Final Info Meeting

Prayer Requests

• Bins
• Luggage
• Safety

Meeting Agenda

Flight Info

What will happen at the airport?

• Luggage (lots of it- everyone will have 2 bins and 1 checked bag)
  
• Cincinnati (check in will be chaotic but be prepared) (eat lunch here)
  
• Chicago (we have to go to the international gate which is a long walk) (eat dinner here)
  
• Brussels (we will go through customs here as well)
• Nairobi (see Customs section below)
• New York City (Customs is very good but high security)
• If you need a ride from Cincinnati back to New Albany, please let Scott know so we can plan accordingly
  

Customs

Once in Nairobi, we will deboard the plane and head to the VISA line

• Pack a pen in your carry on bag
• Fill out your form to answer the question, "Why are you visiting Kenya" to be, "We are traveling for tourism"
• Turn in your VISA and head to the top of the steps
• Once everyone is done, we will head down to Customs

In Customs, we will follow the below plan as best as possible

• During this whole process, PLEASE be quiet and on the best behavior so we don't draw a lot of attention to our group in the airport
  
• We need the group to do multiple tasks including getting luggage and bins, getting carts, collecting VISA receipts, and then loading the carts
• Debbie Jo and Alisa will be checking in the bins and accounting for them
• Susan will be collecting your VISA receipt as well
  
• Christian, TJ and Isak will be getting the luggage and bins off the carousel
• Jameson will be loading carts
• Everyone else will be getting carts over to the carousel to load them
• Once they are all loaded we will head through customs

Luggage Night

What will happen?

• Be here 6:30-7:30pm in the Family Life Cafe (park in the side parking lot)
• You don't have to bring your carry on or your personal item but you can
  
• Your checked bags can be no more than 50lbs (your carry on can't be more than 40lbs)
• Make sure you have 3 Passport copies (Checked bag, Scott and Alisa and carry on)
  

Discipleship Buddies

• You will be paired with a FOCUS worker to build relationships and, hopefully, share your faith
• Many are Christians but not all of them

Roommates

• See next blog for the rooming list

First Day/VBS/Painting/Work at FOCUS Center

• VBS (games and a Bible story- David and Goliath)
• Whoever is not helping with VBS will be painting and doing some work around the new FOCUS Center

Travel Insurance

• Fill out the form and get it to Alisa ASAP

Shopping

• This is where you want to buy your souvenirs
  
• There will be tons of stuff
• 79 Schillings = $1 US (at this moment but it could change)
• It is HIGHLY recommended to buy something for the people who sponsored your trip
• NEVER pay the first price given (barter your way to a better deal)
• We will shop at Java House, the Tea Farm, the Market or the Masai Village (if you go) but those are the only places to really shop

Church Services

• We need some people to share their testimonies in the church service and the youth service
  
• If you would like to do this, let Scott or Alisa know (we need about 6 total)

Blog and Phone Number Cards

• Expect this in the email this week
• The phone cards are for you to mail to your sponsors for them to keep up with what's going on on the trip
• No news is good news (so if you don't hear from us, that's a good thing)
• Scott's Facebook will be updated occasionally, so you can check his profile as well for stuff

Questions?

PLEASE see the earlier posts for a review of what all we have covered in our meetings!

If you have questions, see the earlier posts as well because they will probably answer them

If you still have questions, feel free to contact Scott this week and get them cleared up before we leave (the only stupid question is the one that is not asked)