Lost in Nakuru

So Nicole and I made the major mistake of thinking we could find our way at night to a church in Nakuru called Lakeview from the directions of one of our Kenyan friends.  We took his word that it would be easy, and we would have “no problem.”  So we dropped him off in town on his way home, and he told us to just go straight on the road that we were on.  We would not go very far and then we would see a “center” and turn light (right, his r’s sound like l’s).  We would then turn left on the second road.  Little did we know that “not very far” to Kenyans can mean 500 meters or 50 kilometers.  It did not take us long to realize that we had know idea how far we were supposed to go and that we had know idea what was meant by a “center.”  So we decided to call Pastor Habib.  He told us just to pull over, and we told him what building we were by.  He then told us, “I am coming.”  It did not take us long to realize that he had no idea where we were.  So we called him several more times describing where we were, with each conversation ending with “I am coming.”  Eventually we called him back and told him that we would drive to where he was.  We ended up driving back to downtown Nakuru to meet him at a local grocery store.  After another hour or so of observing the night life in downtown Nakuru, Habib finally found us.  We were only about two hours late for dinner at the home next to the church!  We learned an important lesson that if we need directions, we ask one of the missionaries. ~Jeremy