Hot and dry!
You may remember my post a few days ago about the water on the farm. As I sit here at my computer the weather is overcast and cool...will it rain? Feels like it might but my "weather vane" isn't very accurate. Yesterday I went to the farm and it is even drier than...
What a prize!
Back in the States I would enter the occasional contest...I haven't won a bunch of stuff but a few nice items like a set of pots and pans, free advertising (for the ministry), CD's just to name a few and really I can't think of anything else I've won. Anyway, I saw a...
House cleaning
The title may be a little misleading, this post has nothing to do with me cleaning our house but rather nose picking which will hereafter be referred to as "house cleaning"! Before going on you MUST remember this is a totally cultural thing and where I grew up the...
Quote from Jerry Garcia…
Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.
Where’s the water?
Here's a progression of the water level on the Athi River...this is the river which is used to water the farm: As of Friday night the workers were "dragging" the water from within the river approximately 400 yards to get it to the spot where they can put the water...
Friday’s Child: A Chance to Support an Impoverished Child in Kenya
Antony Iseu Musyoki (Child No. 214) Antony is an orphan (mother and father have both died) and borders at Nice View Academy in Tala, Kenya. His grandmother is his guardian but doesn’t work. He was born in Uamani, Kenya on 2-10-1996 and has two sisters and one...
Again?
The past few days (weeks?) we've been having electricity issues...goes off, comes on, goes off...you get the picture, just not consistent. What's frustrating about that, aside from all the obvious reasons, is our shower. It's an electric shower head (scary I know...
It’s ok to say no.
Today was a day of giving some firm, yet loving advice (at least I pray it was taken that way). Shopping for first semester has been completed (a big expense that includes items such as a mattress, blankets, sheets, uniform, shoes, foot locker and other necessary...
Visiting
Some of you may remember our "refreshing meeting" a few weeks ago. Well we were able to visit this wonderful family again and this time we got to meet Therese before she had to go back to school in Nairobi the next day. We had a very nice time and it was just as...
Quote from Benjamin Franklin…
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.