A stop here, a stop there…
I can remember when our four kids were little and I did grocery shopping, it would be a one day event, stocking up on: bread (freezing several loaves), milk, (pouring a bit from each gallon into a container and freezing the rest), canned veggies and soup, cheese by...
Wednesday’s song…
Every Saturday afternoon at Nice View Academy we would hook up my computer to a set of speakers and blast music onto the field while we played frisbee, netball (volleyball), football (soccer), catch or sat around talking. Even though this song is a bit...
Mwaitu sings…
Some of the following information is at the end of the video but many times I don't stay for the closing credits! So I will give you some background here. Mwaitu is an endearing term used when we address elderly women in Tala, like grandmother. Mwaitu in the video...
The baker
Cooking is not my thing. I don't know why, maybe because when our kids were little I didn't have the energy at the end of the day to cook and so never really got into cooking. Yea I know, I shouldn't have fed my kids all those boxed macaroni & cheese meals,...
Thanks from our brother Gideon to you…
Gideon sent the following picture (Nice View Academy's food storage) and email to Chuck on October 20th. Dear brother Chuck, The Lord is good and loves His people without measure I am happy to tell you that the rains eventually came and we...
Friday’s Child: A Chance to Support an Impoverished Child in Kenya
Gladys Mukoya (Child Number ER101) Gladys was born in 1999 in Butere Mumias District and has six other siblings. Her father died a few years ago, and because he provided for the family her mother was not able to continue to provide for...
Wednesday’s song…
Phenomenon by Rita Springer is a song I instantly fell in love with. The beat, the words, the tempo - yes!! When she says "I want to know this Jesus who's been loving me" I want to yell it on the housetops that I want to know Him! The first time I heard it was in...
The butcher…
Farm life was never part of my upbringing. My mom worked at a cafeteria so we got a lot of food from there - no farm animals at our house only a stray cat once in awhile and no vegetable garden to attend to. So my first visit to the butcher in Tala, Kenya was an...
Kenyan queue
Standing in line (called the queue in Kenya) is something we Americans are getting away from with internet shopping, bill paying online, express lines at the grocery store, etc. When we must stand in line we are familiar with "personal space" issues. Don't stand too...
Quote from Shane Claiborne…
The more I get to know Jesus, the more trouble he seems to get me into. ...the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart....