Back online!

Sorry for no post but we haven’t had electricity since Wednesday night! The school had electricity on Wednesday and for a bit on Thursday then it went out until Thursday night, but God’s timing is perfect. We bought a generator for the school on Wednesday afternoon and got it running on Friday (thanks Dad)! So now the school will have electricity when it’s out, which happens every Thursday like clockwork around here.

I’m learning more about these kids and you can never prepare yourself for what they live with and through every day. Some live with grandparents while their mom and dad are in Nairobi working. Some parents come home on the weekends; some at the end of the month and some are lucky enough to come home every day. Others live with grandparents (usually only the grandmother) because their parents have died. One girl, Annastacia, told us that if her grandmother isn’t able to borrow food from a neighbor that day then they don’t eat that night. I’m so thankful that God is providing through your donations two good meals for these kids. They are substantial meals that fill them up and keep them from being hungry soon afterward. So they are getting some food before going home for the evening, but it still breaks my heart to hear these stories. Here is a picture of the younger kids in line for the porridge they get around 11am. And here are the kids eating lunch around the compound.

Before leaving for the day on Thursday I joined in with the girls in their singing and dancing. They all thought it was very funny that I didn’t know what to do, but you can pick out the girls who will be leaders one day because they guided and helped me! The women in Kenya are very “take control” people, they believe in doing it themselves, whatever it is that needs to be done. And the girls in school are following along with that attitude. Please keep all the students in your prayers for a healthy relationship with our Savior that will guide them and teach them the way to live, now and into the future.

On Friday I helped Ruth prepare lunch. Now that may sound easy but we started at 9:30am and ate at 2pm! First we had to go to the market and get tomatoes, parsley, green peppers, onions, and kerosene for her stove (which is a one burner camp stove; luckily she had two of these). Then we had to go to the butcher for the meat. They hadn’t butchered by the time we went by so we got the rest of our stuff first then back to the butchers. Around 10 they had butchered so we were able to get what Ruth wanted, cow intestines. Ok it was my first trip to a butcher and it isn’t pretty! Liver, stomach, and intestines all laying on the counter and you pick out what you want – and believe me there is no USDA stamp on this meat, it’s straight from the cow!

That goes along with the OSHA here are a couple of examples of it: the first is the fundi (craftsman) working on the nursery room window – see his flip-flops? The second is Chuck working on the plug for the generator using a Maasai knife! The third is the junction box for the electricity – no circuit breakers, just wires at 220v!

Here’s a picture of the nursery room with their new windows. This room was very dark with only one window and one door and the walls are all stone so no paint to reflect any sun coming in. Now the room has these two new windows and it is very light in the room now. Just one of the upgrades that are happening around the school thanks to God moving in your hearts to help.

Since you are reading this that means we have electricity at home. You would not believe how dark it is here at night without any lights, it’s scary dark! Thanks for your prayers for my back, it is doing quite well and I thank God for His healing.