by Tammy | May 9, 2012 | Caring for Kenya's Kids, Daily Life
Praise God yesterday had gone fairly smooth! In the last blog post I told you about a frustrating occurrence which became even more frustrating after Bosco met us that evening and told us more of the story….principal saying it wasn’t a work day (funny it...
by Tammy | Apr 29, 2012 | Daily Life
New week, new challenges, new struggles but thankfully new mercies too! This week promises to have its share of challenges. School begins next week (they report on May 8th) and many of the students have not given us their report forms (grades) from Term 1 (which...
by Tammy | Apr 24, 2012 | Daily Life
I get a little giddy when things work (somewhat) like they used to when we lived in the US. Working on a fast internet does just that. Notice I said “fast” not high speed, but it feels high speed to me. Sorry for the menial information but it is exciting...
by Tammy | Apr 17, 2012 | Daily Life
Ok, maybe not quite an “invasion” but it sure felt like it at 3am! I’m usually not too coherent anyway at 3am and the other night/morning was no exception. Unfortunately I also had an ice pick piercing my left temple…ok, maybe not but if I...
by Tammy | Apr 10, 2012 | Daily Life
Around here you can want to get things done quickly but Kenya has a way of slowing you down. Today as I was typing forms into the computer for our social worker (Peter) the electricity went out. I kept typing though hoping it would come back on quickly….which...
by Tammy | Apr 9, 2012 | Daily Life, Personal
It seems to be a running joke in our family that my idea of camping is Motel 6. The whole idea of camping just never thrilled me, maybe because I lived in a trailer house my entire childhood and therefore vacationing in another camper trailer wasn’t my idea of...