Always love the weekends!

Another wonderful weekend. We played all afternoon on Saturday with the kids. This guy, Nicholas, fell asleep outside the window where the music was. The ground isn’t a preferable pillow, but who can argue with a kid and where he wants to fall asleep! Then Milkah was...

Projects update

First I wanted to let you know that the blessing we received was seen as a privilege and was a traditional blessing. It was nothing out of the ordinary, well for us Americans having someone spit on you would probably be out of the ordinary – but here hapana...

Another first in Kenya!

We are starting to walk to the Academy everyday now and it’s a great walk. Today while walking we came upon two older women and before we had a chance to greet them the one said, in very good English, “are you going to pass us by without greeting us?” We said no and...

Learning lesson

We walked to the Academy this afternoon and when we arrived at the gate John came up to me with a huge smile and gave me a big hug. What a way to be greeted! The boys must have been in the hugging mood because when we got to the field Moses gave me a big hug and just...

Mixed emotional day

On Saturday we visited Mercy again. Anastasia needed some personal items that we had bought in Nairobi. Remember she hasn’t been paid for any work she’s done here, she doesn’t have a vehicle to take her to the shops and no one here to help her watch the children if...

The weekend!

The kids are always excited about Friday because they know tomorrow we show up for play time on the field and movie night. You know how great it feels to bring these children some laughter!? They also have their dance club on Friday after school and this time Chuck...

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