Getting Ready

Dear Kenya Parents and participants,

I hope that you all are getting excited about our upcoming trip to Kenya. I am very excited to be joining you on the trip. I wanted to take a moment to communicate with everyone about last minute details.

As you all know safety and security are two of our chief concerns as we head out on all of these trips. After a busy week of double and triple-checking, we are fully convinced that EHS and our partner in Kenya are doing all that they can to prepare for our imminent and safe arrival.  We will be met on arrival by The Rev. Zach Drennen, our partner in Kenya and will be shepherded on to our final destination Amogoro with him and he will remin with us for the duration of our stay.

By now, I hope that you all have started packing. In case you need a reminder attached is a suggested packing list from Jaye Locke. Remember, as far as packling goes, you don’t need much. Be sure to pack the EHS Kenya Polos that you received from me. We will have regular access to laundry, thanks to the Bishop and Zach’s staff. Additionally, I hope that you all have your computer that we have asked you to carry along.

Don’t forget that the prophylactic malaria prescription, Mallarone, needs to be started two days before we arrive in Kenya, so please start taking it on Thursday morning. I have all of the Yellow fever Vaccination cards from the Health Center so do not worry about packing them.

As we prepare to leave please be in touch with any last minute concerns and I will do my best to be responsive. If you have questions or concerns while we are away, feel free to contact the school and they can be in touch with us on you behalf.

If you want to watch our exploits, please watch the EHS website for dispatches and also http://ehskenyablog.blogspot.com/ for updates. If you go there now, you won’t find much, but more is on the way.

Finally, attached are some contacts in case of emergency, and also our flight information again.

We look forward to seeing everyone at Dulles Airport at the BA check in counter by 3:30PM. If you are travelling to Dulles please try and meet us at the check-in so that we know you are safely there. If you have any trouble, please call or text me on xxx-xxx-xxxx

Yours,

Gideon L.K. Pollach