Education

It amazes me to see and hear the differences in attitudes towards education. A 14 year old girl (Malala) in Pakistan knows the importance of education….”Gunmen have wounded a 14-year-old rights activist who has campaigned for girls’ education in the...

Down wind

I am attempting to start some sort of exercising, which will most likely be walking around the compound.  Any further outside the boundaries of our compound and I run the risk of being asked to visit a cousin, uncle, friend, son, daughter, whoever it may be in the...

Eye opener

I was given a swift kick in the “judgement seat” today.  Ever since our kids have come to live at C4KK I couldn’t get over the fact or even completely understand the guardians of these kids.  It seemed they just sent the kids off with someone and...

Thank you power company!

It was a little iffy at first, the rain came down in torrents….making a river outside my office window and a mess of the compound, but throughout it all the electricity never went off once!  The kids had their usual Saturday morning tutoring and with all the...

So it goes

Today was supposed to be movie day, we were going to watch the first Harry Potter.  We set everything up, handed out the soda and started the movie only to have electricity go out three times in the first 45 minutes of the movie.  That is not good for the projector so...

That time already!?

I can’t believe the year 2012 is almost coming to a close!  Wow that went by quickly didn’t it?  Funny how moving up one numeral (2012 to 2013) can bring about thoughts of renewal.  For me that renewal seems to be rearing its head by thoughts of revamping...

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