tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45895311516406535292024-02-07T16:43:11.068-08:00Kizimani / Judy's blogUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4589531151640653529.post-88765238674208377172019-06-06T11:50:00.001-07:002019-06-06T20:27:46.397-07:00Catching Up<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Our final day at the Jamii School was Tuesday. Similar work for all of us from what we did on Monday. Final count of total patients seen for the trip = 1529. Good work team!<br />
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Assistant teacher Suzanne is carrying the teacher's baby on her back while she helps the students with the day's craft project. The baby was with always with us in the classroom either crawling around, or being held by the mother or her helper, or sometimes being fed by the mother.<br />
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Every day the kids and teachers have a chai break. Two students here are returning their plastic cups which will be washed by the kitchen staff.<br />
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One craft this year was making a lei of interlocking strips with the names of friends and family.<br />
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Playing with balloons outside for a break was a huge hit with the "babies" (i.e., the preschoolers)</div>
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Basilus, one of the school's directors, was organizing the kids so that all of them could be in one picture. Not an easy task when you have over 700 students enrolled!</div>
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Then it was safari time! We went to a new safari lodge this year which was beautiful and wonderful in so many ways. And we were all happy to have some delicious new food choices since our menus have been pretty redundant.</div>
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Directly behind the Thompson's gazelle is an observation point; the highest land in the park. The slopes of Kilimanjaro are rising slowly behind that. In my six years of coming here, I've yet to see the whole mountain since it's routinely covered with clouds.<br />
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We got to see a lot of elephants who seemed super contented to be munching on lush green grass in swampy areas. Quite different from when we come in August and things are so dry.<br />
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Incredible closeup view of a hippo; best I've ever witnessed. They look cute and pudgy but can be quite dangerous.<br />
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Another unusual siting was a family of a lion, lioness and three juveniles - SO GREAT! My pictures are lousy so not posting them here but the encounter will keep playing in my brain. We also witnessed (from afar) an elephant chasing off a giraffe.<br />
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Baboons with a baby.<br />
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Most of our group around the fire pit at the lodge. It's been a terrific time of working together as a team. In our last meeting together this evening, we all shared how much we appreciate the connections we've made on this journey. We're grateful for each other and what we did together.<br />
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Tomorrow we do some shopping and small excursions before we fly out. It may be that as I get some photos from others that would be fun to share, I'll post them here later. Thanks for journeying with us!</div>
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We had a final day at Jamii on Tuesday, then traveled to our safari lodge on Wednesday for safari tours and an overnight stay. Have had a wonderfully relaxing time plus have seen a bunch of animals.<br />
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Time and internet haven't allowed any blogging time but will try tonight for an update.<br />
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It's always a huge highlight to come back to this school. Lots of cute kids of course, but more importantly, a warm and caring couple who runs the school, along with some long-time teachers we love reconnecting with.<br />
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As usual, every child, teacher and staff member are on hand to welcome us - over 700 people! One of our new team members was sharing at our evening team meeting how much it meant to him and said, "I mean, how often do you get a a welcome like that?" Quipped another team member, "Once a year!" The perks of our annual visit ;-)<br />
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While the medical team jumped into action with patients again...</div>
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(The pharmacy lineup)<br />
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...the rest of us headed to classrooms for a modified Vacation Bible School which mostly involved crafts this year.<br />
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Berkeley was totally in her element...<br />
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In the photo above, Vic was the center of attention as he drew a possible design for a new metal water tower for the school. Miriam got a call last night from Basilus, the co-director, that that the water tower had collapsed so he was able to hire a crew of seven people to rig up a temporary new structure in time for school today – amazing! You can see the dented corner of the office that the old water tank landed on.</div>
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One of the first things I noticed when we arrived is how good the kids' uniforms look. In the past, there have been many bedraggled, ripped and torn items of clothing but due to some generous donations, most are looking very sharp these days. Another improvement – small but super helpful – is installing hooks in the classrooms so that coats and backpacks don't have to be thrown in a corner.<br />
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In the afternoon, our educator team members led sessions on basic first aid training for the teachers here well as a few ideas on how to deal with trauma they encounter in their students. I learned some helpful things as well as one thing I probably won't try. One of the Kenyan teachers told us that for cuts, they put salt on the wound. OUCH! Our med staff says it's got some helpful qualities but...oh my!!</div>
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Our walk to the waiting van - squishy to say the least.</div>
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And once more I'll close with a "cute kid" – one of the reasons we're here...<br />
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For the last few years, we've spent a day at the rescue center here. And they do what the name says – rescue kids. Some have run away from home, some have been kicked out, some have been abandoned as babies. But we were all highly encouraged by the fact that the kids are pretty healthy, more have been returned to homes and there is a smaller number of them than last year.<br />
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Of course the medical team kicked into high gear...<br />
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Our pharmacy team knows exactly where every pill, syrup and ointment is!<br />
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Our baby expert, Kathi, is working with a young boy who was abandoned but has mightily improved.<br />
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The rest of us engaged the kids in a variety of activities. There's usually a lot of chaos involved but every team member knows the goal is fun. This young man, with help from a staff member, was doing a great job of actually playing Jenga, which we just learned is a Swahili word meaning "build" – perfect! Many of the younger kids just enjoyed playing with blocks</div>
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We brought lots of games for active games. Again, there wasn't always a lot of structure but a lot of fun was had by all. Here Paul tosses two balls to eager catchers.<br />
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Some skilled jump-ropers...<br />
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Oh and did I mention that the activity field included three cows, one of whom decided to "moove" out of the field to check out the triage tent? It was easily shooed back. Of course cows mean cowpies, so you can well imagine this is not exactly an ideal playing surface...<br />
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Leaving you with one of my favs. He's chasing and catching bubbles with total exuberance and joy...<br />
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So a brief catchup of yesterday – and yes, we closed the window and the fan kept us cool!<br />
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We left Kangundo with our usual large amount of luggage.<br />
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Some shots from along the road. A mix of storefronts along with roadside stands of fresh fruits and veggies and lumber and iron gates and charcoal and carwashes and turkeys and chickens and just about anything else you could want.<br />
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Miriam is greeted at our Nairobi hotel by her hotel contact. Greetings are effusive here and several of us were commenting today on how much we enjoy that. Miriam taught us a phrase of greeting to use while in Kangundo and I loved using it. So many times the people I said it to would totally light up and shake my hand vigorously. And just today, when I spoke a Swahili greeting to a woman on the road we were walking on, she grabbed my hand and pulled me in for a big hug. I confessed that it is about the only Swahili I know but she didn't care; she thought it was wonderful I attempted that much :-)</div>
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We arrived sometime around 10 a.m. and optimistically hoped we might get into our rooms right away. Tabitha, pictured above, was on it as was Michael, the front desk agent I'd worked with before when we all first checked in. But we did have to wait and wait and, as is typical, the "15 minutes" was more like 30 and then the "5 more minutes" was another 20 or so... We got about half our rooms and waited some more. Michael told me confidentially that they were doing something special with flowers in our room so when we finally got to them, this is what we found...<br />
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Lunch that day was with the graduating seniors of New Dawn High School, the school where we've done healing arts camps and have sponsored some students. It serves poor and impoverished students who live in slums nearby.</div>
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A former New Dawn student, Steve, is currently in baking school and created this cake for us, which was carefully cut so we all could have a piece. </div>
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We all walked to a viewpoint of the Nairobi skyline which most of these students have never seen, though most have lived in the city their whole lives. (And this is the prettiest I've ever seen that view! It's usually pretty smoggy.)</div>
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One of our van drivers was super prepared for communication.<br />
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And I'm sure the mall we visited is exactly where Obama got his passport photo taken ;-)<br />
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Keeping up with family at home...<br />
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A travel tip: The electric wires are for heating the water as it arrives at the shower head. Touching them while the water is running is not advised. (No, I'm not speaking from personal experience.)</div>
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In our 8-hour road trip in vans today from Nairobi to Eldoret, we crossed the Equator. I'm posing with Steve (the cake baker) by the new sign. </div>
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We had chai at Lance & Lindsay Chamberlain's house – they have been here as missionaries for almost two years – and then went out to see all the animals. Who can resist a puppy?<br />
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Actually, Steve did resist at first but this little fella won his heart.<br />
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More pill packing - whee!<br />
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Just saying "hi!" instead of posting anything of substance tonight because...<br />
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After moving into our room here in Nairobi and starting to reorganize our suitcases to transition from Kangundo to Eldoret, the lights went out in our room; the power plug still worked but "we can't fix the lights until tomorrow." The solution – move across the hotel campus to a smaller room with the "feature" of being able to hear everything at a dance party nearby. So Holly and I threw everything into our bags willy-nilly, enlisted the help of Dr. Bob and a guard, and moved to our new room, bringing the standup fan with us.<br />
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Big decision - keep the window open for the cool breeze and loud dance music or close it? Stay tuned!<br />
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This was our last day of work in Kangundo – hard to say goodbye to the friendships we have forged in these past few days.<br />
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Home visits again. Because of great cooperation within the medical team covering tasks for each other, everyone was able to visit a home – always an excellent way to get a bigger picture of what life is like for the people we serve.</div>
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The outdoor cooking stove for one of the families we visited.</div>
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The homeowner with some of the plant starts she sells to help support herself.<br />
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Hard times plus some good fortune for this woman. Her property is quite small because when her husband died, his family swooped in and took possession of most of the land. Unfortunately, that is not an uncommon occurrence here. But she's in front of her granary and behind that is a power pole bringing free electricity to her home. Richer neighbors up the hill from her wanted electricity in their home and the shortest, cheapest route for the power lines meant putting a power pole on her property. In exchange for that, she was given a power line to her house and doesn't have to pay any electric bill.<br />
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Dezarae is in heaven holding a rabbit. I thought it was probably being raised as a food source but it turns out the son of the woman we visited just likes to have them as pets. OK, yes, I'm jealous I didn't get to hold it!<br />
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The mama and her son – more avocados in evidence!! Two women in our group were given a couple as a gift.<br />
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A common method of collecting rainwater...<br />
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Here comes the 93-year-old! The woman in blue was sitting at the steps of the clinic by herself so I bent down to greet her. She grabbed my hand and started talking a mile a minute but of course I didn't understand a word. Not too long after, the other woman came by and together they chattered away. Soon Beatrice, the woman in blue, stood up and her friend escorted her to to the toilet.</div>
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We helped her back into her seat where she chatted and chatted to me again while we held hands. One of her eyes is permanently closed and the other seems to have a cataract, plus I think she has only two teeth. I asked a translator to help me understand what was going on. Though at first he understood her to say she had been given her prescribed meds, we figured out they had not yet been dispensed so we got that taken care of. Then I was asking the translator to find out how she got to the clinic. "She walked," he said. Good grief! She said that if I just took her to the road, she'd be fine, but I wasn't excited about that as her best option.</div>
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Ultimately I was able to get hold of Miriam who suggested we hire a motorcycle driver to take her home and we'd pay the cost. Maxwell, one of our favorite helpers, was able to convince her to get on it by saying he was a grandson and would be coming to visit her shortly at her home. She had a death grip on her cane (understandably) and we had to coach her to hold on to the driver as well...<br />
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During our lunch break, Susan and I got to go the viewpoint that's part of Mama's property. Along the way, we got to pet an agreeable cow owned by one of our two guides (both of whom are related to Mama's late husband Isaac).</div>
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Lots of fond good-byes to Anita, our clinical officer.<br />
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Chairs used for clinic waiting areas are transported back to storage.<br />
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Essentially our day was similar to previous days – each work team jumped into their appointed jobs. (By the way, the missing suitcase has been returned!)<br />
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This woman built this extension to her house by herself...<br />
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...and cuts and sells wood to make a living.<br />
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This woman invited us into her home since it was raining – a tight fit for 12 of us! She's holding coasters she has made to sell, as well as her youngest of nine children.</div>
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Linda working with Boniface, the tailor.<br />
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The clinic continues to see about 200 patients each day. Pictured below is a patient with our full-time clinical officer, Anita, who runs the clinic five days a week when we're not here with our team.</div>
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Maddie with a new young friend waiting at the clinic.<br />
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I mentioned the "good weather" a couple of days ago but of course that's a highly self-centered way of looking at it. This is the rainy season but they've not had nearly the amount of rain they need to have good harvests. So the rain this morning was welcomed by our Kenyan friends, though of course it doesn't make up for the deficit. Still, it's beautifully green and lush. A few flower pics for you...</div>
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The team split into smaller work groups as usual. We've been blessed with good weather – no rain and mostly cloud cover (the direct sun can be very hot!)</div>
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Once again I was on a home visit team; we dubbed it the "small women" morning. The woman we first visited is over 90 years old and blind. Dr. Rachel was able to help her with a couple of issues, but when the woman asked if there was some medicine she could have so she could see again, Rachel gently told her "no."</div>
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One of her sons lives with her and cares for her. He told us that their brick toilet building fell down so the curtained-off area is what they are using now. </div>
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Our second "small woman" was a bundle of energy. She's taken what she's learned through some Kizimani folks about how to make soap, bleach and fabric softener to make enough to sell and thereby support herself.<br />
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And she and Dr. Rachel made quite a pair!<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">Have I mentioned the avocados? Oh my! These are just a few from a tree at her house. We all LOVE them though not a majority of Kenyans are fond of them. The ladies making lunch for us know we'll go gaga over them.</span></div>
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After lunch I paid a visit to our three team members working on sewing projects at the community center built by Kizimani. We're always fascinated by the iron heated with coal. Ann says it works well though it cools off quickly.<br />
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Boniface, the gentleman on the right, is an excellent tailor and through Kizimani's help has been able to start a business sewing school uniforms. All schools require the students to wear uniforms so this is an excellent business to be in.<br />
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...to create items for sale such as these bags. All profits go directly back to this community.</div>
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Our work group consisting of three guys are telling us tales of spending all day in hammocks sipping cool drinks, but they've been doing projects around the mortuary. Here's a bench they actually did work on – though their Kenyan counterparts were largely involved as well.<br />
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We had two dentists for these past two days and their sole task is pulling teeth. Though they only had five patients yesterday, they had over 20 today. One part of their system was to walk down the lines of patients and give the numbing injections one at a time so that by the time they got to the end of the line, the first patient in line would be ready for their tooth to be pulled. Wow. </div>
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I cried today – caught me by surprise both times.<br />
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As we were heading to Mama’s house – our “home base” while we’re in Kangundo – I thought of Isaac, Mama Monica’s husband who died just a few years ago. As I pictured our arrival, it just felt wrong that he would not be there, stately and kind, to greet us all. It’s on his family land where the house is, where the women’s community center was built and where the clinic was built, as well as the mortuary. He also gave land to two local schools. His generosity will be long remembered but it’s him I’m missing now.<br />
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As always, our arrival is met with singing and dancing by all the mamas in the area. What a gift to be celebrated that way. Plus it’s fun to dance with them!<br />
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Kizimani regularly gives food to some of the neediest in this community. We got to help distribute it this month.</div>
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Because of many generous corporate and personal donations, these families were also able to choose some shoes and clothing for themselves and their families.</div>
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A new jacket proudly worn.</div>
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We split into work parties. Our community worker guys helped some local masons in starting a bench just outside the mortuary.</div>
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A few of us went on home visits to some of the families we support. </div>
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Coffee grown on this farm.</div>
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This visit was where I cried again. I visited Naomi a couple of years ago, but she had a stroke not long ago so her left side is mostly non-functional. Dr. Terry encouraged the family to help her move more, so she and Nick demonstrated how to help her stand safely to get her blood circulating.</div>
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As we were leaving, I went to shake her hand. She shook my hand and shook it and shook it as though she'd never let go. I don't know if I will ever get to see her again.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpuBR04BDK8ayIIodk1s6Df2_LatP9z2kkoOl8njlzuP73oHFoovXUusECNjou0yYDtUomPa-TDuggLnotoe3cl7dJWmosztDNmOsXNoLBxXbIbCTT1NurER-Varlx3fiMjv5B_i_v3wM/s1600/IMG_9776.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpuBR04BDK8ayIIodk1s6Df2_LatP9z2kkoOl8njlzuP73oHFoovXUusECNjou0yYDtUomPa-TDuggLnotoe3cl7dJWmosztDNmOsXNoLBxXbIbCTT1NurER-Varlx3fiMjv5B_i_v3wM/s640/IMG_9776.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
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And of course there is our medical team. Just a few photos today, starting with a shelf in the pharmacy.</div>
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All the team is here, minus one suitcase – hoping to reunite with that stray bag soon, especially since it's a 70 lb. bag our team member was able to convince the gate agent to take without an extra charge! After breakfast this morning, we sorted through all the "stuff" we brought and re-divided it among our suitcases – separate suitcases for shoes, sheets, games, clothes, care bags for high schoolers, craft materials, meds, vitamins, etc., etc., etc.</div>
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When we arrived at Tala where our hotel is, we needed to sort through the meds that had been ordered here in Kenya for our medical team. Time to sort into dosage packets!</div>
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I've arrived in Kenya along with 3 others from the team; the rest of the team is due to arrive in about 1/2 hour but probably won't be at the guest house for another 2 hours or so.<br />
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This post is mostly a test of how well the internet works here. I snapped this photo of the flight status screen as we were taxiing to the gate in Amersterdam. Note the altitude :-)<br />
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I spent last night with long-time friends, the Rowes, and got to sleep in so am feeling pretty good. Low-key day with some shopping, working on some cake fixings with Julisa (who is a master cake baker!) and had dinner with them. Now just waiting... and though the internet seemed to stop awhile ago, it's working fine now. We'll see what happens when everyone from our team wants to get on as well - ha!</div>
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Once again I'm packing my bags – three 50-pounders! plus carryons – for our annual team travel to Kenya. I'm leaving on Thursday, May 23, which is a day earlier than most of the rest of the team, giving me a chance to visit my friends Bill & Julisa Rowe.<br />
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Looking forward to seeing all our friends there! And thanks for traveling virtually along with us.<br />
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We set out for the Masai Mara with high hopes on Monday. It’s one of the premier wildlife refuges in the world and for the first time we’d be spending two nights on safari instead of one because of how long it takes to get there.<br />
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Basilus, one of the directors of the Jamii School had suggested an alternate route to the one that Washira, our trusted driver and guide, had planned on taking. We left on time at 7 a.m. (which doesn’t always happen). The drive through tea country was beautiful and we spent a lot of time oohing and ahhing over the views of acres and acres of tea plants.<br />
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Tea is one of Kenya’s leading exports. (As a British colony, that part of the country proved perfect for raising the Brits’ beloved beverage, never mind how many African people lost their own property in the process.)<br />
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About 2 hours into the trip, Washira pulled into a gas station; he didn’t like the sound of the engine and we all could tell that as it was idling, it was running rough. He hoped to get to a bigger town nearby but as we were pulling out of the station, the engine died completely. Not good.<br />
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Amazingly enough, a mechanic was literally standing nearby and was willing to help. But the engine was too hot to do anything with right away. Then Miriam, always ready with a solution, called a long-time friend who lived close by and asked where we might have lunch while we waited for the engine repair. She recommended a hotel/shopping mall that has a beautiful rooftop restaurant with a view of Lake Victoria. It was gorgeous and the food was good. <br />
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Our initial updates from Washira sounded hopeful but then things started falling apart. He had rented the van from a guy who had not kept the van in good working order and had even put tape over one of the warning light indicators. The owner didn’t want our “on the spot” mechanic; he wanted someone he knew. Plus the guy who had driven us 1/2 hour to the town where we had lunch and had said he would bring back the part that might be needed, never showed up. Sigh!<br />
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So we figured we’d hang out at the mall portion of the complex, but there really wasn’t much in the way of stores and we gravitated to the Java House (Kenyan version of Starbucks; popular and ubiquitous). No one was crabby or grumpy but as the afternoon ticked by, our opportunity to get to the Mara in time to spend the night there started dribbling away. Washira was working like crazy to get the car repaired as well as to find another van for us to use but it finally became clear that his options were severely limited by the fact that he’s part of the “wrong tribe” for this part of the country. (Interestingly when we attended a church service early in the trip, the pastor preached against “tribalism” which it manifests itself here in ways small and large,)<br />
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Ultimately, the concierge at the hotel where we were hanging out approached Miriam and asked if he could help. Though we had hoped to travel farther, we had resigned ourselves to a night in Kisumu. His hotel was full but he made calls and found a place for us to stay. Which wasn’t entirely altruistic because we tipped him and the hotel probably did as well. But he did perform a valuable service for us.<br />
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He also got transport for us but the driver was brand-new to the town and had no idea of where he was going. He kept stopping to ask for directions and was ignoring what our "trusted friend" Siri was telling us about where to go. Sigh! Ultimately we had him drive back to the hotel, talk with the concierge and start out again. Then when we arrived, he asked for twice the amount the concierge had told us we would pay. Miriam is a master of being kind but firm so he didn't "win" that attempt at extra money.<br />
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The hotel itself was fine but we’re sort of getting used to the fact that rarely is one is going to have a room where everything works. The AC worked in some rooms and not others; some had screens on their windows and some didn’t; water for showers is always a question mark – will there be hot, warm or cold water, or an intermittent mingling of the two? Toilets work to varying degrees of effectiveness, lighting is inconsistent at best. Is there a mosquito net over the bed, do doors and windows work? I think we will all be hyper-aware on our return of so many things we take for granted.<br />
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Miriam and Washira stayed up til 11 that night finding and hiring a van for us. At 6:30 a.m. the next morning we had eaten breakfast and were ready for our adventure to the Mara. Except the new driver didn’t make it til 20 minutes later. “Someone double-parked and blocked my van.” Hmmm - maybe, Or maybe he overslept? Or…??<br />
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So we drove to the Mara with a rented driver and Washira as our trusted guide. Our new driver decided on a “shortcut” that cut off many miles but added at least an hour of travel time and was over super bumpy roads for the majority of the trip. Rough going. And about 8.5 hours again. Oh my! And we had the added “excitement” of an impromptu roadblock created by some young men demanding 200 shillings ($2) per car through a rough ravine. None of us were happy about that. <br />
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Washira had told me earlier that he’s sad to see what’s happened to the Masai in this area because they are giving up their previous nomadic lifestyle to settle down in houses and farms. I was at the Mara 30 years ago and I don’t remember seeing so many Masai without their distinctive blankets, in concrete houses instead their huts of mud, dung and sticks. Who am I to say they can’t or shouldn’t change? But it feels like we’re losing yet another culture.<br />
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And speaking of culture - the Chinese are buying a lot of property, doing a lot of projects and making their presence known here. They have gotten contracts for roads and railways; as we drove out of the Mara on Wednesday, this is some of what we saw. Soon there will be a divided highway all the way to the gate of the park from Nairobi - cutting an hour or two off the current 5 hour drive...<br />
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We arrived at our tented camp only to discover that our reserved tents had been given away the night before, and we discovered later that they had double-booked those tents (with the best location in the camp by the river). The other folks who had booked ranted and raved and got the tents so even if we had arrived on the correct night, we would have had no place to stay. Oh my! We did get tents to stay in and they were ok but a party going on uphill and fires smoking all through the night made the stay less than ideal.</div>
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This was a big day. We all agreed it was good that it was the last day before we head out on safari since it was both physically and emotionally draining.<br />
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We were at the Eldoret Children's Rescue Centre. They take care of kids who have been abandoned, have been living on the streets, and/or have been abused. They are a faith-based group but the church/state separation is not the bright line the U.S. tries to adhere to so they are always working with and getting funding from government agencies.<br />
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Our time there started with some songs led by Lance and then by one of the leaders. During that time, I also snapped a couple of photos that will probably always stay in my mind...<br />
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I spent a little time with this young woman later. She never spoke and doesn't move much. She was reluctant to look at me at first. I kept flicking away flies that gathered around her eyes. But by the end of our short time together, she was looking deep into my eyes.</div>
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We established 5 stations for the kids to rotate through. Our plans soon devolved into sort of a chaos but most kids got to participate in each station.</div>
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Maggie taught art - of course!</div>
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Lisa had a station with lots of field games and activities. Blowing bubbles was a big hit!</div>
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Then it was time for new shoes. Thanks to a super helpful contact at Nike (plus a few donations from others), we had a lot to offer; this photo shows only small portion of them...<br />
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This young man with special needs was ecstatic about his new shoes. But he and we were informed that he shouldn't wear them out into the compound right away because it was probable they'd be taken from him. We are not sure how they're going to work out the times when he <u>will</u> be able to wear them, but it sounded like the caregivers had a plan. He was heartbroken about not being able to wear them right away and kept coming back to the room to see them.</div>
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What a gift that Joseph was there to comfort him and help him.</div>
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Joseph himself grew up in a slum and was eventually able to go to New Dawn High School where he first connected with "Mama Miriam." He is one of Kizimani's first scholarship students so was able to graduate from college with a teaching diploma. After teaching for awhile, he's started a curtain business and is also volunteering to teach Congolese refugees because he has such a heart to "give back."<br />
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It's so hard to know which these kids from extremely difficult backgrounds will be able to break the cycle of poverty, abuse and alcohol they grow up with. We are so grateful to be a small part of Joseph's story. He is a warm, smart, and generous man.<br />
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We are nearing the end of our trip. Tomorrow we leave on another long van ride, this time to the famed Masai Mara. We'll be staying in a tented camp so might be without internet (gasp!) for awhile.<br />
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We journeyed to Eldoret on Friday. Miriam usually tells us it "should be" / "used to be" a 4-hour trip but it's always longer than that. This time it was 8.5 hours for most of the team; "only" 7 hours for me since they picked me up from the conference center on the way. LOTS of traffic including many matatus and big freight trucks.<br />
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Just a couple more pics from the conference center... Lovely!!<br />
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Today (Saturday) was our only day at the Jamii School. Usually we spend several days here but because of various scheduling issues, we were just there today. The teachers told us that they were sad we couldn't be here longer but short as our time was, it was a joy to be here.</div>
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Because it was a Saturday, we had a lot fewer kids – perhaps about 200 – though there are about 600 kids enrolled.</div>
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Almost all the teachers came, which was a super help for us as well as a chance to either catch up with old friends or make new ones.</div>
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I know I shouldn't have favorites but little Samantha grabbed my heart...<br />
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Our craft this year was making musical instruments. We in the "top class" (i.e., kindergarten) made shakers of plastic Easter eggs with beans inside. The kids also colored on paper plates. Some of the older grades used the paper plates to make a different type of shaker which you'll see in a later photo.<br />
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Teacher Jackie and I have worked together at Jamii from the first year I came here.<br />
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Basilus, one of the school directors and also a good friend, enjoys a moment of music in the school office.<br />
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Another craft was creating a guitar out of a kleenex box by wrapping rubber bands around it across the hole.<br />
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Here's the paper plates folded in half and stapled, with some beans or beads inside as a different form of shaker. Also notice the "instrument" in Anna's right hand. Looks like a slingshot but has bottle caps strung on it to make a great "clacking" sound.</div>
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A couple of other classes created "pan flutes" out of plastic straws and masking tape.</div>
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And the "instruments" that made the weirdest sound were the "howlers." You poke a hole in the top of a tin can that's open at the bottom. attach a string or piece of yarn that hangs out of the can; then wet your fingers and pull down on the string to make the sound. It really does "howl." </div>
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My fav Samantha with a friend.<br />
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Esther, the other co-director of the school prepared a feast for us in their home. Probably should have taken the photo when all the lids were off!<br />
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The "road" we walk on between the school and their house. Just a little glimpse of the plastic bag problem...<br />
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Basilus modeling his gift from our team. We gave small bags to each teacher with a hat and tie for the men, and scarves and jewelry for the women.</div>
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Morning sky...<br />
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Afternoon sky... It rains a lot in Eldoret.</div>
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If I didn't explain it clearly before, this is a "music in missions" conference but it's not just music. Many artists contributed paintings and sculptures to display in this outdoor "gallery."<br />
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Door to the registration center...<br />
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And it wouldn't be a Judy blog if I didn't have at least one kitty picture. I think she probably has a pretty good life here.<br />
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Here’s a few shots along the road as we traveled yesterday from Kangundo back to Nairobi. Lots of of people making anything from gates to beds to clothing, or selling fresh produce, charcoal, building materials, garden plants or any of a hundred other items.<br />
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Notice the motorcycle above; it's a major mode of transportation here. Men on motorbikes are hanging out at intersections throughout villages towns and cities. If you need a ride from one place to another, you can hire one of them to take you there. It's also a "moving van." We've seen huge loads of just about anything you can imagine strapped on the back of them. I think the most amazing one we've seen so far is a sofa on the back. And we're not talking a cute little two-seat sofa – it was hefty-sized!</div>
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These are matatus. They've been doing "Uber shared rides" Kenyan-style for years and years. You stand by the side of a road where you hope a matatu comes along that's going close to your destination. As a matatu drives by, the "conductor" shouts out their destination and you let them know if you want to hop aboard. Fourteen riders per van – "cozy" to say the least. In a smaller town, there are only a few "bus stops" for matatus and the driver doesn't want to take off until his van is full or nearly so, so you could be in for a long wait before your ride begins. I'm not quite sure why so many matatus are gathered in one space but my guess is that they are waiting for rush hour.</div>
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And one more photo of note - take a look at the woman on the left with her yellow bag.<br />
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Kenya instituted a ban on plastic bags recently so if you are out on the street with a plastic bag, you could be fined; now cheap fabric/cloth bags are the norm. It has cut down on the amount of plastic bag trash we've seen in past years. I'm curious if more and more people will start using sturdy reusable bags or if we'll start seeing a plethora of these new bags as road trash. </div>
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And here's a short video of one of the music groups from last night - hopefully it works!</div>
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In some fortuitous timing, it's worked out that one of our "semi-free" days in Nairobi coincided with an international conference – <a href="https://gcommhome.org/" target="_blank">GComm</a> – that was organized by my friend Julisa, who lives and works here in Kenya, so I'm here for two nights and a day. We're at a lovely hotel resort called <a href="https://brackenhurst.com/" target="_blank">Brackenhurst</a>.<br />
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A choir from a Catholic church in Nairobi. SO many wonderful music presentations last night!<br />
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Buffet and dining room - deluxe!<br />
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Yes, a fire is welcome here at about 7000 feet above sea level.<br />
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Big wrap-up day in the rural area of Kangundo!<div>
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Maggie finished teaching her floral arrangement class.</div>
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These arrangements used flowers and greens we purchased very inexpensively in Nairobi - $5 for a dozen roses!!</div>
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The women were very excited to learn how they can use so many of the plants that are in their yards to create beautiful pieces. In the centerpiece below, all the greens and most of the flowers are ones that women brought today.</div>
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It was also the final day for the sewing workshop. The 4 women and 2 men who met with Ann and Ingrid in the new community center (built for the women's group for work projects like this and their ongoing projects such a soap making, which is making a profit) worked hard for two days making bags, aprons, runners and baskets. Again, the women learned or refined skills that will be useful to them as they eke out a living for themselves.</div>
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This was also our Special Needs Kids Game Day! There is a set of volunteers working with this underserved population here, and they don't just work with children – some of the participants are over 30 years old.<br />
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A couple of the coaches sporting their new T-shirts...<br />
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Violet, the woman in red on the right, is the instigator of these game days for the kids.<br />
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Lisa, one of our team members, secured enough T-shirts for the kids and for their parents.<br />
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I kicked into high gear today as the team photographer/videographer.<br />
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First I went on six home visits to some families who have special needs kids. Lots of stories including:<br />
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- grandparents caring for three grandkids and selling off property to keep providing for them, to the extent that we had to walk through a neighbor's field to get to their house since there is no longer any direct access from the road. Fortunately this guy was friendly – or at least he acquiesced to our presence.<br />
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- a woman who’s had 10 children, three of whom are special needs kids.</div>
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- a mom caring for her autistic daughter who’s in her 30s. Mom can’t leave her alone so takes her along on all errands and work projects.</div>
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- parents with a schizophrenic 35-year-old son who is on lifetime meds which keeps him calm but unable to create a life for himself.</div>
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And more... Every family we visited were so gracious in welcoming us, dusting off chairs for us to sit on, answering all our questions and giving us warm sendoffs. </div>
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Throughout the day, Maggie led a floral arrangement workshop that was a huge hit. Based on the interest and excitement of the women, we think that a floral arrangement business for funerals as well as for other events is a very real possibility of a micro-enterprise that will be started here.</div>
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Several of us went to a church service this morning – well, part of two services. Since it was the first Sunday of the month, the schedule had changed without us knowing it, so we heard the last part of the sermon in the first service and then stayed to hear the music during the opening of the next service. The services take place in a gigantic tent that hold about 600-700 people I would guess. Miriam tells us that huge churches like that are pretty much the norm in Nairobi.<br />
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The rest of the day was pretty low-key. We had lunch, then hit the road back to Kangundo where we're spending the next few nights in the Eagles Hotel. Hmmm... I wonder how many eagles are really around here.... Anyway, we spent the rest of the day planning for the next few days of activities. Lots more pictures and stories coming.<br />
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In the meantime, if you'd like to learn some of the stories of the people we had lunch with yesterday, Maggie did a masterful job of summing up some of the heartbreak that has been part of their lives – <a href="https://magenglund.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px;">https://magenglund.blogspot.com/</a> (the "Just Another Lunch?" post).<br />
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And here's a picture of me with Baby Nancy (her story is in Maggie's blog). I was the only lucky one who got to hold her for a couple of minutes. Then of course she wanted to be back with mom!<br />
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Our morning was spend sorting – school supplies, clothes, shoes, games, VBS supplies, etc., etc. Not only had our team of eight each brought 1 or 2 fifty-pound bags of supplies, the medical team which came in May also brought extra supply bags. We got it all done!<br />
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As you may know, our key Kizimani project over the last year has been to build a mortuary. Final care is a vital service that we in America take completely for granted. Imagine having to drive the body of your loved two hours or more to the nearest facility.<br />
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Because of the generosity of Kizimani donors, the building itself is now complete and we were able to participate in the dedication of the building today. What a joyous event!<br />
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Most of the women of the families we support in this impoverished community led us by song and dance to the building.<br />
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On Wednesday, August 1, I'll be traveling to Kenya again with our <a href="http://www.kizimani.org/" target="_blank">Kizimani</a> team.<br />
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We didn't go last year because the national elections took place in early August and tensions can run high, so reunions with our friends there this year will be that much sweeter!<br />
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Since our medical team already went in May, our "community team" is much smaller in number than usual – just 8 of us. We'll be busy!<br />
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We always end our trips with a short safari at one of the beautiful Kenyan park lodges. This year we were at Amboseli, next to the Tanzanian border and got to see some amazing animals.<br />
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A small peek at the Kibera slum where about 1 million people live. It's the largest slum in Africa.</div>
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We all loved, loved, loved the elephants, especially when we came upon this grouping that had a baby with it. Hopefully I'll get a video posted later in this blog.</div>
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Elephant resting her trunk on her tusk. Our driver said she's probably old.</div>
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This is as close as we could get to hundreds and hundreds of flamingos. Look for the pink line between the water and the sky.</div>
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