In Kabul!!

What a contrast between frankfurt and dubai, weather-wise!!! It was FREEZING cold in Frankfurt and then at 10 o’clock at night in dubai, it was ,like, 82 Degrees!!!!!
Dubai was pretty nice. It was SO NICE to sleep in a BED! I thought my bed at home was hard, but this bed I slept in was like a board. But did I care? NO! I was just so happy to SLEEP! And take a shower!!

We got into Kabul and what a contrast that was from Dubai!!! Dubai is very modern and Kabul is very…under construction. And very chaotic. The driving…well…let’s say the lines on the road are just “a suggestion,” in the words of Captain Barbosa. It was surprisingly hot in Kabul. And very dusty. Very brown. I am SO GLAD to be here, tho! I am so glad to see where Jessi and Benjie are going to be living someday. Also very happy to see The Craigs again! They put JUNGLE sheets on the bed I am going to use! YAY! Ok, I have to let everyone else talk. Till next time!!! -audree*



Hi there people. It is warmer than we expected in Kabul, so that is nice. There were tons of foreigners on the plane to Kabul-I was surprised how many. Last time we came it was much more afghans. We saw pastor Kevin and pastor henry at the airport, so that was good to hear how their trip went. My luggage did not make it though. Hopefully it will come tomorrow. We are just resting today, and tomorrow our activities will start. We might go see the afghan children’s circus that Sharon has been working with. Or we might do that today. (it is under discussion right now.) -jessica
p.s. we did go see the children's circus. we saw some girls juggling and 2 kids shooting a commercial for the agricultural festival, and we got a tour of the facility. hopefully we will see the kids perform later.



Well, we have made it to Kabul, we were able to hang out with Kevin and Henry for a little while before their flight had to leave. We then had lunch and went back to my parents house. We then went to the the Mobile Mini Circus and hung out there seeing what they did. It was pretty cool, we are going to try to see more of them some time when there are more kids there, cause we got there at the end of the day. Well I think dinner will be ready soon so I am going to add some pics of the circus and say good day to you and good night to me.
Benjie

dubai

Hi all, I just wanted to write and say that he have made it to the hotel we will write more in the morning once we have rested up and are in the airport waiting for our next flight.

benjie

Easter in Kabul

We started the day with a sunrise service. We ended with an evening service at Camp Eggers (US Army base in Kabul). In between we toured Cure Hospital where Sharon used to work and met with a friend who was just released from prison. It was quite a day.

One of the things I've come to realize is the connectedness of everything. I was speaking with one health education worker who told me that she is helping some 8,000 kids learn basic health care. And the single most important thing? Washing their hands. Due to the poor sanitation in the country, parents do not teach something as simple as hand washing to their kids. And why should they teach when there are open sewer drains and the water comes out of a polluted well? But, in order to construct a safe water and sanitation system, there needs to be security from violence. Without security, there is no sense in building something which might be overrun during the next tribal war or destroyed with the next random bombing.

Sometimes the workers get discouraged because the problems seem too big and their particular area of work so small. Yet, they push on because they realize that every piece is needed in order to transform the whole. Everything is connected.

Our trip is drawing to a close. Afghanistan is a country in need of Easter. For this country has died from violent wars, it is buried under the rubble of destruction, yet, there are signs of new life emerging. We look forward to sharing our stories with you when we get home. Thanks for praying and reading.

Pastor Kevin.

team 2 again

here is nate fitting right into the German playgrounds

hello

this is audree. love being in germany...frankfurt, home of some of my relatives...that i dont know. i appreciate so much that california doesnt allow smoking all over the place. everyone sokes around ehre! yuck! i didnt realize frakfurt had so many other cultures living here. it is just like fremont. it is weird hearing midle eastern people speaking german. lloking forward to going to sleep in dubai! till next time! happy easter! He is risen!!!

from frankfurt

hi it's jessica. thankfully preganacy has not made travel any more uncomfortable than usual. we spent a short time in chicago and have been in frankfurt for some time. we got to go downtown, but it was very early, and it is easter sunday, so nothing was open except except some coffee shops and bars. also, it was quite cold, and i think i started to get frostbite, because all my fingertips were blue or very white and numb. so we cut our excursion short and came back to the airport. we're very tired, and i am looking forward to a nap in Dubai. happy easter! -jessica

team 2

Hey Guys just a quick update we are in frankfurt right now we have been traveling for 22 hours or so right now and we are just over half way. We were able to go around Frankfurt and see some of the sights which was cool.

Benjie