Greetings from Kenya!

It is 2:00 pm and a beautiful day! The sun is shining brightly and it is quite warm. Alvin is home for lunch. He usually comes home everyday to eat with us. Needless to say, we love it! The food here has been very good. Will even likes it and wants me to bring home the recipes. We have a sweet lady named Regina who is our house help. She does most of the cooking and cleaning. It seems odd to have someone else do our work, but it provides her a job so she can provide for her family.

Alvin has been busy. The needs here are great! He is usually in the clinic three days a week and in the OR two days. Please pray for him as the language barrier is a struggle.

Gracie and Will have adjusted well. They enjoy playing with all the kids, both Kenyans and missionary kids. Homeschooling has been an adjustment for us all, but the kids are doing well. We were able to visit an orphanage on Saturday. It was a blessing to play with the children. Gracie wanted to bring home a little girl. They were so precious.

Please continue to keep us in prayer, as well as the nationals and other missionaries.

We love you all!

Alvin, Anna, Gracie and Will
Ephesians 3:20

Arrival at Tenwek

Hey, we arrived safely at Tenwek Saturday! The connecting flights were all on time and Gracie and Will traveled well. We attended the church on the hospital grounds yesterday. The folks have given us a warm. Gracie and Will are having a big time playing with their new friends. Anna hasn't found anyone to talk too. ha ha

We met at seven this morning to begin rounding on the 40!!! Ortho patients that are at Tenwek! The residents had already seen patients before the official rounds began. Clinic went well today, but it appears we have busy day scheduled for the OR tomorrow (part of the team was in the OR working today also).

I will tried to post some pictures, but Internet service has not been great (the reason we could not blog yesterday). We have some pictures in our Dropbox account if you would like to view those.

Preparing for Tenwek

"Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us", Eph. 3:20

Hello from the Murphys,

We are only two days from lift off!!! We are trying to finish up our preparation for our short-term medical mission trip to Tenwek Hospital, Bomet, Kenya. God has been very gracious to us by way of encouragement and support. We hope to keep you posted on our trip through this blog, but blogging is a new experience for us. If you happen to be receiving this blog, and would prefer not to, please let me know.

Please keep us in your prayers as we travel and serve at Tenwek. My prayer is that when people see our lives, they see Christ in us.