Women's conference

First stop this morning was to the OWI Global Cyber Cafe This was started in Jan of this year to help the Orphan Program begin to take care of itself As any new business it is working out the bugs but doing well The cafe has 8 computers 2 printers and soon a scanner Very impressive and promising as it is the only one in the Kiminini Market just across from the OWI base at the church Next stop was the church where the women of the surrounding communities had already arrived drinking tea and having bread and butter sandwiches In Kenya there is always refreshment and a bit of socializing before work When the music started it was like a call to come and many more women filled the church dancing and singing in worship The topic of the seminar was stress an issue in any country for women dealing with family work and life in general Our drs in the group gave helpful ways to reduce stress thru deep breathing which made most laugh but they tried it and agreed that it helped The next dr talked about how to identify tension in the body and how to relax those areas Our dr from Uganda spoke about how you took care of yourself could affect your stress levels along with caring for your body with the proper nutrition Last but not least was the segment on massage This was very interesting to all and almost everyone got to experience how this truly worked by taking turns giving massage to their neighbors For the next portion of the program the guardians of the OP came on stage to welcome us back with song and dancing Kenyans love to dance and sing as you can tell by how many times it is in the programs they put on A testimony from a friend from the US church in Buena Park ended the speakers then the singers gave one last 15 min finish song and dance We don't have to worry about gaining weight here we are always asked to join them up front and they never get tired!! A meal was prepared for the women that attended the conference and they started for home All of a sudden the clouds blew in thunder and lighting started to flash and clap then rain that sounded like it would knock the building down, not that the Kenyans looked worried I thought about the poor women walking home and wondering if they were close enough to some kind of cover to get out of the rain until it stopped Finally we sent the team home and OWI US had a meeting with OWI Kenya It was a long but satisfying day

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