Up on the Roof

May 18, 2010

Almost a year and a half ago, the deal was, if and when the Maasai church congregation raised the money for the walls, I would buy the roof. They raised the money for the walls and the roof is being added today and tomorrow. It is big for their little group. There is plenty of [...]

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Happy Birthday Zac

May 16, 2010

My son Zac’s birthday is today. I wish he was here with me. But he is bicycling across America. They started in San Francisco and biked Big Sur, down the coastline of California to San Diego, through parts of Arizona and New Mexico and are now getting into Texas. Hopefully he is having the time [...]

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The Bull is back.

May 11, 2010

Some rain came, last night and today. We put out every pan and bucket we could find to capture the rain water for bathing, dishes, the toilet, etc. Fred and I slipped and slid around on the motorbike this morning on our way to catch a matatu. I am more timid on the bikes now [...]

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Crazy

May 10, 2010

This was a crazy day. We are still without rain. It is becoming a pain My laundry, the toilet, showers, dishes piled up. It is a pain. There’s been no rain here at all (maybe tonight) but the bridge getting into Athi River town was flooded from rains in Ngong – up river. Two of [...]

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Goats Multiplying

May 9, 2010

We purchased 35 goats initially for our Maasai Women’s Goat Cooperative. We now have 21 “kids” or baby goats making out total 56 goats on the ground! There are other goats that are ready to kid any day now. Next weekend, Fred and Daniel will travel to purchase 35 additional goats, assuming that the prices [...]

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Sunday – Mothers Day

May 9, 2010

“As long as I fed the poor, they called me a saint. When I asked, ‘Why are there so many poor people?’ they called me a communist.” Dom Helder Camara (1909-1999), the Archbishop of Recife, Brazil As you probably know, I live in a safe place, nice room, small and simple. I also have had [...]

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Another Motorbike Bites the Mud

May 4, 2010

It was not the first time I went down off the motorbike. It won’t be the last. Mwololo and I were traveling to Athi River town and it began to rain. By the time we arrived in town, the rain had stopped but the roads were slippery and muddy. In a bad section, we saw [...]

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Sixty-nine Children!!

May 3, 2010

Benson, Fred and I traveled to Kiserian to buy beads for a new endeavor – sandals making. We can get very nice sandals cut with good leather and bottoms and the Maasai women can put beads on the straps. We bought the beads and brought home 13 pair for beading. We will send them to [...]

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Saturday in Kajiado – Goat on a stick

May 1, 2010

Although this is Saturday and a public holiday, today was busy and quite productive. I caught a motorbike at 6:45 am and met Mwololo in Athi River town as we began our long journey to Kajiado. There were fewer matatus on a weekend and a holiday so it took us until after ten to finally [...]

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Visa Extended

April 30, 2010

My visa expires on Wednesday so I made the trip to Nairobi to get my visa extended until I leave Kenya at the end of June. It is always a battle and five different lines to queue in, $25.00, and you walk around with black fingers the rest of the day from the fingerprinting they [...]

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