Dorms and the government

I don’t think I’ll ever understand the government of Kenya (or ours for that matter).  The whole country is in a drought/famine situation and yet the Education Officers have required Nice View Academy/Orphanage to build another dorm area.  The original...

Faith story involving a sheep

                  I received the following email from Pauline a few days ago.   Pauline is Gideon’s wife and Gideon is the Manager of Nice View Academy/Orphanage in Tala, Kenya.  Sister,   I hope you can recall the sheep that we had and passed on after...

Reminisce with me?

You know how when you spend time with people you start to feel more comfortable around them?  That was definitely the case with our Kenyan family, Gideon and Pauline Musembi.  Our first night at their home, way back in March 2008, we ate dinner at the table.  Sounds...

Lunch recess at Nice View Academy/Orphanage

I know I’ve said it before, but every time I watch a video or look through my pictures I miss my kids, family and friends in Kenya even more.  During this taping I was trying to walk around the schoolyard, but as soon as the kids saw the camera I was...

A few answered questions…

I received an email recently that had some interesting questions, so I thought I’d relay them to you – 1)  “Do you know the temps. in Tala, Kenya during the summer months?”  Kenyans don’t refer to summer/winter/fall/spring it’s...

School is back in session

Chuck received an email today from Gideon stating that school is back in session after the month of August off (school year is January through December – three months on, one month off).  I wanted to pass on to you the update he gave us: Teaching and learning...

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