Beanie Baby madness!
The Beanies have been a great success - thank you to all who dontated those cute critters! I feel a bit better by handing out those instead of sweets all the time. While we were staying with the Brooks' (thanks Kate and Johnny again for your hospitality!) we played a...
Update from Eldama Ravine
I think this is pretty awesome - because really how often do people cross the equator?! Everytime we travel to Eldama Ravine we cross it going and coming back. I never checked the swirl of the water going down the drain though! Here are some photos of the finished...
Sorry so long for update!
Hello everyone. Sorry it's been awhile since my last entry. We've been quite busy with the second floor pour at Nice View, the latrines at Mercy and travel plans to Eldama Ravine. Plus our internet was having problems. The second floor has been poured and it’s an...
Another trip to Mercy today to check on the progress of the choo and it’s going very well as you can see. Yesterday we brought them meat for dinner and the kids were very happy and excited to have meat. Annastacia couldn’t remember the last time they had meat to eat,...
More updates
Today we went to Mercy to see the progress on the choo (latrine). This is the old latrine that is being fixed so they can use this one while the "six seater" choo is being worked on. It’s going well, and again, the kids are seeing they are loved by the fact that...
Show day in Nairobi!
It was a big day on Tuesday. It was “show” day in Nairobi, which is like a State Fair. The kids were so excited they couldn’t sleep the night before! We took two big buses and a mini-van to take approximately 170 kids from Nice View and 34 kids from Mercy, plus all...
Always love the weekends!
Another wonderful weekend. We played all afternoon on Saturday with the kids. This guy, Nicholas, fell asleep outside the window where the music was. The ground isn’t a preferable pillow, but who can argue with a kid and where he wants to fall asleep! Then Milkah was...
Projects update
First I wanted to let you know that the blessing we received was seen as a privilege and was a traditional blessing. It was nothing out of the ordinary, well for us Americans having someone spit on you would probably be out of the ordinary - but here hapana (no)....
Another first in Kenya!
We are starting to walk to the Academy everyday now and it’s a great walk. Today while walking we came upon two older women and before we had a chance to greet them the one said, in very good English, “are you going to pass us by without greeting us?” We said no and...
Learning lesson
We walked to the Academy this afternoon and when we arrived at the gate John came up to me with a huge smile and gave me a big hug. What a way to be greeted! The boys must have been in the hugging mood because when we got to the field Moses gave me a big hug and just...