What do visitors do while they are here with us?  They go about daily living with us…no electricity-use flashlights, no vehicle-walk to the Academy, rice and skuma for lunch-rice and skuma for lunch.  No 5-star hotel experiences – you make your own bed, you help yourself to the pantry/frig/oven and generally make yourself at home.  We visit neighbors, we play games with the students, we chat the way forward with people.

We were asked recently by a friend, don’t the visitors get bored?  Well maybe, but this is our life here in Tala, Kenya, boring moments and all.  We don’t go on safari but we do see goats running in the pot-holed streets, we don’t head into Nairobi to visit the museums but we do go to the Nakumatt to pick up supplies, we do however live moment by moment by God’s grace and mercy and you never know what will happen! 

Robert (our very first visitor way back in 2008) talked with the kids, answered all their questions and encouraged them in their relationship with God.  Theresa and Kelli spent time with the kids, made crafts and encouraged them in their studies.  Bobbie taught the kids songs, cheered them on and played football (soccer) with the younger students.  Charlotte unfortunately didn’t get to spend any time with the students as they were on break during her brief visit.  Now Nick is here and I believe I’ll put him to work!  Our storage area needs organizing…what the heck is in there? 

These are the suitcases Nick is emptying and organizing.

Oooo, hoodies! 

Wonder what else he is finding!?

But don’t worry, I’m not working him too hard…

Unfortunately I couldn’t take a photo from the front because the kids would have posed…before I got my camera Nick was surrounded by the girls looking at him star-struck!  By the time I took this the boys had joined the group.

Nick and Thomas play a bit of football.  Notice Thomas has one shoe on?  His friend Kelvin let him borrow one shoe so they could both play football!

If you’d like to experience daily life in Tala, Kenya please contact us (email is the best way to get in touch with us) and karibuni!