If only…
Today I am attempting to figure out how and when to shop for the secondary students and I seem to be saying to myself "if only". If only secondary schools would distribute the calling letters in a timely manner, preferably more than a few days before the student has...
Moving on
Class 8 graduates are heading out to secondary school very, very soon. This week the calling letters for secondary schools are anticipated to arrive. Calling letters are the 'invitation letters' from various secondary schools to invite students to attend their...
Quiet or maybe not
It's funny, every Sunday we are woken up by drums beating and very loud singing from a church about 1/4 mile away. Seems one of the prerequisites of starting a church is to have a PA system, no joke! Unfortunately many misuse them...screaming into the mic with loud,...
Another aspect
You've read here before about Caring For Kenya's Kids (C4KK) and C4KK Children's Shelter. Helping to supply basic needs for orphaned children, widows and employing workers so they in turn can afford their families needs. Today I'm going to show you another aspect of...
All work?
Arrived today at C4KK to find my new desk had been delivered. I know it looks pre-fab but it's actually hand made. Most things out in the villages are hand made...my dresser drawers, bed and kitchen cupboards to name a few. You may think that's pretty nice but...
But it’s in writing!
Today we went to Machakos to deal with a few governmental issues. That is never a favorite thing for me to do but it had to be done. I was actually pleasantly surprised with the outcome. It went fairly smooth and I believe much of that is attributed to Chuck's...
He is back at school!!!
This fiasco is finally over! That's all I have to say about that! Actually it's been a learning lesson, not only in regards to the school system here in Kenya and dealing with people but also my sanity level 🙂 The student went back to school with an adult (who also...
Still no resolution
If you've been following the blog the past few days you know it's been difficult to say the least. If not you can go here and here to catch up. However, let me fill you in on what happened after yesterdays blog post. I was able to contact the principal and discuss...
A bit calmer today
Actually I'm a lot calmer today compared to yesterday, thanks to prayer (not only my heart cries, but friends lifting me up) . Today I haven't heard anything from the student and I'm hoping that means he is back at school and staying! It didn't hurt either that I had...
SCREAM!!!
It started out as an ok day and then I received a call from a secondary student (a different one than I had mentioned here). Let me lay it out for you and see if you'd scream in the same situation. Sorry it's so long but I wanted to express the details a bit. We had...