Mombasa and the Sign field

It seems older, more interesting buildings than Nairobi. It is the 2nd largest city and located on the Indian Coast. 50/50 Muslim Christian (I've gotten so used to listening to prayer callings and singing of the Muslims I know what time it is when they start. "oh, 7pm already!")
It was first invaded by the Arabs than later conquered by the Portuguese. And later still by the Brits. Lots of pretty mosques around. And hotter than Gehenna! We stayed with a fairly well off by Kenyan standards witness family (they have 2 cars!) Young boy liked to "impress" us with his tails of torture at school (teachers still allowed to use corporal punishment) Small 6yr old daughter definitely a princess but still charming none-the-less. Odd young witness brother showed us around. Kept asking questions like "how is it being surrounded by Africans"? "was it hard for neutrality with the black americans during the Obama election?"
Got ripped off a bit buying souvenirs but they were the first ones I bought since I arrived.
Affluent territory-talking to gardeners and gate keepers. So to preach to the Muslims they use the special track. And they also talk about family and security. We heard how one Muslim woman studied the Bible there and progressed to the point that she wanted to go out and tell others the good news. Well, she husband would have none of it. He killed her and buried her in the backyard.
They did tell us that there aren't many terrorists tolerated in the country though. Kenya depends a lot on tourism from safaris so they need western relations to be good.
The Indian Ocean there-the warmest ocean i've entered by far.
I preached one day with 2 brothers in sign language. We chatted with 13 deaf people that day!Man were my feet tired at the end. Found 2 older deaf brothers that have 3 other deaf siblings living and some nephews as well. Lots of the deaf worked at kiosks in the city center. I am told many deaf there are followers-they will go where other deaf go. So this has happened with our meetings sometimes. But not all have pure motives.
I was impressed the following weekend back in Nairobi just how many deaf came to the sign lang meeting. Nice showing. Maybe 20 or more. Saturday meeting was hard to understand for me but Sunday I stared to get it and even commented.
The sign for happy in Kenyan sign looks like the chicken dance :)