October 13, 2012
The day has come. We pulled it and dreaded it. Our hearts are full. We have been so blessed and yet Sam and I are weary of being Baba and Mama to these all these people. They need so much. They have given so much. sigh.....
The Kajulu church meets to say good bye
October 13 has come and our tickets say it’s the day the Kauffman family leaves Kenya. We plan to leave Nairobi tonight and make an overnight flight to London. From London we fly to Kiev, Ukraine and stay in country for a week. Wayne and Connie Hursh offered to take us to meet David’s family in the south western part of Ukraine. We trust this will be a good experience to meet David’s mother and father and 6 bothers and sisters. Whoever thought that our entire family would have such an opportunity!
From Kiev we fly again to London and from London to Berlin, Germany. Sam thought he would like to show his children his IW home of two years back in the 70’s. We will rent a van and then travel through Germany and Switzerland to tour some Anabaptist sites. We fly from Zurich yet again back to London and then leave for Philadelphia, our final destination.
A weeks or 10 days later, we leave for the Midwest by van this time and visit Mattie’s brother Dwight and family. We also want to spend some time in Nebraska to visit the new Bender stomping grounds. Ah! Will we be weary of travelling? Maybe so......once we arrive back in Lancaster, we can stay at home and hunker down all winter.
Pray for us as we travel many miles and take in many things. It’s a lifetime experience and we and our children are so blessed.
Good bye! Oritiuru! God be with you all until we meet again!
The Kenyan Kauffmans
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