UPDATE: While you who live in the US are just going to bed, it’s early Monday morning here in Kenya. I wanted to give you a quick update on things. First, as of 6:30 am here in Kenya today (10:46 pm Frozen Tundra time on Sunday night), you all have sponsored 158 children. Thank you, [...]
just for the record
March 7, 2010
What I am about to say is something I have been putting a lot of thought into. It’s not something I share off the cuff or impulsively. In fact, I hesitated for some time to even post this. But because a lot of people I really care about have asked me about this, I will [...]
what sponsorship means to a family
March 6, 2010
Each day while here in Kenya, we’ve had the opportunity to make at least one home visit. Our team breaks in half when we go to the homes, simply because all of us would not be able to fit into the tiny Kenyan homes, which house people with amazingly big hearts. This vivacious grandmother is [...]
don’t turn away
March 6, 2010
ANOTHER UPDATE: As of 6:56 a.m. Kenya time on Sunday, March 7, you have sponsored 107 children!!!!!!!! UPDATE: I mentioned in this post that 32 of you have sponsored children through Compassion since my husband and I left for Kenya. I was asked if I could keep you abreast of that number as it grows, [...]
how do I describe
March 5, 2010
being here with my husband these kids their eyes and hands this other world it’s almost too much to explain please don’t applaud me or say good things about us because we “came here” and are “doing this” I deserve no praise these people in Kenya they are the heroes
A picture…
March 4, 2010
…is worth a thousand words. And, in this case, probably even more. So, I won’t say much. Just a little. This is at one of the home visits today. An ibis. Stanley and his mother. Will you sponsor a sweet Kenyan child? Scola, in her tiny home, making liquid soap. Lots of corrugated tin. Another [...]
and that’s a good thing
March 4, 2010
I am not going to ease into this. You see, I don’t know how to make this easier for you to read. I don’t know how to make this easier for me to experience. Of course, this isn’t supposed to be easy for me to experience. And sure enough it isn’t. For a bulk of [...]
We made it!
March 3, 2010
My husband and I, something you know if you’ve been reading my Tweets, are in Nairobi, Kenya now! Our travel was flawless and it’s been wonderful getting to know the other bloggers on the trip. It’s nearly midnight here now, so we are finally going to sleep. We’re going to be meeting some kids tomorrow, [...]
