Am I repeating myself?
Seems I’m saying ‘thank you’ A LOT lately, but when I’m just so thankful what else can I say? How about grazie, gracias, asante? Same thing only different language but I don’t want my ‘thank-you’s’ to ever sound practiced or said out of obligation. When I say thank...
Shoes and discussions
It was a short visit to Mercy orphanage but Sunday was shoe delivery day. Thanks go to Lucy who made sure each shoe had a match and all shoes had laces. I also discussed responsible behavior with the kids. It's ok to ask questions and to not always like the answer...
Quote from a local…
"Are you lost? You know you're in Kenya." - Nick, our recent visitor, was walking to the Academy by way of the back roads and came upon a local who asked him this question!
Help is on the way
The other day I was tired... - tired of watching for spiders in my house...and finding them - tired of no hot water to wash dishes...unless I boil it - tired of crazy, crazy drivers who it seems are out to kill me - tired of corruption in the form of the horrible...
Friday’s Child: A Chance to Support an Impoverished Child in Kenya
Lucy Wambui (Child No. MC114) Lucy’s mother is alive, but she was living with her grandmother. It is unknown where her father is. Her grandmother brought her to Mercy Child Foundation in Koma, Kenya. Her mother has never visited her and her grandmother has visited...
More shoes
Yesterday was school shoe day, today was sport shoe day! We went from this: to this: A big THANK YOU to everyone who made these smiles possible!
Shoes, shoes and more shoes!
Thanks to donations received recently students in need at Nice View received school shoes today! Here are a few examples of the condition of their old shoes: Getting the shoes ready for the kids to start trying them on: Ooooo which pair do I choose? Waiting in line to...
Streusel, milk, Bible trivia…
Last Sunday Chuck and I decided to head to Mercy orphanage with apple streusel, thank you Betty Crocker, and milk. Chuck cut the cake and as each child came in to get their feet measured for shoes (thank you donor for the shoe funds - shoes are scheduled to be handed...
Microwave or fire?
Ever thought of the process you take when heating up a snack? What's to think about, right? you decide what snack you want, stick it in the microwave and seconds later you are enjoying your delicious snack. But what happens when you don't have a microwave or even...
Quote from a fundi…
"Pay us slowly we eat it but pay us at the end we buy a goat." - this fundi (workman/craftsman) didn't want to be paid daily for fear of spending it all, but rather at the end of the job so he would have enough to buy a goat. Good thinking!