Today is our last day in the northern location, and while we're looking for a reprieve from the heat, we are sad to go. God has worked hard through us this week to spread His love in this town. We were busy building desks, working in a medical clinic, and learning a lot in general about this area and the people who live here. It's a beautiful part of the earth.
Tomorrow we head back to Nairobi for a couple days of touring around before heading back home. Please pray for safe travels, and to all of our families, we will talk on Saturday! Miss you all!!
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Monday, November 30, 2009
Hot Desks, part 2; Medical Clinic
Just realized the title of the past post may not make too much sense; I should have explained. It has been very hot here - probably over 100 degrees every day. And because it has rained some, there is more humidity than normal. So in some fairly intense heat, we were able to get 45 desks built over a period of three days.
The other thing we did was participate in a medical clinic with about half our team along with about half of our hosts. One on our team brought about 75 tooth brush, tooth paste, and floss kits and found it was all gone fairly early in the day. Throughout the day, children especially came to her asking for "colgate." Maybe next time we'll be able to get more to them.
The clinic was able to minister to 250-280 people (it was impossible to get a fully accurate count) giving out anti parasitic medicine as well as meds for malaria and other common sicknesses here. We were so glad to be able to be a part of this outreach!
The other thing we did was participate in a medical clinic with about half our team along with about half of our hosts. One on our team brought about 75 tooth brush, tooth paste, and floss kits and found it was all gone fairly early in the day. Throughout the day, children especially came to her asking for "colgate." Maybe next time we'll be able to get more to them.
The clinic was able to minister to 250-280 people (it was impossible to get a fully accurate count) giving out anti parasitic medicine as well as meds for malaria and other common sicknesses here. We were so glad to be able to be a part of this outreach!
Hot Desks!
Not much internet connection the past few days since Thankgiving. We did eat alot of turkey including the required turkey sandwiches for the next couple days, but no turkey a la king. Some of you are saying, "we should be so lucky!"
On Fri & Sat we built desks for a school. They are pretty rustic and rough, but we got all 32 done on the second day including a coat of varnish on all. Sunday we took off for some rest, worship and checking out the giraffe sanctuary. Again, we'll try to get some pix on - maybe tomorrow, but don't count on it.
Then today we built another 13 for a different school. This time we finished a little earlier in the day, so we're becoming regular veterans at this. Tomorrow, we'll be in a class taught by some real true veterans, then hope to check out the market before leaving this town.
Blessings all; we'll try to post again soon!
On Fri & Sat we built desks for a school. They are pretty rustic and rough, but we got all 32 done on the second day including a coat of varnish on all. Sunday we took off for some rest, worship and checking out the giraffe sanctuary. Again, we'll try to get some pix on - maybe tomorrow, but don't count on it.
Then today we built another 13 for a different school. This time we finished a little earlier in the day, so we're becoming regular veterans at this. Tomorrow, we'll be in a class taught by some real true veterans, then hope to check out the market before leaving this town.
Blessings all; we'll try to post again soon!
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Kenya Ketcha Turkey in Africa?
Well actually we didn't catch one, but we did buy a couple for over $4.00 a pound. Not something you do every day, but hey, this is a great celebration, a day of thanksgiving and we get to celebrate it with people who have dedicated their lives to God's purposes.
This morning we got to visit a couple schools run by incredible people. The pre-school, for ages 3, 4, and 5 was closing the school year with a program for parents. There weren't the usual American video cameras, but proud parents nonetheless eager to see what their kids have learned this year. The other school we visited had just released for the year, but it was fun to see some classrooms and hear the stories of this life-impacting program. The same organization manufactures and sells solar ovens and solar driers (as in drying fruit, not clothing).
Now we're gathering with about 23 people to celebrate American Thanksgiving with turkey as mentioned above, stuffing, pumkin and apple pies at the home of some ex-pats here. Pretty neat that they've opened their home to lots of people. We'll try to post some pix soon.
This morning we got to visit a couple schools run by incredible people. The pre-school, for ages 3, 4, and 5 was closing the school year with a program for parents. There weren't the usual American video cameras, but proud parents nonetheless eager to see what their kids have learned this year. The other school we visited had just released for the year, but it was fun to see some classrooms and hear the stories of this life-impacting program. The same organization manufactures and sells solar ovens and solar driers (as in drying fruit, not clothing).
Now we're gathering with about 23 people to celebrate American Thanksgiving with turkey as mentioned above, stuffing, pumkin and apple pies at the home of some ex-pats here. Pretty neat that they've opened their home to lots of people. We'll try to post some pix soon.
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