Friday’s Child: A Chance to Support an Impoverished Child in Kenya
Valentine Loko (Child No. 204) Valentine attends Nice View Academy in Tala, Kenya. She lives with her mother and father, Dorothy and John. Dorothy is unemployed and John does various day labor jobs. Valentine was born in Kyakatulu, Kenya sometime in 1998 and she has...
Shhhh, Paul is speaking
When Paul talks on helping others but without love he says we are just "the creaking of a rusty gate" (The Message, see 1 Corinthians 13 for the complete message) I thought I understood exactly what that meant. If you are feeding the poor how can you do that without...
Watch what you say
Oh how easy it would be to say – at least I’m not that bad – when faced with: A pastor who steals money from the congregation and uses innocent children to gain wealth A church who is rumored to have hired thugs (hoodlums) to threaten another church Parents &...
Long and dusty day
Yesterday we traveled to Kinyui Boys High School to drop off 2 students to begin their secondary education. Chris and Kelvin were pretty excited about going and we did the last of the school shopping in the morning. Then they organized their foot lockers and labeled...
Harvest time!
Last Saturday was the first harvest of the watermelon...it was fun (to watch I really didn't do any work!), interesting (watching the process from beginning to end) and educational (the games the buyer played would be cut short next time). Here's my account of the...
Quote from Jim Gaffigan…
"It's hard to find time to work out when you really don't want to...'I can't do it now 'cuz I don't want to and later on I'm not going to be interested.'"
Friday’s Child: A Chance to Support an Impoverished Child in Kenya
Mwikali Mwau (Child No. MC116) Mwikali was living at home with her mother until she remarried and moved away. At that time she started living with her grandmother. When her grandmother was no longer able to care for her, her uncle brought her to Mercy Child...
Electricity….
Yesterday (Tuesday) the electricity at home was in and out most of the day until finally it was OUT at 9pm and at 10:30am Wednesday morning it still isn't on. It's frustrating yet I am thankful that I was able to finish making my microwave popcorn during an on time,...
I’d like you to meet…
Reverend Lewis Wachira and our new guest blogger from time to time. And today is that time! SEASONS It is important for each of us to know the season we are operating in, “To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven.” (Ecclesiastes 3:1...
Refreshing meeting
Several weeks ago Chuck had met a gentleman (Nicholas) near the farm and, as Chuck usually does, he struck up a conversation. He found out that Nicholas has a mentally disabled daughter and was invited to come to his home for a visit. At that time Chuck was unable...