Last month, 1,775 pairs of children’s underwear landed safely in Kenya on my very first Journey To Africa. I must admit that I was extremely worried about the possibility of losing such precious cargo. But we landed without a hitch and the rest of the trip went just as smooth.

With the help of my sister-in-law, Juli, we were able to visit six orphanages, and able to give underwear to fellow volunteers who then passed them out to three more orphanages that they were assigned to. It was an amazing experience.

Our first drop off was to our orphanage Saint Monica’s Children’s Home, right outside of Nairobi. All the girls loved the beautiful bright colors and they all giggled and smiled when they left the room. We were happy to do it. And found out later that the girls were so very grateful.

The next day, we met some wonderful nuns from Maria Immaculata Children Education Centre and Home. They house and educate over 300 children. We gave them over 500 pairs total. Sister Faith assured me that each of her children would receive one pair and that she would go to Mother Theresa Of Calcutta’s Orphanage to drop off the rest.

We stopped off at three more orphanages that day. Each deserves its own future post. All I can tell you is that the children were happy. They were smiling from ear to ear and giggly over the fact that they got new underwear. I will end this particular post with a story that Sister Faith told me.

“When I was passing out the underwear yesterday, one of the boys had said that it must be Christmas. ‘Why?’ I asked. Because we have never received something so new before, Christmas must have come early this year.”