Ahhhh, yes indeed, that was right outside our door! It was cool and inviting us into the day!
Walt (my husband), still has not received word of his lost bag, so we made a run to the Nakumatt to get him some essentials until the bag could be found and then we made our way to the Virginia Home in the Ronda slum of Nakuru. He is also not feeling real great (still getting used to the Kenya thing...) but he taught a lesson on "How to get to Heaven", and then we rested this afternoon. It was an interesting lesson and even more interesting to hear how the children thought you got to Heaven. Here he is teaching the lesson in his borrowed clothes and feeling puny:
What a trooper he is!! Ok, I am fairly obsessed with the HONY (Humans of New York) images and stories so I thought, while I can't compete with their greatness, I would do a similar take on the kids of Virginia so you would get to know some of them a bit better. I find people interesting in general, especially these people and I hope you will too!
When I asked Stephen how many teeth he's lost he shook his head at me and said, "You count!"
Bon and Samuel want you to know they are best friends! (So much so that they shoved poor Nickson out of the photo...)
Nickson had to settle for me, and you can see how thrilling that was for him...
Brian asked me "Where is Harrison?" (my son). When I explained he was away working at a summer camp he said, "Oh. Because he said he would give me his hair and I want it."
These boys are best friends also. The one on the right is newer to the school and his name is Alfred.
David was kicked out of the above photo. His favorite subject in school is Science.
I have seen Stephen and Abram grow up so much in the past few years. I have been proposed to twice by Abram (on the right), to be the mother to him and wife to his father. Needless to say, it didn't work out. Their father had been very sick but seems to be doing better now and even working a bit.
Definitely a "teen" and more reserved around adults, Dancan's favorite subjects in school are Science and CRE (Religion class).
They all seem to be doing well, and there will be many more photos and stories to come, but I am a bit disappointed they knew we were coming. We don't want them to put on their Sunday best for us, we want to see how they are really doing. We are also trying to figure out "what's next?" with this children's home. Do we expand our support and bring others on board to help or do we say that what we are doing is enough? They need new uniforms again, so we will have to consider raising money for that.
All in all, it's been a great day!
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