It’s back to school week and the madness has begun. At Precious Kids Center have 18 students that learn at four different boarding schools outside the center. Not to mention the 20 students that live at the center full time and 50 more that come from outside to learn at Precious Kids School. Needless to […]
In 2009, when I came on my second trip to Kenya, I met a family from Endebes that God placed on my heart that summer. The oldest girl, Protenciana was going to Purpose Driven Academy and told us her story, so the next day we went to go visit her family. That was the first […]
Another exciting thing to happen around here this week is that my mom came out to visit. The kids love having her here and so do I. I took her around to see all the places and to meet all the people I always talk about. It’s so great having her around. Dan, just hanging […]
Today was Academic Day at Purpose Driven Academy. That means that parents come to the school, sit down with the teacher and talk about how their children are doing and what areas they need to improve in. Unlike in America, everyones grades are very public. Students are motivated by competition and all strive to be […]
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 […]
All of the schools are closing this week in preparation for the Christmas holidays. Usually the kids stay at school if it is for a short break, but this is the long one where there will be very few kids left at the school and there is someone to look after them, but not […]
Sorry for the long gap in posts, I was having a little bit of internet difficulties. We had a bit of a busy week, so here are some stories and pictures! Brian’s home again! Praise God for his quick recovery. The doctors still don’t know exactly what happened that made him have such a high […]
On a few random Saturdays, some kids from Shimo have wandered over to Leila’s house with an excuse that they need something for school, when really they are hoping to get a meal. Most of these kids go to the Ukrainian school in Shimo or Oasis of Hope and there they get their one meal […]
