As you know, Fr. Kiriti first visited the US in 1996.  He studied at Santa Clara University where, in 1 year, he finished a 2-year master’s degree in pastoral studies.  Because he came with the clothes on his back and only a few shillings in his pocket, he had to work to support himself, but […]

#28-2013 Fr. Kiriti Celebrates 25 Years of Priesthood  It was a glorious day, with only a few glitches – like the man who was to arrange for transport to Longenot, Fr. Kiriti’s home parish, where the celebration took place.  People were to leave Naivasha at 9 am, but the arranger told the matatus to arrive […]

#27 Visiting and Visitors continued  We left off  #26 with my Saturday visitors.  Sunday morning the kids and I went to mass, but Agnes has her reservations and stayed abed, which turned out to be smart as the mass lasted for 2 hours!  Catherine greeted us as we came out.  Generally she attends the 2nd […]

#26-2013 Visiting and Visitors  Hmmm, I really wanted to spend some one-on-one time with Stephanus and Joy Venter, but they are busy kids—he’s a musician and she’s a swimmer.  Well….maybe I could do the hated drive to Nakuru, once again taking my life in my hands.  My friend Agnes Mwamburi, who lives in Nakuru, had […]

#25-2013  We Grow Slowly by Slowly The kids were early again today.  I was a lazy bum, getting up late, then showering and washing hair.  They had already rearranged the tables and were sitting expectantly when I arrived.  All were there, plus 2 more, an SFG form 1 and her form 1 friend from another […]

#24-2013 Shughili Shughili I’ve used this term in the past-it means miscellaneous.  That’s what this report will be. First of all, my “tuitioning” has begun.  The group is very small, just 9, but a great group and the size makes it easy to ensure everyone understands.  I have 5 boys who are sponsored by Mary […]

#23-2013 Schools Close for August Break I haven’t written for some time because school was about to close for the month of August and I wanted to get to as many form 4’s as possible to review their mock math exams.  As is always the case, the results were broad, from really good to really […]

#22-2013 Found Time and What I Did With It  After I finished being a lazy bum this morning and wrote #21, I went to visit my friend, Simon, about whom I have just written.  On my way I thought about the sights here that are so different from the Menlo Park, Palo Alto scene.  The […]