Work, play, visit…what do I do?

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,...

Movie night in pictures…

Saturday evening began with Chuck giving Nick a tour of the Academy while I set up the equipment.  Here’s Chuck, Nick and Christopher in front of the kitchen and on top of the school building – During the tour the kids were served dinner of ugali (flour...

Leisurely Saturday…ahhhh!

Friday we traveled to Nairobi to pick up our good friend, Charlotte.  She was working throughout Africa for the past few months and before heading home was able to spend a few days with us.  Actually we take her back to the airport on Sunday…too short a visit...

Routine? Nope!

Not necessarily a routine morning here in Tala but here’s how our morning has gone so far and it’s only 9am Thursday! woke up at 5am to be ready for a 5:30am Skype call with friends back in Phoenix a big thank you to Doyle for the Starbucks which helped...

Who’s your friend?

Building friendships is not an easy thing to do no matter where you live or what culture you are in.  It takes time, sacrifice and willingness (plus a mutual language is usually helpful).  I’ve been missing relationships lately…friends to have coffee...

Big thanks!

A big THANK YOU goes out to our friends at DBCC (Desert Breeze Community Church).  We recently received two packages filled with just about everything off our Current Wish List, along with these t-shirts.  I can’t express how wonderful it felt to know we...

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