Sun 17th - leave Heathrow 9pm on Air Ethiopia. As well as our luggage we've got two big boxes with second-hand computers in each one. No problems getting them onto the plane, praise God, but there are plenty of opportunities for problems further on (Dave's especially looking forward to what happens at the Addis Ababa connection).

Airport welcome team - (L-R) Godileve, Dave, Emmanuel, John Bosco, Sadiki, Ken (from John Bosco's church)

Mon 18th - arrive in Nairobi at 2pm with all luggage and computers arrive intact. Hallelujah! We wheel our trolleys (with computer boxes) towards customs, where a man in the 'Something to declare' channel beckons me forward. The last consignment of computers we took to Nairobi involved an Interesting Discussion With Officialdom (which began with a demand for £100 to let the equipment through - it ended with us paying £20). I pray and gear myself up for another Interesting Discussion - thirty seconds later he's waved us through without even wanting to see the paperwork! Praise God! (Bartering is not my strong point.)

WAB Hotel, Nairobi

We are warmly welcomed by Sadiki, John Bosco and team and whisked off to WAB Hotel in Buru Buru. Weather warm but quite overcast. First impression of Nairobi is dirty, grey and smoky with bad roads, and standards of driving that have to be seen to be believed. (Mexico City is a model of decorum and restraint by comparison.)

WAB Hotel is very comfortable. We have the first of many pots of Kenyan tea - lovely! - and then discover we need it as John Bosco expects us to be at his church in Soweto for 4pm, with Dave to do some teaching.

Dance worshippers at the Soweto church

e pray together about it and do some preparation (while battling off sleep). In the end the drive to Soweto wakes us up good and proper, I just have to give a five-minute introduction about myself, and Dave teaches for twenty minutes or so on being God's royal family.

Worship at the church is loud and energetic, with the PA system and keyboard that went out earlier this year, and a group of dancers up at the front. (John Bosco says he likes their worship to disturb the Holy Spirit.)

More tea round at John Bosco's flat nearby, back to the WAB and sleep.

Tue/Wed 19/20th - spent in Nairobi, teaching at church in Soweto in the afternoon/evening; helping with computers/scanners etc. during the day. On Tuesday afternoon we see a plot of land in Soweto that has been put aside to build a bigger church. They've almost bought the land outright - they need to pay £300 on top of about £4,000 they've already paid. They've got foundations laid but are finding it difficult to raise more money. Amazing that's they've raised so much. Soweto really is a poor place.

The plot of land put aside and made ready for a larger church building for Soweto.

More preaching and teaching at the church - I even gave a talk, which, to be honest, didn't seem to set the place on fire, but there were more people there at the end than there were at the beginning (I think). Dave gave a good talk on how Jesus wants good and obedient servants who will let Him grow in them. There was a session of ministering to the congregation - one lad actually keeled over while I was laying hands on him, which took me completely by surprise. Praise and worship as uplifting and Spirit-disturbing as ever!

Disturbing the Spirit Soweto-style