I have so much more to say and show you about our trip to Kenya and Tanzania, and I hope to continue to do so over the next days and weeks. But I want to direct you also to the blog of our dear friend Jenny. Her name can be found in the list of […]

6 June 2007 When you finally decide to handwash your children’s socks and underwear in Kenya– a decision you come to because the laundry service at the guest house will wash everything But underclothes, and because your children’s supply of clean underclothes is growing Increasingly Small– be advised that you should do so Sooner than […]

JFK International Airport, New York We’ve been traveling for thirty-three hours now, having left the Maasai Mara at ten-thirty Kenyan time yesterday to journey to Nairobi, and then to begin our long trip home. At this point, exhaustion and patience compete with one another. The layover here is six hours; some of our team ventured […]

We spent the day with the children of Amani Children’s Home. It was a beautiful day, and of course I will write about it soon. But the internet cafe is about to close, and others want to use this machine, so I will say good-night for now. Tomorrow we leave Tanzania and return to Nairobi […]

There are crickets in Africa.

We wake to the alarm clock– borrowed, because we forgot ours. And then it’s your typical morning: maybe a shower, getting dressed, and heading out the door to our dining room, where we sit with other members of the team at tables of various sizes, enjoying the buffet that Alice sets out for us. The […]

Musmark, Nairobi, June 3, 2007 We tuck the children in to their twin beds: three in the one room. They are tired. They are always tired these days. We say prayers; we kiss them. We lower the mosquito nets. There is one for every bed, suspended by a hoop that hangs from the ceiling. I […]