Bright Star School
and Orphanage

June '08 Mission Trip

Activities at the School


They unpacked 2145 lbs of donated items.


Kim taught the children how to make pinwheels.


They spread peanut butter on bread for 430 kids.


Shirley sewed, and sewed, and sewed, and...


Gail, Diana, and Cheryl moved and re-organized the library.


Cheryl and Shirley were always sewing on buttons and repairing uniforms.


Megan taught music.


They assembled a game table bought by Dean Hockney.


We shopped the market for sweaters.


We walked through the slum.


Gail taught classes.


Kim and others decorated the classroom doors to brighten up the school.


Megan taught the boarders how to braid jewelry.


We taught the boarders how to play Bingo for prizes bought by Good Shepherd Lutheran Church.  It was a "first" for the kids.


Samantha checked each child for clothing needs and repairs.


Shirley taught some of the kids how to sew.


Linda joined us late but worked like a trooper.
 


We handed out new uniforms made by Shirley.


These guys got new uniforms made by the American Sewing Guild, Kokomo Chapter.


Gail put decorations on the girls' fingernails.


We ate Kenyan food.


Miriam set up Pastor's computer and the scanner.


Gail read Cindy Dwyer's book to the children.


Some danced.


Our dogs got powdered.


Some got arrested!


Some students received new shoes.


Some scraped and washed windows.


Samantha bought and made prayer beads for each boarder.


Some did electrical work.


Some worked in the clinic.


Some played games with the kids.


Some blew bubbles for the kids to catch.


We emptied trash.


Some slept whenever, wherever they could.

And sometimes we stepped where we wish we hadn't.



Boarders with Visiting Sponsors
 


Anne and Shirley


Pauline and Gail


Kim and Silvia


Leonard and Gail, his sponsor's friend


Samantha and Jackline


Everlyne and Liz


Laura (c), Don and Louise Thomas' sponsored child


Christopher and Diana, his sponsor's friend


Eric with Jan, his sponsor's friend


Beatrice and Megan


Judy and Mourice


Sophia and Jenna


Friendly Faces
 


Paul, the gatekeeper and water guard


Gail and Kim with Peter Serem, our protector


Teacher Charity


Albert, our contractor


Teacher Stanley


Teacher Linet


Megan with teachers Josephine, Charity, Sarah, and Rosemary


Peter the cook
(I love Peter)


Onesmus, Jackson, me, and Kennedy, former students


Gladys, Pastor's secretary and our substitute teacher


Lillian (r) is the director of our micro-finance project that helps students' parents become self-sufficient.


Ponch and I had a chat.

 


Ishmael does odd jobs around the school.


Vitalis (c) is our plumber


?, Obed, Peter Serem, Jamaly, Johnstone, and Muthoka.
 


Projects for the Future
 


build a new sink outside the kitchen that can be reached by the little ones


repair bunk beds in the dorms


ship donated books for our library


pour concrete in an area for hanging laundry


close in openings under rafters to keep dust out


add steps and walkways to new classrooms


build counters in Science lab


repair floor of boys' dorm

 

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