by Tammy | Jul 18, 2010 | Daily Life, Personal, Quotes
“You had me at chai!” – long story short: we met Pat (a Peace Corps worker living in Nguluni, a nearby village) by accident in our local grocery store (it’s not every day you run into another mzungu-white person-in Tala) just before she...
by Tammy | Jul 11, 2010 | Personal, Quotes
“We see where we are not and see later on, tomorrow we are not there. Then we regret and say I wish I could do this or that but there is no time.”
by Tammy | Jun 13, 2010 | Personal, Quotes
“Let us try to do a little good while we still have the means to do so.” – after receiving news of a considerable financial loss Thornton began writing checks to those requesting his aid or support. William Wilberforce, A Hero for...
by Tammy | Jun 6, 2010 | Nice View Academy, Quotes
“I am just a common man.” – Gideon, Director at Nice View Academy/Orphanage, while we were talking about making sure the kids know he is in charge of the Academy and matters concerning the Academy will be filtered through his...
by Tammy | May 30, 2010 | Africa, Quotes
A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.
by Tammy | May 23, 2010 | Africa, Quotes
Nobody gathers firewood to roast a thin goat and I personally wouldn’t gather firewood to roast a plump goat either, although most of our Kenyan friends and family would disagree!
