Graduation Is Upon Us

Things have been challenging and hectic for me here as we prepared for my mother's graduation in one city, and as I finalized the defence of my thesis in yet another city. It is also an exciting time for us all.  My mama has been studying for her theology degree, through an extension program and she has now achieved her goal!

Mama (far left), poses with her classmates.

It was a happy day for her, and for us, as we watched her finish her years of dedicated study and receive her diploma. Family members came from miles away.  After the ceremony, we had soda and lunch to mark this big event.

Now I'm very busy trying to finish my own thesis.  I've defended it in yet a third town (different one from where I live and from where my mama had her ceremony).  The professors who sat on the board to hear the students defend their works have come from yet another city in the country of Uganda.  Their travels and my own travels have really added to the thesis costs and to living costs in these final stages of my studies.

Please keep me in prayer for the funds needed to cover my final trip to Uganda and for my moving fees back to my hometown.  It is a busy, exciting and stressful time for me.  I've had to rely on prayer and faith to get this far and I'm not quite finished yet.  More news later. Blessings.

Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

James 1:2-4

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Kipnegeno Goes to School

Hello prayer partners,

Kipngeno will be going to school in January, 2011 and we are so happy for him.

He will be studying pharmacy.

I wrote about him in an earlier post and you can read that by searching this blog if you like using "Kipngeno".

He needs a lot of  funds to start school in two months time and we are trying to gather what is needed.  Please continue to pray for him.  Contact me if you can help Kipngeno.

Otherwise have a great day.

God bless

Shoes

Hi friends and bloggers,


We had a short visit to a school here in Kericho to give out shoes.  What a lovely day I had being involved in this.


Enjoy the pictures.

We need lots of socks for the dear ones here.  Pray for one of gals here who is an orphan. She was sent home for lack of school fees and came to me for help.  I just told her to pray.


We had a great day

Shoes, Shoes

Hello,


I have friends from the United States who are visiting Africa for the first time (two of them), and we are visiting orphanages and schools.

One of the biggest challenge so far is the issue of shoes. Most of the students in the schools we are visiting have no shoes, and have never seen a computer. This really puzzles me. We are still far away from getting into the 21st century here in Kenya.

Any one reading this, please pray about this great needs: SHOES SHOES



Have a great day.
God bless

Women and their Plight

This morning I was called by the gate man to tell me of some guests who were directed towards my office.  I asked who they were and I was told some women and children. I stopped what I was doing and headed to there. Reaching the gate and after looking at the women, I knew they were displaced, kicked out of their homes, etc.

I sat down and listened to their plight. The old woman claims her daughter died and left her a baby 3 months old to raise. The other woman said she has 3 children and she fears they will die of starvation. They both gave varied reasons, for their problems.

What a challenge! Poor people, vulnerable, shoe less, no phones, no M-PESA (money transfer service) and illiterate. The kids are not going to school.

We could not sent them away like that.....so we had to give them some food and other essentials as they are most urgently needed.

Would you consider praying for them? I want these kids to go to school.


God bless