To plug or not to plug?
Looks like a scary way to plug something in, doesn't it?! I was sitting at my desk at Nice View one day and the welders were fixing my window. They set up their welding machine and handed me these wires. I held them in my hand and must have had...
Quote from Mahatma Gandhi…
You must be the change you want to see in the world. Only if you clean up your act (the way you live, the things you do), only if you do a total spring cleaning on the way you live and treat your neighbors, only if you quit exploiting the street people and orphans...
Friday’s Child: A Chance to Support an Impoverished Child in Kenya
Christopher Muthuri (MC119) Christopher was born in 1983 in Meru, Kenya (many of the children do not know when their actual birthdate is, they only know the year) When his father died his mother remarried and moved to a different area with her new husband. At that...
Pen-pal letters
We are going into our second round of pen-pal letters and they are great! The students here in the States have been asking the students at Nice View some neat questions, telling them about their families and asking about their families, how school is etc. I thought...
Wednesday’s Song…
The following song was played during Visio Dei's church service held at Su Vino. Didn't Jesus say "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick"? Visio Dei goes out and is "taking the Church to the city" and they... mix worship hymns (really old hymns...
Snakes in the water!
We've received some updates from Kenya recently but where to begin? Let's start with Gideon, he's the Director at Nice View Academy in Tala, Kenya. Chuck received an email from him recently and the kids were all finished with their exams and leaving for...
Quote from Scarecrow (Wizard of Oz)…
"...some people without brains do an awful lot of talking don't they?"
Ohhh, bubble wrap!
How many of you have sat popping bubble wrap? I admit I love doing it! While packing for our last trip in 2008 we wrapped several things in bubble wrap, so when we unpacked that was pretty much the first thing the kids took from the garbage pile! ...
Friday’s Child: A Chance to Support an Impoverished Child in Kenya
This post has been edited of personal information by request of the individual (May 2020) xxxxxxx (Child Number xxx) Xxxxxx lives at Nice View Academy in Tala, Kenya with her mother. Her mother is a teacher. Her mother and father are divorced. Xxxxx is currently in...
Give thanks!
Let me first say that above all things I am thankful for God's gift of salvation, His love, forgiveness and mercy. He brings joy and thanksgiving to my heart every day, "Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for...