A Note From Nairobi, Kenya
I made to Nairobi, Kenya last night after a delay in London and a long wait in Customs. Nairobi seems like a good place thus far and I've been around town a little already this morning with my director Brad Penner. I've already meet two other guys that I will be working with when I get to Sudan next week. I will be leaving around 6:00 a.m. on Wed morning to head over to Sudan. I will be in a city called Lui at first and then I will travel 8 hours down to Yei. From what I've been told this morning, it seems as though I am coming at a great time and at a point where our operations with the church reconstruction program are starting to rapidly pick-up. It seems as though I will get to use my management degree in a big way here very soon. I will be working side-by-side with a guy named Matt for a bit until I learn the system and feel comfortable being on my own. I'm pretty sure that at some point I will be running our base in Yei by myself. I will be meeting with church and city officials on my own as well as other NGO's. I'm sure that some of this might change at some point and I will know the rest once I get into Sudan. The team that I will be apart of consist of about 8 other guys in their mid 20's, except for one guy who I think is about 32. I'm also not sure if I will always be able to post exactly everything we are doing in our program because our communications out of Sudan are monitored by the government of Sudan. As often as I can I will up-date my blog, so if you would like, check it week to week to find out what I'm doing. I will also be able to up-load my photos from the office here in Nairobi, so about two months or so from now I will be able to do that when I come back here for two weeks to rest. You can check those out under "My Pictures" to the right on the blog page. Well, I will end here for now, but feel free to e-mail me as much as you want through next Tuesday, July 4th. After that, I'm not sure how often I will be able to write back. I can receive snail mail but it will take almost a month for it to get to me. I will post that address on here if you want it. Also, please do not send me any packages through the mail, just letters. (for example, a small package of just a couple of magazines and a DVD will cost me about $150 do get out of customs here.
Thanks!
Cliff
Mailing Address:
(please do not send packages)
Cliff Neeley
Samaritan's Purse
P.O. Box: 76143
Yaya Towers 00508
Nairobi, Kenya
East Africa
posted by Cliff @ 9:23 AM
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