Well, only two days left to get all the things done that we need to do.
This past week has flown by since Graham and Brenda came. We had a sports day on Friday at Mercy Home, with all the children cheering on the teams.Baraton school came, which is a public school, our children did well against alot bigger school.
On Saturday we had a board meeting with the Kenya Board, and a Jamboree for the children. They really got into the dances and singing, mostly the medium size girls, who can sing like nothing you have seen before! The drums were playing(two plastic containers) and boy did they dance. After the jamboree we had bread with jam, and balloons. Big Mike was the MC for the day, he did an awesome job. The practicing was almost as much fun as the real thing.
On Sunday the church officially said Hello to Graham and Brenda, and goodbye to us as a team. We got gifts, 2 dresses for Candice and I and a skirt for Brenda, and material to make shirts for Dane and David. It was a touching moment, as the Mama's Bible study ladies, and other church members sang and gave us our gifts. Only in Kenya would three women change their clothes behind purple and white sheets, so that everyone could see our new outfits....what a hoot!!
On March 1st Dane and I and David will travel with Graham and Brenda to Mauritius to see where they live, we are really looking forward to that time with them, and see some of the Mauritius sights and relatives.
So four of our team will leave Kitale on Thursday, going to Nairobi to visit some folks that we met a few years ago. Elizabeth and Michah actually came to see Mercy Home before the children were moved out there in 2007, so it will be nice to update them on the work.
Candice will leave Kitale around March 8th to meet up with us in Nairobi, to fly home on the 10th.
It will be hard on Wednesday to say goodbye to everyone, but God is Faithful and He will give us strength and comfort as we depart.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Best quotes from the trip
Woke up with tears in my eye's today. My heart is breaking. How can I leave these kids? I cant remember the last time something has had this much impact on me. Tonight I will sleep over at Mercy Home for the last time and soak it all in. Dane, Trudy, Graham and Brenda and I are leaving on Thursday for Nairobi for a few days then Mauritius on the 1st then back to Nairobi for our flight back home.
Over These past five months we have made a collection of some of the best quotes (mostly from Trudy) here they are
"Lord, help us find more buyers, because they're good little chickens and they need to be slaughtered"
- Trudy during prayer
"where is that grown again?"
-David (in reference to Jamaican blue mountain coffee)
"The mzungu chickens (white people's chickens) are living in better house then we are."
- workers on the new chicken house
" It's just one of those things I don't want to know and I don't want to ask."
- Trudy (in reference to why Jon was at the lady's mama's bible study
" Dane, stop talking, you haven't got a clue what you're talking about."
-Trudy
" You cannot get lost in the daytime"
-Police officer in matissi (while we were lost)
" I am sure that I am always perfect"
Laban
"they don't have a pee to pot in!"
-Trudy
" it was just one of those slips of the tum"
-Trudy
" David when is your tomato going to come?"
-Little Hawa at Mercy home ( the word for grandma in swahili is the same word for tomato in swahili)
" SO I want to get to Mercy Home either before lunch or after Lunch"
-Dane
" Dane were picking song number 40, F-0"
-trudy
" She was hanging on him like a yo-yo"
- Trudy
" She wasn't jumping on only women while we were there"
-Trudy
-DAVID
Over These past five months we have made a collection of some of the best quotes (mostly from Trudy) here they are
"Lord, help us find more buyers, because they're good little chickens and they need to be slaughtered"
- Trudy during prayer
"where is that grown again?"
-David (in reference to Jamaican blue mountain coffee)
"The mzungu chickens (white people's chickens) are living in better house then we are."
- workers on the new chicken house
" It's just one of those things I don't want to know and I don't want to ask."
- Trudy (in reference to why Jon was at the lady's mama's bible study
" Dane, stop talking, you haven't got a clue what you're talking about."
-Trudy
" You cannot get lost in the daytime"
-Police officer in matissi (while we were lost)
" I am sure that I am always perfect"
Laban
"they don't have a pee to pot in!"
-Trudy
" it was just one of those slips of the tum"
-Trudy
" David when is your tomato going to come?"
-Little Hawa at Mercy home ( the word for grandma in swahili is the same word for tomato in swahili)
" SO I want to get to Mercy Home either before lunch or after Lunch"
-Dane
" Dane were picking song number 40, F-0"
-trudy
" She was hanging on him like a yo-yo"
- Trudy
" She wasn't jumping on only women while we were there"
-Trudy
-DAVID
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Highlights
Well, things are really whizzing by now. One more Mama's Bible study, one more Come together(for four of us), and each day goes so quickly now. The kids have enjoyed having some much younger mzungus around(besides David and Candice) as our son Graham and his wife Brenda are here for 10 days. The shyness of the first day or two has changed to hand holding and teasing and much closer contact.
The tomatoes are doing well, and some have little tomatoes on them. The greenhouse ones are doing much better than the ones outside. The past few days have been cool and wet, not the usual for us here in beautiful green Kenya.
Our broilers are ready for market but appear a bit smaller than the first ones. Some of the restaurants want them a bit bigger.
Mercy Family Church is going well. The worship team does such a great job, with no power, except a battery to run the keyboard. Hopefully, the electricity is imminent, with the transformer coming last week, while David was spending a night at Mercy Home.They used a pulley to haul it up into place, and flashlights to see. Talk about power!!
For me, I have really enjoy the 5 months here at Mercy Home. The highlights have been seeing the big boys and girls who are growing to be great young people of God. When I text them on my cell phone to encourage them...they really encourage me! Also being with the children in their classes, although I have not been able to do that as much as I hoped. The staff have been fantastic to work with, and of course, the Mamas of Mercy Family Church. I know I will have tears as I go...as well as the rest of our team, but Mercy Home is in God's Hands...and He cares and provides beyond anything we could ever do or imagine.
The tomatoes are doing well, and some have little tomatoes on them. The greenhouse ones are doing much better than the ones outside. The past few days have been cool and wet, not the usual for us here in beautiful green Kenya.
Our broilers are ready for market but appear a bit smaller than the first ones. Some of the restaurants want them a bit bigger.
Mercy Family Church is going well. The worship team does such a great job, with no power, except a battery to run the keyboard. Hopefully, the electricity is imminent, with the transformer coming last week, while David was spending a night at Mercy Home.They used a pulley to haul it up into place, and flashlights to see. Talk about power!!
For me, I have really enjoy the 5 months here at Mercy Home. The highlights have been seeing the big boys and girls who are growing to be great young people of God. When I text them on my cell phone to encourage them...they really encourage me! Also being with the children in their classes, although I have not been able to do that as much as I hoped. The staff have been fantastic to work with, and of course, the Mamas of Mercy Family Church. I know I will have tears as I go...as well as the rest of our team, but Mercy Home is in God's Hands...and He cares and provides beyond anything we could ever do or imagine.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Count Down is on.....Rueben and a Miracle
Our team has one month to go. Time continues to fly by as we try to fit everything into the last two weeks. Mama Detty lead the Mama's Bible study last week. We are going thru Victory in Jesus, a 7 chapters(short) study, upon completion they will get a Bible. So far, the ladies have not remembered their study books well, but we are hoping that they will, as we have 2 weeks left. Each time we attend, we realize what testimonies they all continue to have about how the Lord is looking after them.
Update on Rueben....he is doing well. The whole family has changed! The father has returned and thru the hand of God...we have seen him receive Christ and stay around to support his wife and family. It is truly a miracle. Rueben's sister, Ruth came and sat on my knee last week, as we counseled her parents. She is so sweet, not nearly as "busy" as Rueben. Please continue to pray for Margaret and her husband, Zechariah, and the five children.
The novelty of the swing set has NOT diminished. I think for some kids, who never have had something like this to play on....they just can't keep off it. We think it will become less of a novelty but not sure....when. We also bought a large old tire to put in the ground beside the swing set. It is getting some use,too. Mostly little kids climbing.
When Detty leaves on the bus on Feb. 15th, our son Graham and Brenda, our daughter-in-law will arrive within one hour...like ships passing in the night.....anyways, we will look forward to that visit with someone from our family.....after all it is all about family here in Kenya.....and relationships formed are important and lasting.
Update on Rueben....he is doing well. The whole family has changed! The father has returned and thru the hand of God...we have seen him receive Christ and stay around to support his wife and family. It is truly a miracle. Rueben's sister, Ruth came and sat on my knee last week, as we counseled her parents. She is so sweet, not nearly as "busy" as Rueben. Please continue to pray for Margaret and her husband, Zechariah, and the five children.
The novelty of the swing set has NOT diminished. I think for some kids, who never have had something like this to play on....they just can't keep off it. We think it will become less of a novelty but not sure....when. We also bought a large old tire to put in the ground beside the swing set. It is getting some use,too. Mostly little kids climbing.
When Detty leaves on the bus on Feb. 15th, our son Graham and Brenda, our daughter-in-law will arrive within one hour...like ships passing in the night.....anyways, we will look forward to that visit with someone from our family.....after all it is all about family here in Kenya.....and relationships formed are important and lasting.
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