Monthly Archives: October 2010

Momma Njeri was born in 1956, two years younger than me.  In 1996 leprosy invaded her body.  I met her two months ago.  The only place I have ever seen her sitting is on her twin bed, which takes up … Continue reading →

My computer has been down for the last week and we’ve been swamped with children.  My big girls coming and going with their mid-term breaks (all the schools like to throw you off by having different breaks!) and throw in … Continue reading →

Well my “creepy crud” African fever that has been coming and going the last month is  low grade Typhoid.  Think my sister Karen and I may have picked it up in Nairobi.  Symptoms didn’t get as bad as the usual … Continue reading →

Well full speed ahead ——– all recovering from our different ailments and getting back to normal (?).  Really there is no norm; everyday leads issues lead to a different reality.  Susan has been gone all week recovering and Miriam is … Continue reading →

On Saturday Daniel organized an educational talk on AIDS and being HIV positive  at 10 AM.  They started to arrive as early as 9 and continued to drift in until 11 in typical African fashion. Mostly late helping their Cu-cu’s with … Continue reading →

Every morning the sun shines bright and the sky a cloudless blue.  The clouds start building around ten, just light little puffs, the day is hot and humid so you know the rain will come.  Quickly, before you even notice … Continue reading →

This weekend was all about our big kids where last weekend was mostly the little ones as now we there is a four day mid-term break (Fri-Tues) was for the Secondary Boarding School kids.  The break really started with Mercy … Continue reading →

                     Friday I went into Nairobi to pick up friends and sponsors of three of our kids, Earl Reeves and Janet Kinney.  They had just finished their safari and tacked on a visit to Wana Duma for the weekend before heading to … Continue reading →

                Ok, I know we’ve been missing in action!  Karen, Susan and I where moving fast and getting so much done while in Nairobi and Gilgil. Then Karen and I flew up to the Northern Frontier with good friends Helen … Continue reading →