28th September, 2009 - Posted by Camille Cotton - No Comments
Matt and Cheryl took part in a goat roast last week. Matt has participated in several goat roasts in Kenya before, but this was the first one for Cheryl. Matt told Cheryl that goat tasted like lamb, but after tasting the goat meat, Cheryl described the meat tasting something like an old sheep. At this » Read More
23rd September, 2009 - Posted by Helen Harrison - No Comments
Wednesday saw the OAI Kenya team, plus 4 from the UK, and the film crew and family from US, and 3 Kenyan doctors, all doing a one day medical clinic at Kambi Teso. It was an intensive day, as it included setting the clinic up (tent up, unpack pharmacy, sort out triage and doctors stations etc), » Read More
22nd September, 2009 - Posted by Helen Harrison - No Comments
I’m in Kenya for a week with some young people from the town where I live, seeing and experiencing at firsthand the work of Open Arms, and through that allsorts of new insights into the realities of life for so many people around the world. So far we have spent some time at the Village working » Read More
22nd September, 2009 - Posted by Camille Cotton - No Comments
Matt went for his first run in Eldoret yesterday and then he felt ambitious enough to go for another run today. It isn’t unusual to see runners on the streets of Eldoret since Eldoret is considered the running capital of Africa. Many of the top runners from the continent train here due to the climate, » Read More
14th September, 2009 - Posted by Dana Shaffer - No Comments
We’ve had plenty of time with the babies at our house in Eldoret. For now we are staying in a rented house in town with David and Rachel Gallagher; two other volunteers, Renee Scobill and Ruth Major; three babies, Belinda Caroline (Belle), Esther Ruth, and Diana; and three dogs, Mocha, Java, and Chai. The babies » Read More
10th September, 2009 - Posted by Camille Cotton - No Comments
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9th September, 2009 - Posted by Camille Cotton - No Comments
Two very good friends of Open Arms International, Matt and Cheryl Tallman, have just arrived in Kenya, where they are spending one year as missionaries with OAI. They arrived in Nairobi on Sunday evening and got to spend the next day exploring Nairobi before hopping on a plane to Eldoret. “We’ve spent the last two days » Read More
9th September, 2009 - Posted by Camille Cotton - No Comments
Last night we met the street kids of Eldoret, Kenya, homeless children who live in dumps. They spend their days picking through the trash, and they inhale glue all day in an attempt to forget their situation and numb their hunger. Morris, an Open Arms Kenya staff member, is a former street kid who ministers » Read More
8th September, 2009 - Posted by Camille Cotton - No Comments
We are thrilled with the news series that KPTV FOX 12 news is running about Open Arms this week! Last night was Part 1 of this four-part series, and they documented our work in the slums of Kambi Teso. Our second outreach team of the summer was running medical, dental and eye clinics in Eldoret, » Read More
2nd September, 2009 - Posted by Camille Cotton - No Comments
We are so excited that KPTV FOX 12 Oregon will be airing a special series on OAI next week! If you live Oregon, be sure to tune in September 7 - 10 during the 10:00 pm news. News anchor Kevin Coari traveled to Kenya with OAI in July to document our work, and KPTV will » Read More
