May 22nd Packing Day

Our Kenya Mission Team sorted and packed 11 large suitcases to their 50 pound limit on Sunday March 22nd from 1:00 pm until 8:00 pm.  We were able to use compression bags so that we could take:

- Medical supplies to Maua Methodist Hospital (including scrubs for staff)

- Infant hats and receiving blankets for newborns

- Kids' clothing for AIDS orphans

- Sunday school supplies

- Kid's toys and books for the schools

Here are some pictures of items that were donated and packed:

Operation Outreach, Maua Methodist Hospital

Here is a video about the AIDS outreach at Maua Methodist Hospital by our friend, Stanley Gitari, who is the Director of Community Outreach at the hospital.  It describes the AIDS Orphan House project that we will be doing while we are at the hospital.

Maua Methodist Hospital

Introduction to our Team and Missions

Welcome to the travel log for our Kenya Mission team 2016.  We are a group from the western suburbs of Chicago going on a Volunteers in Mission (VIM) trip sponsored by the United Methodist Church.  There are ten of us embarking on this mission June 1-18, 2016.  We are:

      -Jan Cosgrove, Team Leader from Grace UMC Naperville

                -Pastor Lisa Telomen, Co-Leader, from First UMC LaGrange
         
                -Kim Russett, First UMC LaGrange

                -Beth Wagner, First UMC LaGrange

                -Bob Elazan,  Construction Leader, Grace UMC Naperville

                -Shirley Maides-Keane, Blogger, Hinsdale UMC

                -Josie Keane, Chicago, Hinsdale UMC

                -Rachel Colby, Galesburg, IL, First UMC LaGrange

                -Doreen Schweitzer, UCC Naperville

                -Kathy Stalker, Grace UMC, Naperville

         Our mission includes working at Maua Methodist Hospital, constructing an AIDS orphan house, de-worming at the local primary school in Maua, and building a vegetable garden at a school in Mehru.

          The next three posts feature short videos about our trip.  The first is about the hospital, the second is about the AIDS orphan homes, and the third is about the de-worming at the local school.  We will post pictures and videos of our actual work as we go along starting with packing stateside, in LaGrange,  on May 22nd.