to ask me if I wanted to attend, but I can’t think of a more honorable thing to do. It’s certainly more important than one afternoon at the college messing with computer equipment.
Other than the equipment shopping we did, it was a very relaxing day, which was helpful in adjusting to the time zone. I spent the day with the Kodia family and absolutely loved it. They have prepared a room for me to stay in tonight and tomorrow. After that I’ll spend some time staying at or near the college so I can get a lot of time working there on setting up the systems. We also have plans to attend a wedding on Friday of one of the priests in the diocese and I’ve been ask to sing at the wedding. Hmm? Looking through my music now to pick out a good song for the occasion. Really wise Cathy was here with me for this, but I’m sure I’ll manage with God’s help.
Dinner is happening soon, so I’m going to sign off for the evening. Thank you all for your continued prayers for the work I’m in involved in here. I’m feeling the blessing of those every day.
B ill
