A Day on the Compound

Just before Christmas I thought I’d capture what happened here at the family compound.  It wasn’t necessarily a typical day but the compound was busy this day. First, since we didn’t have water at this point it was a good opportunity to clean out the...

Watering the farm

As many of you know we had very little rain at the farm…there was however enough rain in other areas for the river to start flowing.  That means the farm is being watered from the Athi River and here’s a look at the procedure: The pump is stored at a...

Merry Christmas everyone!

And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.  An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.  But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring...

A very different Christmas Eve

I know I’m posting 2 posts on Christmas but I wanted to tell you about our very first Christmas Eve here in Kenya.  It was quite different from how we’ve celebrated in the US! We started the morning (after being without water for about a week) with water...

Christmas party…finale

(Read Parts I, II, III and IV) Once everyone had all they wanted to eat (and digest a bit!) we gathered the kids for the gift giving part of the party, I have to say a big thank you to teacher Jane for helping with the gift hand out (she also was one who stayed up all...

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