Category Archives: Susanne’s Blog

I’m kali sana (very cranky) today!  I’m tired of “free” school costing so much.  They create fees out of the blue….I think they sit around drinking their chai (tea) trying to come up with a new fee.  Here are some: … Continue reading →

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 →