by Tammy | Aug 31, 2009 | Ministry
A little over a month ago I wrote about a VBS program. The program was called “His World News” held at St. Vincent De Paul church in Shepherd, MI, where they were learning about poverty around the world. Over the course of that week the...
by Tammy | Aug 24, 2009 | Ministry, Personal
I’ve introduced you to Eric and Grace, now here is James. James is the eldest of Gideon and Pauline. As I mentioned before, James is a great kid (sorry James – young man!) I love his curiosity and his willingness to learn new things. ...
by Tammy | Aug 23, 2009 | Ministry
We received a few letters from kids at Nice View who had written their sponsors here in the US. As we live our lives, life happens to all of us. We go through tough times and good times, but part of these kids’ tough times are watching people around them...
by Tammy | Aug 19, 2009 | Africa, Ministry
I never noticed this before but it looks like the cow is talking to Chuck! These cows (unfortunately one has died) would stay at the Academy just wandering around and giving what little milk they could. During school break they would be brought back...
by Tammy | Aug 15, 2009 | Ministry, Nice View Academy
Boy what a surprise I got this morning when I received an email from Pauline (Gideon’s wife) telling me teacher Helen got married at Nice View! The kids were so excited and as Pauline said in her email – “They were looking at her unbelieving that...
by Tammy | Aug 14, 2009 | Ministry, Personal
As I was trying to decide what to write about today, I realized it would be either sad – I miss the kids in Kenya, our family and friends, etc., or it would sound judgemental – why are people so worried about taking vacations, going out to dinner etc....