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  • Pen Pals

    September 27, 2009

    • Evelyn emailed me on Friday, to let me know she received the letters I sent to Celestine and Lawrance. Evelyn told me they were very happy to receive their letters, and that she took photos of each of them holding her/his letter. She will attach the photos to the return letters that each of them writes me.On Friday, a lifelong dream of mine came true. When I was a child myself, I watched the ...
  • Saying Goodbye

    July 20, 2009

    • (Originally posted on Karibu Kenya, May 30, 2009.) Today, we said goodbye to the Learning Centre children and the Ray of Hope staff, but not before taking the children to the Nairobi National Museum in the morning and to a local park in the afternoon.The Nairobi National Museum is beautiful - spacious, with beautifully designed exhibits and a well-told history of Kenya. As we walked into an ...
  • Near-Death Experiences, and Then Dancing.

    July 4, 2009

    • (Originally posted on Karibu Kenya, May 29, 2009.)I spent most of today with Baraza - Ray of Hope's Coordinator - and my teammate Robin. We took five million buses and matatus to travel fifty feet ... or so it felt. I didn't mind at all, as I was excited to see the big city of Nairobi, having spent the previous seven days in Kawangware, the slum I've come to love, but not the only part of Nairobi ...