One of the most incredible things we did on our trip was one of the most unexpected. Due to the timing of our visit, we were able to help with a medical clinic grand opening and a community medical camp in a small rural community called Ithata. On the first Saturday we arrived in Maua,…
Time for My Auntie Hat: Message to Jim and Sue’s Grandchildren
Dear Grandchildren of Babu Jim and ShoSho Sue, I just wanted to write and let you know I just got back from Kenya after visiting ShoSho and Babu. They do wonderful work and I know they will share stories about their adventures for years to come. They are very needed where they are and people…
Time for Critters: Only in America
Tim and I love our little zoo: A pug and two cats. We dote on them constantly and they are most likely a bit too spoiled for their own good. In fact, as I write this blog I have one cat on my lap. Sue and Dad long ago warned us that animals are thought…
Time to Build: Day Four on House Build
We are fairly positive that each day we went home after the house build, Charles the foreman and his crew quietly back to the work site and did more work. We can't prove it, but how else do you explain finishing such a project in four days? On the final day, Sue and I worked…
Time to Ride: PET
Dad introduced us to the hospital staff on Monday as a "micro-team". Similar to micro loans, we were a small team who volunteered to do almost as much as a regular team to the hospital (which consists of about sixteen team members). Some people originally just thought we were visiting Dad and Sue- which would…
Time for Animals: Seen in Kenya Thus Far
Cows Goats Donkeys Chickens Cats Dik Diks Warthog Pigeon Elephant Tortoise Giraffe Colobus Monkey Baboon Gazelle Zebra Palm nut vulture Oryx Elephant dung Ant and termite hills Cape buffalo Water buck Vervet Monkey Gray headed kingfisher Guinea hens Young black Mamba (rare) Black Rhino (rare) Monitor Lizard (rare) Tawny eagle Hyrax Agama Lizard Yellow necked…
Time for Health: Uraa Deworming Clinics
I'm a sequential thinker. I like to know what the days have in store for me well in advance. Thus, I have planned our trip and projects in Kenya to a "T". And what I have discovered is...plans change and it'll be okay. For example, we planned to deworm one school while we were in…
Time to Build: Kenya House Days One-Three
By far, one of the most difficult and heart wrenching moments-and some of the best- have been while building a home for Musa and his family. They do have a mother, but she is not mentally healthy and or able to care for the family. At age 14, Musa (I have formerly referred to him…
Time to See: My View From The Van
The slowness of the internet and lack of wifi access has cut down my blogging immensely. I'm constantly keeping notes in my head about what we are doing, where we are going, and what we are experiencing. I could blog about many things and nothing less important than another. This time I will try to…
Time for Creatures: Elephants
One last blog for the day. I'm exhausted but am not sure when we will have wifi again. I think we will have internet at Dad and Sue's but Dad says it can be spotty. Sue asked what I might blog about tonight and I told her I have enough for more than five posts!…
9a Clock 