It’s a breakthrough!
The construction on the home has broken through...we are now connected to our new residence! Sounds exciting but we still have a few weeks before we can move in but it's coming very soon!
Friday’s Child: A Chance to Support an Impoverished Child in Kenya
Elosy Kajuju (Child No. MC111) Elosy’s mother is alive and gave permission for her to live at Mercy Child Foundation in Koma, Kenya and her father has died. She was born in 2000 in Meru, Kenya. She has one brother, not living here, and no sisters. Elosy's favorite...
Travel day
Today we are traveling to Nairobi for construction supplies for our home. I don't really look forward to traveling there but I'm hoping to get a good cup of coffee out of the trip! No Home Depot here so we may have to go to a couple of different stores for the...
Hectic moving to slow
This morning started out hectic, but a hectic-ness that I feel blessed to be a part of. We were trying to figure out how to get into Tala because Gideon's vehicle wouldn't start so Pauline (using the newer vehicle) had to take Gideon and the kids to school, come back...
More visiting
Last Saturday Chuck and I visited 6 secondary (high school) students and 1 primary student (5 graduated from Nice View Academy, 1 was a former student and 1 was Gideon's son James who is in Form 4 - that's why there is no photo of James, we'll see him at home during...
Quote from Gideon…
"I am just a common man." - Gideon, Director at Nice View Academy/Orphanage, while we were talking about making sure the kids know he is in charge of the Academy and matters concerning the Academy will be filtered through his guidance/expertise/knowledge. We thank...
Thursday was very slow
Try to imagine, if you can, a day without electricity. I know from personal experience when electricity went out in Phoenix (which wasn't very often and usually only after a major storm) it would be back on within a very short time. This past Thursday the...
Friday’s Child: A Chance to Support an Impoverished Child in Kenya
Ester Mtunga (Child No. 117) Ester attends Nice View Academy in Tala, Kenya. She lives with her mother and father, Maria and Mtunga and was born in Kyakatulu, Kenya on April 26, 1998. Ester has two brothers and her favorite color is white. She likes to play football...
Not chasing time
The saying here is "don't chase time, let time chase you". That's a good saying but hard to live by after moving here from the go, go, go mentality of the US. However as each day proceeds and I'm still living out of a suitcase, my Internet connection at the house is...
Despair not…
My devotional for today was perfect timing...isn't God always right on time?! Here is a portion of what I read and then I will explain how it was perfect timing: I implore you to not give in to despair. It is a dangerous temptation, because our Adversary has refined...