Negotiations
The above is a typical scene in "downtown" Tala. Kids running around, goats eating the trash (or if they are lucky snitching some produce from a table!) bike taxis going to and fro, men pushing carts loaded with whatever they are selling (banana's in...
Wednesday’s song…
When I was going through my cancer time my sister gave me a CD with several uplifting songs. Tunnel by Third Day was one of those songs that really helped me keep my mind focused on God not the situation. He would, according to His will, bring me through the tunnel...
Watching and doing
Last night we watched a Rwanda presentation and were blessed to see how God is moving in others lives. Watching how God moves people, arranges situations and works things out amazes me each time I see a glimpse of it! There are so many opportunities (through...
How we can help the local economy
As we continue preparing for our move to Kenya we've had people ask if we are taking clothes (for the kids) back with us. We learned from our first trip (March 2008 when we packed several boxes of clothes and shoes) that we could purchase (with your generous...
Quote from Henry David Thoreau…
A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting. But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves. For if anyone is a...
Message in the steam & dust!
These messages were written several years apart and it reminds me why I shouldn't dust all the time! Which I don't because I'm not the best housekeeper, but what's a little dust between family members...
Friday’s Child: A Chance to Support an Impoverished Child in Kenya
Alice Mukoya (Child Number ER102) Alice was born in 2000 in Butere Mumias District. She is the youngest child of six and her older sister, Gladys, also borders at Eldama Ravine Children's Village with her. (many times families are split apart,...
A wise scarecrow once said…
"...some people without brains do an awful lot of talking don't they?" (Scarecrow from Wizard of Oz) Many times I've sat in on conversations and thought "I might have something interesting to say" only to begin talking and find I'm talking in circles! In...
Wednesday’s song…
I Like to Move It - this song is from the movie Madagascar, a favorite on movie night. I think the kids loved the beat and watching the monkey dance during the credits. I have this as a ring-tone on my phone and whenever I hear it I remember the kids at Nice View...
School break
Kids all over Kenya are now on break from school. Their school year goes January - December, three months on, one month off. December is break time! I write that with an exclamation mark but many of the children do not enjoy break, for many reasons. ...