Kenya Update

My internship supervisors just updated their blog (Go figure. Just because I leave the country doesn't mean that everything in Kenya came to a standstill.) If you're not already, you should make sure to bookmark and follow their blog. Check out the links on the side bar as well, as they have links to blogs from all three of the Kenya internship teams.


It might be hard to tell in this picture, but these are the Upwards soccer jerseys that my parents brought with them last August. They made it all the way from the desert of Eastern Washington to the desert of North Eastern Kenya, and, after a few months of waiting for the right time and place, Jason and Bekah passed them out to a group of boys that some of our friends have been working with.

The great thing about soccer jerseys is that what fits an elementary schooler in Tri-town can also fit a teenager in G-town.

Many thanks, once again, to everyone who helped to gather things for my parents to bring with them. The things that you sent are still being used to bless people through holistic ministry and outreach.


Righty and Vaeh (and Charis!) are going to have plenty of construction experience by the time that they are big enough to effectively use a hammer. In between a dozen other responsibilities, Jason has been working on the construction of a girl's school, in partnership with both Kenyan and Western Christians, a huge need in an area where universal primary education is still a relatively new concept (well within living memory) and girls were not, traditionally, considered as important to formally educate.

Every country and region has its own challenges when it comes to formal education. In this part of Kenya, even things as integral to the culture as following herds throughout the season can pose challenges to schooling. And, it's not just Christians who are trying to make a difference.

Check out this video to get an idea of some "less traditional" school models that are being used in the area -- or more traditional, depending on how you look at it.


And...because YouTube is my friend (especially on American speed internet), I finally got my hands on a good picture of the bridge that we crossed over every time that we went to the primary school for Bible club or computer classes.

This is part of the very few kilometers of paved road within the province, and there are occasionally crocodiles and hippos in the water underneath the bridge -- a little different than Minnesota, where the only thing under bridges are monstrously huge mosquitoes!

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