Monthly Archives: October 2011

It’s dark!

The power goes out. a lot. It can happen at 7am, 1pm, or 8pm-whenever “they” say “they” want to save power. I’d like to have a few words with “they” as this detail came as a big surprise to us. … Continue reading →

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Time

We’ve been without internet service for the past couple of days.  This is Africa.  If it’s not the power, it’s the internet, or both.  Amen. ***I’m over myself*** If there is anything I am learning by living in the Kenyan … Continue reading →

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A thank you to you, sponsors.

These children would not be where they are today if it wasn’t for   your selfless act of choosing to be the change for one life.   ‘Thank you’ doesn’t seem fitting for the impact you give these precious kids … Continue reading →

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“Come to Africa, where you can always be uncomfortable” :)

If you want to hear my husband sound like Gloria from the show”Modern Family”, stick him in the shower when the power goes out. Back when TJ and I travelled to Kenya in 2008 to visit Mattaw for the first … Continue reading →

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I went to the slum today….

Kipsongo is the name of this dirty little slum just outside of Kitale town.  How does one describe this hell hole?  It didn’t seem right to bring my camera-to photograph such sufferings. My nose filled with that familiar garbage/sewage smell … Continue reading →

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