The Memory game was a gift to the children of the Sanctuary Babies Home during my last visit. I looked forward to playing with the children again this time so we hauled out the game, which was surprisingly still complete. The card titles were marked numerically to ensure all the pieces were there. Good idea? Elijah and Huntington, rather than remembering where the pictures are on the board, memorized...
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Kipepeo Designs
I met Rachel because a former coworker recognized the parallels of our ministries in East Africa. An early partner in Kipepeo Designs (Kipepeo is the Swahili word for butterfly), Rachel travels from the UK to Kenya four times each year to be with the ministry. As only God could plan, she was scheduled to reach Kenya during the small window when I would be there as well.
The old way of grinding...
Encourage One Another
"Hi Brenda," they're all shouting. These are the babies under the care of
Jacaranda Kids while maamas are hard at work.
Our final day together came much too quickly. On one hand I’m anxious to get home. On another, I’d love to stay a few more weeks. I felt less well prepared for this visit than I should have been in this sea of opportunities and it was only toward the last day that the ladies...
Lynette Learns to Sew
Sarah shows Lynette how to measure a product and
create a pattern from that item.
Every day Lynette appears at Jacaranda hoping for work. She most well known for her delicious cooking but she is also an eager learner. This day, Sarah is teaching Lynette how to replicate a product by taking measurements, drawing a pattern, and cutting the fabric. Sarah patiently looks on as Lynette overcomes...
Jacaranda Quality Check
Managers deliver products from their branch for inspection by Sarah before being paid for their work. Sarah – the one woman, one slum, one sewing machine lady because of whom so much of Jacaranda was built – carefully looks over the stitching and notices the improvements in quality between this and the previous order delivery. While they’re not perfect, they are beautiful, she accepts the order....
The Steeres in Kenya
What a lovely teacher Mardi is. I am so very thankful for the opportunity to have spent some time on rounds with her. Observing her with her doctor-students revealed her heart in helping people learn and grow so that they are best qualified to care for patients on their own. Her gentle way with the students, her humble admission of the need for research to find answers, and her thorough understanding of the cultural realities of life and death in a developing nation leave me in awe of her precious...
A Dolly for Faith From David
While I realize boy dolly sponsors often intend their gift to be for boy children, when the doctor says “this one” you kind of have to go with it. Further, there were no older boy children admitted at the moment. Faith, however, was the perfect candidate for this gift from David. She laid in her bed whimpering. As a mother, being unable to help alleviate any child from the pain causing whimpering...
A Dolly for Joy from Lou
A long winding road reminiscent of the foot of the Rocky Mountains led up, up, up and then down, down, down. The lush trees lined the tight curves as we passed the Rift Valley Academy, a world renowned international school for children. The Kijabi hospital sits on the side of the hills overlooking the fog-filled valley. In the pediatric ward, Mardi greeted me from a distance with a happy wave....
The Carnivore
Every good mission trip to Africa must end with a safari and then a hardy meal; ours was no different. The Carnivore was prepared with meats of all kinds skewered tightly to sharp knives. My eye immediately wandered to the dessert menu. The tip of the skewer was placed on my plate and the meat was sawed off in small pieces so as to save room for the next through-coming meat. Pork, beef, chicken,...
Amboseli National Park
Four trucks loaded with the mission team.
My lodging.
My view.
Hippos...in case you can't tell.
Secretary bird.
Here is where my camera battery died.
Thank you, Joy, for sharing your photos.
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Turtle Bay Beach Resort
Rest. Beauty. Peace. The two teams joined the Biblical Life Ministries’ board of directors at Turtle Bay Beach Resort on the coast in Malindi, Kenya. Welcomed by a warm, wet towel and a small glass of passion juice we refreshed ourselves before checking into our rooms and exploring the oceanfront. Our week of ministry and “hard living” exhausted many, I chuckle at the hard living perspective. One...
Pastor Jefwa's Church
Sunday school began with a song and I told the story of the shoes. I talked about our experience before Max’s first day of kindergarten and gave examples of how a child’s shoes don’t always reveal much about their life at home…about the hardships they may face. For example, I suggested that one five-year-old child who wears two different shoes may find herself caring for her siblings while her...
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