23rd July, 2010 - Posted by Dave Redelfs - 2 Comments
Greetings from Kenya! We are all doing well and enjoying a lazy morning after our last day of medical camps. Praise the Lord, the last day went fabulously. We were able to treat every person that came to the clinic and we had the tent down in record time before the rains came. Tara, who » Read More
17th May, 2010 - Posted by Dave Redelfs - No Comments
Did you know that 1.6 Billion people live without electricity? That’s about one-quarter of all humanity that live without all the things we take for granted - like electric lights, televisions and toasters. In sub-Saharan Africa, the statistics are even more bleak. It’s estimated that 547 Million people live without power. Only about 1 in » Read More
12th March, 2010 - Posted by Kim Krebs - No Comments
One of the requirements for children to be admitted into our feeding program at the Kambi Teso slums is that their mothers have to participate in a mentoring program through Open Arms. We teach these mothers simple skills such as how to save their money and to start small businesses in order to provide for » Read More
12th February, 2010 - Posted by Kim Krebs - 1 Comment
You may have heard about Mary by now, the newest child to come live at our Village. At only four years old, she’s already suffered through the deaths of both parents, severe poverty and serious illness. It’s heartbreaking to imagine what she’s been through. While the majority of the kids at our Village have similar horrific » Read More
18th August, 2009 - Posted by Camille Cotton - No Comments
It was really great being able to treat people in our community with our least outreach team of the summer. We did something newbecause we did not want to begin giving “hand-outs” at the Open Arms Village as it would set a precedence that we would not be able to sustain long term. » Read More
6th July, 2009 - Posted by Camille Cotton - 1 Comment
Every day, we meet together for morning devotions, only today we had many more joining our family. We welcomed 5 practitioners from Uganda (3 dentists and 2 doctors), a handful of Kenyan medical students and doctors, as well as 12 Kenyan volunteers to help with various tasks at the clinic. Pastor » Read More
1st July, 2009 - Posted by Camille Cotton - 5 Comments
Well, here we all are in Eldoret, helping with construction on the Village site. Having arrived on Sunday night, the team (minus Helen H., who hadn’t arrived at that point, and Dave and Linda who had gone ahead to Eldoret) spent Monday and half of Tuesday experiencing a variety of Nairobi treats, including shops, giraffe » Read More
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
27th April, 2009 - Posted by Helen Harrison - No Comments
Yesterday the streets of London were packed with thousands of runners and even more thousands of spectators as the London Marathon took place. The British weather came up trumps and provided good conditions for both runners and spectators (no mean feat, and even harder given the usual pattern of weather for this fair isle!), and » Read More
