Visiting and interviews

Electricity has been on and off the past couple of days. After I posted the last blog entry it went off again for a couple of hours! That was on Monday and now on Wednesday it just went off at the school so we are testing our knowledge of how to turn it on (Chuck and Gideon are in Nairobi so we are on our own)!

Here are a couple of pictures of families we visited recently. The first family is standing in front of their home. (This is the family I wasn’t able to take pictures of before at night) We have grandmother and grandfather in the back along with mom (holding the baby). The two boys in blue sweaters go to the Academy but live with another set of grandparents. The young man in front with the yellow vest is a brother-in-law to the mom. The four boys on the right are her sons and live with her and the other two are neighbors. (the boys in white, blue and green go to the Academy along with the girl in light blue with dark sleeves) The compound includes the grandparents home, kitchen, latrine and the mom’s house is nearby (just a couple of yards away). We were inside the grandparents home which is about 20’ wide by maybe 30-40’ long and consists of a sitting room and two separate rooms for sleeping.

The mother of the second family wasn’t home so we visited with the kids for a bit, gave them some candy and eggs for mom. The girl holding the baby and the girl next to her go to the Academy. Since mom wasn’t home we didn’t go into their home, maybe on another day.

Here are some of the boys after school helping the fundi (carpenter) carry cabinets.

This is our new gate (the white is a primer coat – you are getting progress reports!) The student is Milkah in class 8. I am interviewing all the students, taking their pictures and giving them a photo. When it was Milkah’s turn she requested to have her photo taken in front of the gate! I told her I liked a girl expressing what she wants! She wants to be a broadcaster on tv one day and I said I would see her on tv one day and that made her smile and blush. The students have just finished their exams for the term and she received a 309, but is determined to get a score of 400 at the end of the year.

During my interviews I met the future leaders, entertainers, engineers, pilots and professors of Kenya. This boy, Felix, said he wanted to be an empire. I asked him what that meant and he said he wanted to be a leader of a country. I questioned him on that a little further and determined that he would like to be president and help the people of Kenya. We have bright students here and I ask that you continue to pray for their education, health and spiritual growth. God’s plan will be fulfilled in these children’s lives.

By the way, success on the generator. Praise God for His providence! And we are thanking God that Ruth and I made it through all the students interviews, less one who hasn’t been in school because she broke her leg a few weeks ago.