Group #2 at the airport |
Paul, our gatekeeper and water guard (private joke) |
new boys' dorm |
boys' dorm |
oranges
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Margret and Barb are preparing peanut butter and bread for the
kids |
Stephanie made these fancy flip-flops for all the girls in the
dorm. |
Barb taught the boarders to make tissue flowers. |
Peter Serem was our personal bodyguard and he was good! |
Pat tried eating the Kenyan way without a utensil. |
Joyce and Barb at the school gate |
Joyce and Wendell met Christopher, their sponsored child, for
the first time! |
The boarders loved Marcia. |
Mary helped cut oranges for 420 kids. |
Pastor and Peter Serem |
Christine in a secondary classroom |
Boarders got ugali and sukuma weeki. |
Amida got new school shoes. |
All boarders got towels and sheets from Patty. |
Even the boys liked crafts. |
The slum is encroaching on the school. |
A camel was passing by the school so... |
Class 1 won the Cleanest Classroom Contest. |
Anoka U.M.C. donated craft items. |
the school
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Biscuits (cookies) were given to
all students. |
This is Fuata Nyayo slum. |
The girls sorted over 400 pieces of clothing to hand out. |
secondary school uniforms |
This home is built against our school wall.
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5-year-olds count to 100 in English. |
uniforms made by Shirley Hoy |
new t-shirts |
Swings are still a favorite. |
Fredrick flips from an old tire - without shoes! |
new curtains in girls' dorm |
We're at the gate of Brine Academy where Pastor and I meet in 2003 |
Watermelon was a treat for the boarders. Thank you,
Gannon. |
the new boys' dorm in the corner - thank you Redeemer Lutheran
Church |
Form 3 will be our first graduating class in November 2009.
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new socks |
Ponch. She and Sussie are both neutered now. |
Are they sweet or what?! |
John, our newest boarder, got new socks from Barb. |
All students got candy and a toothbrush - good combination,
huh? |
Mary B. and Kim met Onesmus who they've sponsored for 3 years. |
our daily lunch - corn and a few beans |
All students got pencils. Thank you, Diana! |
Kim taught Paul how to mix concrete. |
Scraping paint and repairing mortar always needed to be done. |
jumping rope |
The kids loved to listen to Marcia read a story. |
Peanut butter bread was added to their lunch a couple of days. |
bananas |
We had a tea party for the boarders one Sunday after church. |
The guy put bulletin boards up in every room. |
cleaning room with water and a hand broom |
garden behind school
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Lillian and Agnes, the start of our new Micro-Finance Project |
etch-a-sketches |
Ask anyone in the group about the extension cord. |
They put together the foosball table bought by Dean Hockney. |
The guys poured a concrete slab at the entrance. |
Sometime the little ones got porridge. |
We went to the Masai Market. What an experience! |
The Pre-unit (K) class got tables built for their size. |
Our
new kitchen sink is now installed and working. |
We had to buy 2 large pots (sufurias) at $180 each! |
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John is making his famous monkey face. |
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