Today was one of those days when I crammed in as many activities as possible. It was one of those days where I felt God’s plan in my day despite things been a bit crazy and jam packed full of adventure and lots of running around. We started off by going to the kids house […]
There is a clinic from a town in Nairobi that comes to Kitale every few months to check up on kids with a wide range of disabilities. They send out their doctors from Cure Hospital and are specialized in treating hydrocephalus, spina bifida and other orthopedic problems. Today we took Trina, Dinah and Allan […]
There is a team in town from Guidelines International Ministries in Southern California. They came to Kenya to provide free glasses to people in villages where getting an eye exam, let alone a pair of glasses, is nearly impossible. There’s nothing like seeing someone’s face light up when they can finally see clearly for the […]
It’s hard being away from the kids, but I am blessed to have such a great team in Kenya keeping me updated and working hard to make sure that they are all having their needs met. Since many of the children have disabilities that require regular checkups Trina, Dinah and Allan were taken to a […]
This week we had a clinic in town that checks up on kids who have hydrocephalus. Even though Mary’s head had that opened wound that is now healed the doctors said that the shunt is still working. She has no other signs of the shunt not working so they said that maybe some extra […]
Today I got to help out with a vision clinic that the team was doing. There’s always a huge line outside these clinics because any eye care in town is very expensive and it’s a great opportunity for people to be able to finally see well for the first time. We loaded up the van […]
We have a another new team at the compound this week so we are busy seeing the sights of Kitale. It’s always fun when there is a team around because we get to do some things that are not on the normal schedule for us. Yesterday we got to go into a slum called Bosnia […]
These past two days the team has spent a lot of time with Sister Freda. Yesterday we went to help with a clinic in Kipsongo. Kipsongo is one of the biggest and poorest slums in Kitale. It is known for being a place full of idle people with nothing to do and nowhere to go. […]
