Sorry, we have not got lost. We have been out of touch for a few days with no network connection. We are actually very well and getting busier. Our weather here is typically hot in the middle of the day and some rain in the evening. By next month the midday sun will be directly overhead as we are almost on the Equator. We’re generally enjoying the diet here which is mostly potatoes, beans, maize, kale, eggs and the tiny fish, but we supplement it with our own breakfast cereals, coffee, fruit juice and occasional treats – we even had some Cadbury’s chocolate recently!
We are becoming more focused in our role with the church leaders and have spent 3 days meeting with Doreen and Kennedy, with another day lined up meeting with them individually - it has been very useful for us, learning more about the culture, local beliefs and the church. We have also had the added benefit of getting to know them better and have real respect for both of them.
Today we had an ‘away day’ in Oyugis with all 6 church leaders (Kennedy is now on the leadership team so it’s no longer all women!) to seek God for vision and the way forward for the church. The day didn’t go exactly according to our agenda but was really useful. We think the leaders have done really well over the last year with limited resources.
Ian and Kennedy are encouraged with Men’s group – meeting on Saturday afternoons. I can’t imagine any men at home choosing to meet at that time, especially the football addicts! The men seem keen to participate and some are asking deep questions.
Many of the church members can read in Dholuo but don’t have Bibles, so we have been able to buy some at a discount for about £4.50 each with funds from our home church in Paisley.
Ian has been driving the elderly Land Rover occasionally but he had his most challenging drive last week coming back from Oyugis when the skies went black and the rain became torrential. The volume of water rapidly obscures the holes and ruts in the road that are better avoided. However, we got home safely before it got dark.
The older children have been involved in the first attempt at “Farming God’s Way” – preparing the land, measuring it out accurately, digging holes, adding fertiliser, planting maize and bean seeds and covering it with mulch. Already the shoots are beginning to appear through the ground and now the regular task of weeding has started.
The construction work has now started on the new block of four classrooms on the land we have just agreed to buy at the bottom of the site. Also, now that we have got Planning and the other permissions, the contractor has just started on the visitor centre which he will build at the same time. Ian is “project managing” the contract and liaising with the contractor, so another challenge there – things here are generally done with much less paperwork and red tape than in the UK.
We had a visit last week from an Englishman who is involved with a school for deaf children not too far from here. It was a bit like a visit from Santa – a small round man with a white beard bearing gifts (sorry, Martin) - he brought a Kenya flag, magazines, some SU material for the school and 100 copies of the “Book of Hope” in Swahili for the children. All these are much appreciated.
“How others see us”......read the report on their visit to Hope and Kindness by the two young men travelling by Land Rover from London to South Africa – see http://realwaydown.blogspot.com/
Wednesday 14 September 2011
more focused
Sorry, we have not got lost. We have been out of touch for a few days with no network connection. We are actually very well and getting busier. Our weather here is typically hot in the middle of the day and some rain in the evening. By next month the midday sun will be directly overhead as we are almost on the Equator. We’re generally enjoying the diet here which is mostly potatoes, beans, maize, kale, eggs and the tiny fish, but we supplement it with our own breakfast cereals, coffee, fruit juice and occasional treats – we even had some Cadbury’s chocolate recently!
We are becoming more focused in our role with the church leaders and have spent 3 days meeting with Doreen and Kennedy, with another day lined up meeting with them individually - it has been very useful for us, learning more about the culture, local beliefs and the church. We have also had the added benefit of getting to know them better and have real respect for both of them.
Today we had an ‘away day’ in Oyugis with all 6 church leaders (Kennedy is now on the leadership team so it’s no longer all women!) to seek God for vision and the way forward for the church. The day didn’t go exactly according to our agenda but was really useful. We think the leaders have done really well over the last year with limited resources.
Ian and Kennedy are encouraged with Men’s group – meeting on Saturday afternoons. I can’t imagine any men at home choosing to meet at that time, especially the football addicts! The men seem keen to participate and some are asking deep questions.
Many of the church members can read in Dholuo but don’t have Bibles, so we have been able to buy some at a discount for about £4.50 each with funds from our home church in Paisley.
Ian has been driving the elderly Land Rover occasionally but he had his most challenging drive last week coming back from Oyugis when the skies went black and the rain became torrential. The volume of water rapidly obscures the holes and ruts in the road that are better avoided. However, we got home safely before it got dark.
The older children have been involved in the first attempt at “Farming God’s Way” – preparing the land, measuring it out accurately, digging holes, adding fertiliser, planting maize and bean seeds and covering it with mulch. Already the shoots are beginning to appear through the ground and now the regular task of weeding has started.
The construction work has now started on the new block of four classrooms on the land we have just agreed to buy at the bottom of the site. Also, now that we have got Planning and the other permissions, the contractor has just started on the visitor centre which he will build at the same time. Ian is “project managing” the contract and liaising with the contractor, so another challenge there – things here are generally done with much less paperwork and red tape than in the UK.
We had a visit last week from an Englishman who is involved with a school for deaf children not too far from here. It was a bit like a visit from Santa – a small round man with a white beard bearing gifts (sorry, Martin) - he brought a Kenya flag, magazines, some SU material for the school and 100 copies of the “Book of Hope” in Swahili for the children. All these are much appreciated.
“How others see us”......read the report on their visit to Hope and Kindness by the two young men travelling by Land Rover from London to South Africa – see http://realwaydown.blogspot.com/
We are becoming more focused in our role with the church leaders and have spent 3 days meeting with Doreen and Kennedy, with another day lined up meeting with them individually - it has been very useful for us, learning more about the culture, local beliefs and the church. We have also had the added benefit of getting to know them better and have real respect for both of them.
Today we had an ‘away day’ in Oyugis with all 6 church leaders (Kennedy is now on the leadership team so it’s no longer all women!) to seek God for vision and the way forward for the church. The day didn’t go exactly according to our agenda but was really useful. We think the leaders have done really well over the last year with limited resources.
Ian and Kennedy are encouraged with Men’s group – meeting on Saturday afternoons. I can’t imagine any men at home choosing to meet at that time, especially the football addicts! The men seem keen to participate and some are asking deep questions.
Many of the church members can read in Dholuo but don’t have Bibles, so we have been able to buy some at a discount for about £4.50 each with funds from our home church in Paisley.
Ian has been driving the elderly Land Rover occasionally but he had his most challenging drive last week coming back from Oyugis when the skies went black and the rain became torrential. The volume of water rapidly obscures the holes and ruts in the road that are better avoided. However, we got home safely before it got dark.
The older children have been involved in the first attempt at “Farming God’s Way” – preparing the land, measuring it out accurately, digging holes, adding fertiliser, planting maize and bean seeds and covering it with mulch. Already the shoots are beginning to appear through the ground and now the regular task of weeding has started.
The construction work has now started on the new block of four classrooms on the land we have just agreed to buy at the bottom of the site. Also, now that we have got Planning and the other permissions, the contractor has just started on the visitor centre which he will build at the same time. Ian is “project managing” the contract and liaising with the contractor, so another challenge there – things here are generally done with much less paperwork and red tape than in the UK.
We had a visit last week from an Englishman who is involved with a school for deaf children not too far from here. It was a bit like a visit from Santa – a small round man with a white beard bearing gifts (sorry, Martin) - he brought a Kenya flag, magazines, some SU material for the school and 100 copies of the “Book of Hope” in Swahili for the children. All these are much appreciated.
“How others see us”......read the report on their visit to Hope and Kindness by the two young men travelling by Land Rover from London to South Africa – see http://realwaydown.blogspot.com/
more focused
Sorry, we have not got lost. We have been out of touch for a few days with no network connection. We are actually very well and getting busier. Our weather here is typically hot in the middle of the day and some rain in the evening. By next month the midday sun will be directly overhead as we are almost on the Equator. We’re generally enjoying the diet here which is mostly potatoes, beans, maize, kale, eggs and the tiny fish, but we supplement it with our own breakfast cereals, coffee, fruit juice and occasional treats – we even had some Cadbury’s chocolate recently!
We are becoming more focused in our role with the church leaders and have spent 3 days meeting with Doreen and Kennedy, with another day lined up meeting with them individually - it has been very useful for us, learning more about the culture, local beliefs and the church. We have also had the added benefit of getting to know them better and have real respect for both of them.
Today we had an ‘away day’ in Oyugis with all 6 church leaders (Kennedy is now on the leadership team so it’s no longer all women!) to seek God for vision and the way forward for the church. The day didn’t go exactly according to our agenda but was really useful. We think the leaders have done really well over the last year with limited resources.
Ian and Kennedy are encouraged with Men’s group – meeting on Saturday afternoons. I can’t imagine any men at home choosing to meet at that time, especially the football addicts! The men seem keen to participate and some are asking deep questions.
Many of the church members can read in Dholuo but don’t have Bibles, so we have been able to buy some at a discount for about £4.50 each with funds from our home church in Paisley.
Ian has been driving the elderly Land Rover occasionally but he had his most challenging drive last week coming back from Oyugis when the skies went black and the rain became torrential. The volume of water rapidly obscures the holes and ruts in the road that are better avoided. However, we got home safely before it got dark.
The older children have been involved in the first attempt at “Farming God’s Way” – preparing the land, measuring it out accurately, digging holes, adding fertiliser, planting maize and bean seeds and covering it with mulch. Already the shoots are beginning to appear through the ground and now the regular task of weeding has started.
The construction work has now started on the new block of four classrooms on the land we have just agreed to buy at the bottom of the site. Also, now that we have got Planning and the other permissions, the contractor has just started on the visitor centre which he will build at the same time. Ian is “project managing” the contract and liaising with the contractor, so another challenge there – things here are generally done with much less paperwork and red tape than in the UK.
We had a visit last week from an Englishman who is involved with a school for deaf children not too far from here. It was a bit like a visit from Santa – a small round man with a white beard bearing gifts (sorry, Martin) - he brought a Kenya flag, magazines, some SU material for the school and 100 copies of the “Book of Hope” in Swahili for the children. All these are much appreciated.
“How others see us”......read the report on their visit to Hope and Kindness by the two young men travelling by Land Rover from London to South Africa – see http://realwaydown.blogspot.com/
We are becoming more focused in our role with the church leaders and have spent 3 days meeting with Doreen and Kennedy, with another day lined up meeting with them individually - it has been very useful for us, learning more about the culture, local beliefs and the church. We have also had the added benefit of getting to know them better and have real respect for both of them.
Today we had an ‘away day’ in Oyugis with all 6 church leaders (Kennedy is now on the leadership team so it’s no longer all women!) to seek God for vision and the way forward for the church. The day didn’t go exactly according to our agenda but was really useful. We think the leaders have done really well over the last year with limited resources.
Ian and Kennedy are encouraged with Men’s group – meeting on Saturday afternoons. I can’t imagine any men at home choosing to meet at that time, especially the football addicts! The men seem keen to participate and some are asking deep questions.
Many of the church members can read in Dholuo but don’t have Bibles, so we have been able to buy some at a discount for about £4.50 each with funds from our home church in Paisley.
Ian has been driving the elderly Land Rover occasionally but he had his most challenging drive last week coming back from Oyugis when the skies went black and the rain became torrential. The volume of water rapidly obscures the holes and ruts in the road that are better avoided. However, we got home safely before it got dark.
The older children have been involved in the first attempt at “Farming God’s Way” – preparing the land, measuring it out accurately, digging holes, adding fertiliser, planting maize and bean seeds and covering it with mulch. Already the shoots are beginning to appear through the ground and now the regular task of weeding has started.
The construction work has now started on the new block of four classrooms on the land we have just agreed to buy at the bottom of the site. Also, now that we have got Planning and the other permissions, the contractor has just started on the visitor centre which he will build at the same time. Ian is “project managing” the contract and liaising with the contractor, so another challenge there – things here are generally done with much less paperwork and red tape than in the UK.
We had a visit last week from an Englishman who is involved with a school for deaf children not too far from here. It was a bit like a visit from Santa – a small round man with a white beard bearing gifts (sorry, Martin) - he brought a Kenya flag, magazines, some SU material for the school and 100 copies of the “Book of Hope” in Swahili for the children. All these are much appreciated.
“How others see us”......read the report on their visit to Hope and Kindness by the two young men travelling by Land Rover from London to South Africa – see http://realwaydown.blogspot.com/
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