I know it's a bit late, but here is a summary of our Christmas in Kenya.

Church was quite an experience as they decided to have "one service", but since they were having one service it needed to be translated into Kiswahili, creating a 2 hour long sermon. It is safe to say that by the end of the sermon most people had dozed off for a bit. 

After the sermon our family headed over to the Agape campus to experience Christmas for the boys. 

Well, this is it, Christmas Eve. The time for parties, family, and friends has been upon everyone for quite some time. I keep thinking back to how Christmas would be in the US, versus in Kenya. Though I miss the lights, the friends, the trees, the snow (and to some extent the fog), it's good to have a different experience. 

Well a lot has happened since my last blog post. Actually, a lot has happened in the past week. A week ago we were dropped off at the SF airport to begin this new journey. But now, it seems that we've been here for more than 5 days. Here are some of the highlights!

Agape Children's Ministry, the reason we came to Kenya.
We went to the Agape campus on Wednesday, and for most of our family it was our first time experiencing it. The boys living on the campus are fun to play with, even though most of the boys are visiting relatives for Christmas. I'll post some photos below.

Well our family has all been together since Sunday night over here! (About mid-day Saturday back in the states) Apart from an initial scare, owing to only 3 of Team Turkey's 13 bags arriving, our stay has been good! Our prayers were answered pretty quickly when the Nairobi airport called to let us know our bags had arrived just an hour before we were scheduled to leave the city. This was after my dad called Lufthansa and they said whether our bags had left Germany was an "internal" matter and couldn't be disclosed to us; and after Turkish Air told us to "Call back in 5 days. We might have found them by then". Getting our luggage so quickly was a great answer to prayer!


Prayers would still be appreciated, as tomorrow we are heading off on an 8 hour bus ride to our final destination in Kisumu.


In Christ, 
Nick, the Towheaded Rambler

Well this is it... Earlier this morning my dad and the 5 middle kids left for San Francisco International Airport, and in just a bit my mom, Grace, Charlie and I, will be leaving as well. Heading from SFO to London, then on to Nairobi.

I was asked yesterday if I was anxious or scared or what? Honestly I don't think it's hit me yet. We have such a crazily busy life that the packing? Just slightly larger than anything we've done in the past 6 years. The leaving? Not such a big deal, we travel all the time. I'm not quite sure when I'll feel that "oh snap, we're gone" kinda feeling, or if I ever will. It's just so, surreal...

That said, I am extremely grateful to all of my friends, friend's parents, friend's friends, etc. All of you have been super supportive and helped us in many ways. Whether it was packing a room, bringing a meal, hanging out with us, you have all made an impact in one way or another. Please keep us in your prayers and please keep in touch! I'm providing my contact info below so you guys can do so :)

Skype name: ngkjeldgaard
Gmail: [email protected]
HeyTell: [email protected]
FaceTime: nick@ekandfamily OR [email protected]
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Facebook: www.facebook.com/nicholas.kjeldgaard
Twitter: ngkjeldgaard

As you can see there's a ton of ways to communicate with us, as well as following along on our blogs! I love you all, and want to thank you for being amazing friends. 

In Christ, 
Nick, The Towheaded Rambler