Hey Guys, this is Sabet.  I am sure you have got the news of us receiving the ambulance  at last, Hallelujah!!!

Thank  you for supporting us in getting it and praying for it  to come and now it’s on the way to Tonj.  I will be  blogging about how this trip is going.

I am at Nakuru tonight about 98 miles only from Nairobi. This is the first day in my little adventure driving an ambulance from Nairobi to Tonj.  I know what you are thinking; it will take a month to get to Tonj at that speed! And you are right, if I drive at 33 miles an hour.  The first day we started late at 5  pm in the evening  the aim was to stamp the Custom papers the same night at a certain custom checking point between Nairobi and Nakuru, other wise we would risk loosing the insurance bond on the ambulance.

I am hoping tomorrow I will put some serious hours on the road and stop in Kampala, Uganda for the night before taking the journey to the Sudan/Uganda border.

The ambulance is great fun driving a Toyota Land cruiser with only 600 km on it!  It felt so easy and light, I didn’t over speed or overtake.  I was tempted though many times but driving a left-hand drive vehicle in a country like Kenya where the rule keep left, was keeping me at bay all the time.

I have to say, I got respect from all the policemen on the road, one Kenyan Policeman told me, if it’s an ambulance I don’t have anything to ask from you, ambulance help people, “Aenda” GO!  I was really glad to hear that.

Well tomorrow I and Kuel will start early in the morning 6:30 am and hit the road. Kuel is a Sudanese brother living in Nairobi.  He helped us in the past with Matoch, staying in the hospital and helping the doctors translate.  He will go to the Uganda border with me and then return.  For now he is my co-pilot in the ambulance.

Pray for us tomorrow for the Nakuru – Kampala Leg, it’s a long one.