Oh Happy Day!

Although yesterday seemed a bit surreal, it was a good day.  I wish I could have better conveyed to you how "cultural" the scene was. Kids shouting, "It was that boy!  He is of guilt!  It was just him right there!"  "It was the tall boy.  There was no other one.  He is just a thief."  My heart still breaks thinking "he has been run off" or he has run away for good.  One temptation led to one very bad decision.  

BUT, these photos do a good job of mending a broken heart!

This is Paul.  I'm speaking of the cow.  That's his name, of course.

Alfred doesn't know much English, but he does know "Hugs, hugs, hugs, hugs, hugs, hugs, hugs!"  So, we hugged!

Now tell me this doesn't look like trouble with a capital "T"?! Moses, Bon, Stephen and Samuel (pronounced SamWELL), are sweet, active boys that have captured this mama's heart!

The shepherd and his flock.  Teacher Evans has been a staple at the Virginia Home for MANY years.  

Walt having a word with Paul before going in to teach the lesson. Do you suppose Paul had some good advice?

When I asked this boy his name he replied, "Clinton Jairus" (well, I thought he said Derulis at first).  He is the only kid in the history of my Kenya that has ever replied with their first AND last name!

I am not sure what it is about Bonface, but he is just a really cool kid!  He is even rocking those shoes!

Ok, y'all, this might be the cutest photo in the history of ever!  This was David's response to my saying, "Smile, I like those teeth!"

So what's a chicken to do during all the drama of yesterday's events?  Lay an egg on someone's bed, of course!

Alvin is so smart.  He's about to graduate from high school!  He's the first kid we sponsored at the Virginia Home.

Ummm, hello girls!  We see you!

This is a neighborhood boy.  I'm not sure of his name but it's loosely translated as "big Irish potato"...no joke.

Eunice is one of the children we brought to Virginia from the Remand home in town as her mother abandoned her.

Ummm, Bon, what's that ya got there, buddy?

And I'll leave you with Kenya's version of 5 o'clock traffic.  It seemed like a good idea at the time to block the street with a big old truck and poor tar onto the sidewalk...but the Kenyan solution is to drive on the sidewalk (and it's not really a two lane sidewalk...).  Oh Happy Day, indeed!