by Paul Osteen | Feb 12, 2008 | Stories
It gets cool in the evening here and every cottage has a fireplace. We made a fire in our fireplace last night and the embers are still burning as I warm my feet, drink my coffee and write this journal entry. It’s still long before daylight on Tuesday morning. I...
by Paul Osteen | Feb 2, 2008 | Updates
I’m sitting on the upstairs veranda of our mission housing overlooking the beautiful rolling hills of western Kenya. It’s about 70 degrees with very little humidity. We’re at 7000 feet above sea level and on the equator—so it’s absolutely perfect weather and the...
by Paul Osteen | Jan 27, 2008 | Updates
We attended our first church service this morning. About 100 people, most of who work in the hospital, gather together for a service. We read scripture, sang hymns–My Jesus I Love Thee, Are You Washed in the Blood?, There is a Fount… and then the Kenyan...
by Paul Osteen | Jan 22, 2008 | Updates
We finally made it to our destination! Early Tuesday morning we boarded two small Cessna airplanes for the last leg of our journey from Nairobi to the mission hospital we will be working at for the next month. The flight took us over the beautiful Rift Valley of...
by Paul Osteen | Jan 20, 2008 | Updates
Well, we are finally on our way! We are on a KLM flight mid-way between Amsterdam and Nairobi. I’m watching a beautiful sunset over the continent of Africa as I type this note. The unrest in Kenya quieted down enough for us to have a window of opportunity to travel....
