It’s a Small World After All - Day 1: Tuesday, 19/1/2010

Jumbo jets take a few minutes to unload. If you’ve ever been on one you know especially if you are flying economy class like me, which invariably puts me right behind the wing! I surprised myself with the patience I was practicing – this was my first homecoming to Kenya and my friend John Gitau would be outside just past the final customs check waiting for me with excitement. As I deboarded, walked up the ramp and into the terminal, I immediately heard the faint sound of my name and then a rapping sound. I looked around and there on the other side of a glass window was President Mark Ramseth of Trinity Lutheran Seminary (TLS) in Columbus, OH. It turns out he was returning to the U.S. the same day I was arriving in Kenya. He had accompanied Dr. John Karanja, professor of church history at TLS, and his Kenyan Safari class primarily to meet with the administration of St. Paul University to discuss ways the two schools could work together and perhaps establish a student and faculty exchange in the future. We exchanged greetings and goodbyes in a matter of a minute or so and then we were each on our way. What a blessed beginning to my stay in Kenya!