Another visitor – yeah!
Today our visitor, Bobbie, is flying from Michigan to come visit us. She arrives Friday night and we plan on being in Nairobi Friday morning because...another friend, Charlotte, is traveling from Arizona to Sudan with a stop in Nairobi so we get to have breakfast...
God’s timing…
God is always right on time, it's amazing that He can schedule the sunrise, the tide to change and cares for my little life and its scheduling. I thought Tuesday was going to be just another day of getting the house settled (very soon my friends, very soon!) but in...
New uniforms!
They came and gathered around the office door in eager anticipation for.... - a new game? - a sweet? - lunch? nope they were waiting for their new school uniform! As they were standing by grades I glanced over the group and noticed sweaters that were...
Obey, serve, come back
"...obey the Lord willingly...Serve the Lord your God...Come back to the Lord...The Lord your God is kind and merciful. He will not turn away from you if you return to him." 2 Chronicles 30:8,9 How many times have I needed to hear these words? If I'm honest it...
Quote from Jessica….
"You had me at chai!" - long story short: we met Pat (a Peace Corps worker living in Nguluni, a nearby village) by accident in our local grocery store (it's not every day you run into another mzungu-white person-in Tala) just before she was going back to the...
Art of negotiation
I'm not much of a negotiator, I would rather walk into a store, see the price, decide if I want it then either leave or purchase it. This whole negotiating thing is really testing my people skills and some of you already know I would rather be on the computer...
Friday’s Child: A Chance to Support an Impoverished Child in Kenya
Patrick Muteti (Child No. 119) Patrick attends Nice View Academy in Tala, Kenya. He lives with his mother and father, Mdnda and Muteti. Patrick was born in Kyaume, Kenya sometime in 1998 and he has one sister and two brothers. His favorite color is red and he loves...
Yes, Sì, Ndiyo
During my high school years I took Spanish classes. The last year we had to speak solely in Spanish and we were required to communicate only in Spanish during class trips. Then living in Arizona for several years I was able to continue using my Spanish...I was by no...
For one brief moment…
Sunday morning I had a very brief moment where I felt I was home. It was a strange yet comfortable feeling that caught me quite by surprise while I was preparing (ok microwaving until we get a stove) breakfast. I had the sensation of being not back in my home in...
Quote from Gideon (our brother here in Kenya)…
"We see where we are not and see later on, tomorrow we are not there. Then we regret and say I wish I could do this or that but there is no time."