Well, I wasn’t exactly gone per se, just didn’t give you the blog post you deserved after the long day yesterday. I’m home today so after checking out Facebook and Google+, changing a few things on the blog site (I added a Goggle+ button to the right…put me in your circle!!!) and basically staying in the cool house and out of the sun I will now update you…aren’t you thrilled!?
Guess I need to first tell you we had a great visit with our friend, Charlotte, last week. She is one amazing lady and I am so blessed to know her and thankful she squeezed in a 2 day trip to Tala before heading back to the States. One night as I was making dinner (fried chicken, potatoes and carrots) the gas went out of the stove, ok no problem I figured I’d just use the electric part of the stove (many stoves here are both gas & electric). Once the burner was heated up and boiling the potatoes….you guessed it, electricity went out! Luckily everything was close to being done and I was able to finish it with what heat was left on the burner! Thankfully Charlotte is used to this type of event happening (as she was all over Africa the past 4 months or so and in much worse conditions!) Charlotte you are certainly a trooper 🙂
She came to visit C4KK and helped do a bit of painting:
She met Ann:
And we got a photo together in front of the shelter:
During the week we were also given a gift of a lorry of sand…certainly a blessing since most steps in construction uses sand in some way or another!
that's C4KK Children's Shelter in the background
Think that brings me back to yesterday! We began painting the rooms with the first coat of white paint:
before the first coat of paint
After 1 coat of paint - the stones you see won't be painted as eventually a ceiling will be installed.
Robert, the guy helping to paint, needed to express his creativity a bit rather than just white walls!
The new kitchen table was painted, the legs only, the builder put on the green veneer…this will be a great work surface and the bottom will definitely hold 90kg bags of beans, rice and flour!
The doors will get a second coat of green next week, but they already look great!
main entrance to the shelter
latrine doors - glass will be cleaned off next week too, we have to wait until the putty that was used to install the glass is dry.
The well was worked on some more…they are digging a “basin” to hold more water…I understand it but can’t really explain it, hope you understand or ask Chuck, he can explain it!
Roman is pulling up a bucket filled with dirt that is being dug from the well.
Then I spent the better part of the afternoon watering the shamba (garden)…thanking God for the gift of water and watching the soil soak in the refreshing, life-giving water to grow strong, healthy vegetables and fruits for the kids!
And I only did half the shamba! Whew!
Please keep in mind the matching donation until October 31st (up to $10,000)! You can click here to donate (choose “Children’s Shelter (C4KK) and Farm Project” from the allocation drop down box and your donation will be automatically matched)
C4KK Children’s Shelter is becoming and will be a home for our kids very soon with your help!
C4KK Children's Shelter