30th June, 2009 - Posted by Camille Cotton - 2 Comments
Jambo! It is 10:40pm Tuesday June 30, and we are happy to be in Eldoret, Kenya, with all of our luggage! Everyone is doing quite well, but the American team members are still struggling with jet lag and having a hard time sleeping at night and an equally hard time staying » Read More
25th June, 2009 - Posted by Kim Krebs - 1 Comment
After our very full weekend, we started another week of work on the OAI property. Monday morning about a third of our team stayed behind at our hotel due to a stomach bug that left them wiped out (they’ve all recovered well and quickly, for the most part). That left us down quite a few » Read More
22nd June, 2009 - Posted by Kim Krebs - 3 Comments
We spent Saturday at the Rondo Retreat Center in the Kakamega Rainforest. It’s supposedly a 2-hour drive from where we are staying in Eldoret, but on a road with probably the most potholes in the entire world, it took a good 4 hours to get there. Let me tell you, we were so excited to » Read More
19th June, 2009 - Posted by Kim Krebs - No Comments
This morning started off with a trip to the convenience store to purchase all of the things that we may have forgotten or run out of (including aloe-everyone is at least a little bit more pink from the sun than they were when we started last week). Almost everyone also purchased a soda or two » Read More
19th June, 2009 - Posted by Kim Krebs - No Comments
Here are some pictures from our first two days when we were at Kambi Teso, before we started working at the Open Arms village. Read More
19th June, 2009 - Posted by Kim Krebs - No Comments
Thursday, June 18, 2009 The Village It’s almost time for bed, and everyone is thoroughly exhausted. Half of the team members could not keep their eyes open during dinner. While that sounds a bit sad, we were all content and feeling good about the work we accomplished. Today was the first day we worked on the property » Read More
18th June, 2009 - Posted by Kim Krebs - No Comments
I recently returned to Kenya after a short holiday with my family in Canada, and then was on my own with the Kenyan staff for about a month! Rachel, the president of Open Arms, and my longtime best friend, just got back from USA last week! Yeh! Being a working single mom is NOT easy, » Read More
17th June, 2009 - Posted by Kim Krebs - 2 Comments
Well, it’s day four of our missions trip, and we’ve successfully made it to Eldoret, Kenya! We had two very uneventful (but long) flights from Portland and Amsterdam, and made it to Nairobi on Sunday evening. Thankfully, all of our luggage arrived with us! Monday was a day of rest in the large city of Nairobi, » Read More
8th June, 2009 - Posted by Helen Harrison - 1 Comment
Here’s proof that I actually had a quietish Sunday this week: I got time to read the paper enough to find a fabulous article that I woud like to recommend. The Eco Evangelist is about an American guy who has gone out to Kenya to raise awareness, and do something about, ecological issues; and is » Read More
5th June, 2009 - Posted by Helen Harrison - No Comments
Thursday 4th June: in the UK it was polling day for MEPs and some local councils, and the first opportunity for the voters to show what they think of politics since the recent eruption of the MPs expenses scandal that seems to have taken over the headlines every day for a month. June 4th was also » Read More
