Due to a surge of COVID cases, on Friday evening (March 26) Kenya went into a partial lock down. All in-person learning was suspended, including the class I was going to start on Tuesday (March 30). All domestic travel into and out of Nairobi was suspended. Fortuitously, domestic air travel into and out of Nairobi was given a small grace period through Sunday night. At the moment, international travel is unaffected.
Saturday I spend the day scrambling to get a flight from Northwest Kenya into Nairobi, trying to wrap up lose ends, packing, and saying goodbye to those whom I could. On Sunday I made it to Nairobi where I will park until my flight on the weekend. I am watching and hoping that I can get an earlier flight that is economically viable. Other than meals in a socially distanced dining hall with a small number guests and some trips to the grocery store, I will quarantine.
Praise God with me that I made it to Nairobi before it locked down to all domestic travel and that I was able to change my ticket without paying thousands of dollars in fare differences. Pray for those I left. On Sunday I missed a graduation celebration along with leaving one of my colleagues in the middle of a project. Pray for Africa Theological Seminary as it was starting to recover from the first COVID shut down and now it is closed again. Pray that God speeds my reunion with my family and for provision of the unexpected costs.
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