Postscript Nairobi

Bpeace friends land Kate and Steve in prison.

Mission work continues in Nairobi.

As usual many, many follow-ups and we have learned as veteran mission volunteers to push out the documentation and follow-up discussions before you leave the continent or the life waiting back home gets in the way.

But we did take a short and unusual break from the hotel business center to work with Gloria Simoneaux, a fellow American and friend of Bpeacer Athena Katsaros. Gloria is here on a Fulbright grant and works with elderly, children and prison populations helping them move through trama. Rwanda could use her. Gloria asked Steve (who asked Kate to assist) to teach a yoga class at the Langata Womens' Prison in Nairobi. It was a BIG emotional experience to work with these women. All are HIV + and some have been sentenced to death. We did not talk about their crimes. They were just warm and grateful women expressing joy at an afternoon in the sunshine. It was a profound lesson in being one with the moment and losing judgement. It is a lesson that we will bring back to Rwanda, our work there and our lives. Steve and Kate give thanks to Bpeace for always bringing more to its volunteers than one expects . . .