From #2 Getting Settled and to Work – June 2, 2011 Jecinta and I have talked a lot about inspiring the girls to contribute to the school after they graduate, go to university or whatever and have some small means. Then she told me this story. She had had a meeting with the principal of a […]
A Vision for the Future—Girls Get Glasses through SFG
From #29 What a Great Day! & #31 Pix n Other Stuff – August 26, 2011 and August 30, 2011 A few days ago I noticed a form 4 girl who was peering and squinting at the board and was immediately reminded of 14-year old me, who didn’t realize that other people could see much better than I could […]
Story Time
From #3 Leave-Taking, Visit to SFG and Visitors – June 12, 2012 Shortly after I retired to my bed to begin this blog, there was a shy knock on the door. “Come in. Who’s there?” In came Joseph, the youngest child here in the orphanage and his best bud, Jackson. I had met Jackson on Sunday when […]
Third Annual Scarf Giving Day
From #9 Scarves, Millimani High School and Nairobi + Margo’s BIG DRIVE – 27 June, 2012 Last week was the 3rd annual scarf giving day for form 4’s. Thanks to Anita Dippery and her gang of “knitting elves”, as well as my own fingers, I arrived with over 60 scarves, enough for each form 4 […]
Sister Cecilia’s School
(an organization supported by Kenya Help) After serving in Central America, Spain, and England, Sister Cecilia felt called to leave her missionary order and return to Kenya to build a school in a poor area outside of Naivasha. Her elementary school provides education to children who would not be able to attend school otherwise. Once […]