tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67150297492372592652024-02-19T07:45:59.204+03:00Dainag123Daina Goodwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12556548836996209112noreply@blogger.comBlogger171125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715029749237259265.post-34894184190845927832013-01-05T01:36:00.000+03:002013-01-05T01:36:50.722+03:00Moved!In the spirit of the new year and fresh starts, I am moving my blog, you can find the new one here! <a href="http://littledswanderings.blogspot.com/">littledswanderings.blogspot.com</a><br />
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I'm really excited about it! Thanks for your support and input!Daina Goodwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12556548836996209112noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715029749237259265.post-24602216542586305712012-10-30T08:27:00.001+03:002012-10-30T18:44:30.905+03:00Kenya in January!!First things first....I'm going back to Kenya!!<br />
I cannot explain how excited I am that I have the opportunity to go back! It has been about 3 1/2 years since I left Kenya and I have thought about it & hoped to go back everyday since.<br />
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My boss is graciously allowing me the time off to make the trip with Pastor Steve Rutenbar from January 19-February 1, 2013.<br />
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Steve, along with some of the staff & volunteers from Saddleback Church in CA, have devoted more than 15 years to working with countless schools, hospitals, drop-in centers, refugees camps, churches, & precious individuals in Kenya. Steve will be making his last "official" trip to Kitale, Kenya as Saddleback winds down their work in the region. I am sad to see their work there phase out, but so thankful that I had the opportunity to serve alongside him and so many great people, as well as establish some amazing relationships with people in Kenya that I know I can go back anytime. I am extremely grateful to now have the opportunity to be a part of this last team he'll lead to the region... at least his last trip for now ;).
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In getting prepared to go back I am praying for the people we have worked with as well as the people we have yet to meet. I am praying for safe travels for the team as we put the team together up to when we travel abroad. And, of coarse, I am praying for support, not just for myself but for everyone making the decision to go on this trip. And on that note...Brian has decided to join the team as well. I'm excited to not only have him along on the trip, I'm excited to see him involved with the Kenyan people, I know he'll be a great part of the team!<br />
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Kiddos from<br />
Shimo Primary<br />
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If you would like to support mine or Brian's trip, either in prayer or financially, please let us know. We would appreciate either. If you want to support financially, it is a tax write off:),<br />
You can make your check out to Saddleback Church with our trip number, 9003, in the memo line, not our names.<br />
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Please mail it to<br />
Daina Goodwin<br />
2208 11th Ave. S.<br />
Nashville, TN 37204<br />
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If you want to support Brian, just include his name on a piece of paper in the envelope. I am more than happy to provide stamped envelopes to anyone who wants to support, just let me know. Our deadline for support is December 1st, 2012. I guess I should also specify how much we're trying to raise, $3,248 each. Totally do-able right?:)<br />
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If you'd like to support us through prayer, you can begin to pray for our trip & team as it comes together & the people we will work with in Kenya. I will post updates as things progress in this process. Feel free to call me with any questions or thoughts.<br />
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I can't thank you enough for taking the time to read this & I promise I'll do my best to post updates. I really wish I was better at blogging and I'm going to attempt to do better. If you have questions about anything at all please ask! Thank you again for taking the time to read this. If you want to see the places I worked and see part of what we'll be doing while in Kenya, this blog was basically my daily journal while I lived there so you can click through past posts to get an idea of where we'll be and what we'll be doing.<br />
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Those who know me, know this is a huge piece of my heart & who I am, thank you for always supporting me!<br />
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These are just some of the beautiful faces I'll get to see again soon!!!!<br />
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Chris, Benja, &Andrew
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Boys from Oasis of Hope with Kenyan director, Geoffrey Okumu
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The lovely ladies from Oasis of Hope
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Kitale Street Boys
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Etau & Shaban
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Johnstone, Moses, & Martin
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Steward, Moses, & Joseph
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Evans
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Daina Goodwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12556548836996209112noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715029749237259265.post-5982742734579892422009-12-08T06:31:00.002+03:002009-12-08T06:38:35.279+03:00Things I Miss The MostSo I've decided I need to blog more, I think it's mostly going to be pictures.<br />I actually think I just want to post a picture a day of something, anything, hopefully containing beauty...<br /><br />Im going to start with some of the people, places, and things I miss the most, and that filled my heart with the most joy...<br />Thanks for reading..<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3etoe__nnT5RPhaQasN3ZUwkKmrpQoP2TUvAXLPdAsL6F4asWEpfW7NBOxPmW0g_nrrZ2vmEkXwqaeB2R1NRJZgxs4jm76WNn7NvSdhgNo8djGdPq8VbrrBpVENnh72gkt4P10cDZwCc/s1600-h/100_4813.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 231px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_gWai78boKSjGf03FAsy9nxvAHa64vbZbPPtpSnmCk-025U38KQqQskF8su0ys9L-JSY5c0IhFzQfaqBOxfDMJQFEj8hVYkNLHcrgMzB8HVLWtIAYl_pmn_gBhfNw9E0nBpAZRv2fXhw/s320/6048_1080054851879_1541520090_30183480_1438771_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412704516670977922" /></a>Daina Goodwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12556548836996209112noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715029749237259265.post-75128250996831170742009-09-13T23:56:00.004+03:002009-09-14T00:32:38.219+03:00Possible Outlet?I feel adjusted, I think I'm adjusted to being back in America. But I slowly Ive come to realize Im far from it.<br />I don't think I ever got to process everything after I got back from the first trip, and then I went on the road for about 2 months before turning right around and hoping on a plane back to Africa.<br /><br />Since I've been back, I couldn't figure out what was wrong with me. I could snap out of it long enough to see and catch up with friends, but there was and still is this underlying discontentment and unhappiness. <br /><br />I think that living in Africa, as crazy as it would get sometimes, gave me a sense of stability and normalcy that I've never had before. I miss it. I miss the peace, I miss the contentment that I felt, and what makes it so difficult is not knowing how to make that my life here. Or even a piece of it, I don't need the whole thing.<br /><br />I struggle with knowing what that looks like. All I can do is pray and take baby steps in the hopes that God has a plan for this time and where He's trying to take me.<br /><br />My other goal is to post about all the things we did in Ethiopia in July and August with Mocha Club since I couldn't update my blog from there. So that will hopefully come soon.<br /><br />Thanks to whoever took the time to read this. I appreciate you letting me vent and begin the processing.<br /><br />Some of the things I miss<br /><br />Ambo street boys who now have a home. Last year there were only 4, now there's 11!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIijY5C3fDjPO6vtCp_aFoFg2KVpE5U87IrF6s8FmvkQd2FJXUIekuCsmrjV_kJTyNLmJNjM_YdsvdPCwX_lbXMXd1zvHsDfCKB9_vTwJyX4Bf3iMFI5t8d6akCbd4IdO_24p59mLkGxM/s1600-h/IMG_0152.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIijY5C3fDjPO6vtCp_aFoFg2KVpE5U87IrF6s8FmvkQd2FJXUIekuCsmrjV_kJTyNLmJNjM_YdsvdPCwX_lbXMXd1zvHsDfCKB9_vTwJyX4Bf3iMFI5t8d6akCbd4IdO_24p59mLkGxM/s320/IMG_0152.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381064970140746786" /></a><br /><br />My little man Elia<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYU5PAOegtEwBk_Pj8i5QVEJM0B-k9-L8EYKgJk7x8e2M9ESmnCbdZLEPkwB4ti0hqa4CdYW5mJHMF4SCh4WXXp83HSm1Z90lKzcXYMC9LPnqmK_l1208QF7Vi05ZizO2O2dJjrXkH_RE/s1600-h/100_3651.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYU5PAOegtEwBk_Pj8i5QVEJM0B-k9-L8EYKgJk7x8e2M9ESmnCbdZLEPkwB4ti0hqa4CdYW5mJHMF4SCh4WXXp83HSm1Z90lKzcXYMC9LPnqmK_l1208QF7Vi05ZizO2O2dJjrXkH_RE/s320/100_3651.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381064961895683106" /></a><br /><br />The Oasis kids in Kenya<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib3060esjnXBQQs9No1yJsGsbnN_xRuR_qwLpL76ryEOlplSqVzmkZ-9bqA1FR8BVIkrBUQzebylC2u5bfB0fNRqd01_SyXVg_IiyUej9BXO8iYfhjwcSR1QblDFRw_Q_ZNsGIqTYeM-o/s1600-h/100_4813.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib3060esjnXBQQs9No1yJsGsbnN_xRuR_qwLpL76ryEOlplSqVzmkZ-9bqA1FR8BVIkrBUQzebylC2u5bfB0fNRqd01_SyXVg_IiyUej9BXO8iYfhjwcSR1QblDFRw_Q_ZNsGIqTYeM-o/s320/100_4813.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381064958836895618" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglFxTh27nRHuiVxb5245uAPSx3Cja0q8gE5E0diDjqQQTr6VoCegqx1vKPVvfcl2p2kLWqLuiFJaltXcvfWYZ_FWZ6DboyQ1nyWGFFFNUY-MuSW-D70VmHPmix1r2LZEXu0Fo912ElB8U/s1600-h/evan.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFNRO3Bjpmnkpo7ZcWHVCg91mOIy90FnlBY3YsePkU50d8_tfEwG0cgCH9KOAdyePND5rP72cJ0mHiFaK5KRF2l-WLlqV9wRTaGwapn5lvYtC3LX5DpJ1SqdAhFlADt5GS-JiOT8kNAYU/s320/cass.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381066799048114146" /></a><br /><br />Some of the street boys we worked with in Ambo, Ethiopia through Mocha Club<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXQgHpGa2zCVXDio5ZbFQHOqxhLyrBWEbRULMbrTS-ZB2Inf9Y_exwWcGGSDUCCkx4zUsK75pUEB8vg-_Kq6t9_CGZDl9aSy93lXOzLf13q4C3DmDYBsLrTxAc0nJJSA1IBrk8lYhB6NQ/s1600-h/amboboys.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXQgHpGa2zCVXDio5ZbFQHOqxhLyrBWEbRULMbrTS-ZB2Inf9Y_exwWcGGSDUCCkx4zUsK75pUEB8vg-_Kq6t9_CGZDl9aSy93lXOzLf13q4C3DmDYBsLrTxAc0nJJSA1IBrk8lYhB6NQ/s320/amboboys.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381066797143375602" /></a><br /><br />Mocha Club One Month Team<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwxx-khJ3WLJeNXT5_pcywh-_GHCLePVlw_7zh45jfE9cnJQ68y-PYBI_gbDa-0GCCsgNVUrE2AjF-eUgqvJRQGrSYZjMa1tejqUMhZ0X3J6tyDiWgwKYC87-_I5Pi7Pt1-0kAezipiWU/s1600-h/group.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwxx-khJ3WLJeNXT5_pcywh-_GHCLePVlw_7zh45jfE9cnJQ68y-PYBI_gbDa-0GCCsgNVUrE2AjF-eUgqvJRQGrSYZjMa1tejqUMhZ0X3J6tyDiWgwKYC87-_I5Pi7Pt1-0kAezipiWU/s320/group.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381066816846887778" /></a>Daina Goodwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12556548836996209112noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715029749237259265.post-11006594964884823512009-07-05T22:56:00.004+03:002009-07-05T23:33:03.815+03:00Tonight, we went to house 1 for dinner. Normally it's reserved for friday nights, but since Im only here for a short time, the house dad's have thankfully made an exception. <br />We brought along my friend Emmanuel from Rwanda and my friend Jacinta's 3 boys, Charles, Thomas, and Joseph.<br /><br />Jacinta and Joseph<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitgz-liooPmbJNTlU4UmkkQCo1bxeN3ut24-hFpgJxWAwz56Pmc2aKOhZUXsCo6CWaAEeJLqBvdj6vwJocdMGzG4HNcTVLNpFOFhubT_L8X6VXhnTqEJSpbF5bi6n32qflSMfkfO1FpEQ/s1600-h/mejacintajose.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitgz-liooPmbJNTlU4UmkkQCo1bxeN3ut24-hFpgJxWAwz56Pmc2aKOhZUXsCo6CWaAEeJLqBvdj6vwJocdMGzG4HNcTVLNpFOFhubT_L8X6VXhnTqEJSpbF5bi6n32qflSMfkfO1FpEQ/s320/mejacintajose.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355068246748842642" /></a><br /><br />Moses working hard on the chipati. While we were in the kitchen, Stone, Moses, and I swapped some great stories and just had some great conversation. I've really missed those times the most.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSkOUC6I67Ly1yPhq05zQcCLcp3UQd9jE8XJTIttTvKBRgxbJM_1dQdvJamQKU2ArVZpikbSfx6MFDhN5H95BQXVYRImAREbLL7aTwkg3RPLjyAdHLRK0harEbWka2-2eBlO1sqzAghOc/s1600-h/mosechipati.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSkOUC6I67Ly1yPhq05zQcCLcp3UQd9jE8XJTIttTvKBRgxbJM_1dQdvJamQKU2ArVZpikbSfx6MFDhN5H95BQXVYRImAREbLL7aTwkg3RPLjyAdHLRK0harEbWka2-2eBlO1sqzAghOc/s320/mosechipati.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355068236410350194" /></a><br /><br />Charles, Thomas, and Joseph<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF-74sq-AyFui8IRXc_YGIyfOhyPKPA6zCl7YANRAJGAPQvuyGo5e3NRdd9b2PxWCulQ09mxmfSEKjrHrJHsQh3tq8qHOiY-IeEcex9LYtm7k7e3ztLWDuqxFk6dtbYhi_9Wrh2djDEpY/s1600-h/charlesthomasjose.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF-74sq-AyFui8IRXc_YGIyfOhyPKPA6zCl7YANRAJGAPQvuyGo5e3NRdd9b2PxWCulQ09mxmfSEKjrHrJHsQh3tq8qHOiY-IeEcex9LYtm7k7e3ztLWDuqxFk6dtbYhi_9Wrh2djDEpY/s320/charlesthomasjose.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355068235020557714" /></a><br /><br />Cassie's slowly becoming Kenyan, she's practicing her balancing skills, starting with a wide cup.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitU-1oGOML_zsm9EBgBrJa5IN4Ratv3hCbTole_yec4QeGCFNLxl8mV0zOD6Dz5IzVU4kfoRwZF7heiINoPxmg0LatD8oiOAPojXve3Dsd7bc_tfZ0j-EQACGHKWm40qfI1bE43vJ3iIk/s1600-h/cassiecup.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitU-1oGOML_zsm9EBgBrJa5IN4Ratv3hCbTole_yec4QeGCFNLxl8mV0zOD6Dz5IzVU4kfoRwZF7heiINoPxmg0LatD8oiOAPojXve3Dsd7bc_tfZ0j-EQACGHKWm40qfI1bE43vJ3iIk/s320/cassiecup.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355068230410098162" /></a><br /><br />This baby randomly walked in the front door and made itself at home. Her mom came in to take her home and she won't go...She even ate our chipati...Look at those eyes, she even looks like a thief.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDeQfPRZycqgUM6Rpo9WHbyaC97DkC5ZPb6jyxyQ7IaPGunRnFS4oD61nyt4x6PQ5jC7i2LKk_HeulRPEy3eXUj8WIkdO9ocPBGkeXv1TzJKrzk81WFP-q5iGllIdOy9U7g7EzQrefNyo/s1600-h/randombaby.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDeQfPRZycqgUM6Rpo9WHbyaC97DkC5ZPb6jyxyQ7IaPGunRnFS4oD61nyt4x6PQ5jC7i2LKk_HeulRPEy3eXUj8WIkdO9ocPBGkeXv1TzJKrzk81WFP-q5iGllIdOy9U7g7EzQrefNyo/s320/randombaby.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355071682757757362" /></a><br /><br />Mose and Paul sitting on top of their well<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkxTHO_1KFeqbreNqwZgP6fTtX98iliEFXDpTWCVwzJpbqdOaSkngQ4bEdwy5yapNBYsv2Uay91kQn72_Br_jjoXQ544i_bxkfbTn-i0k45sM59-y5QIGFjuj4LKV8Rvi4IqEdU4-vuF8/s1600-h/mosepaulwell.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkxTHO_1KFeqbreNqwZgP6fTtX98iliEFXDpTWCVwzJpbqdOaSkngQ4bEdwy5yapNBYsv2Uay91kQn72_Br_jjoXQ544i_bxkfbTn-i0k45sM59-y5QIGFjuj4LKV8Rvi4IqEdU4-vuF8/s320/mosepaulwell.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355071676481099010" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Hqhjxi4dCDS8KlmmP5JTABzM3vb84yqOCBQN1wJtIKgFXzWMFOHKaCVvHNLIfH42wgJdGO60LdILm1qg8EtjisPu2F2XoxoA4mgepcfKkile12neKBpE3bSS7ZpCUG3_EyXYyE10HvU/s1600-h/cassiedinner.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Hqhjxi4dCDS8KlmmP5JTABzM3vb84yqOCBQN1wJtIKgFXzWMFOHKaCVvHNLIfH42wgJdGO60LdILm1qg8EtjisPu2F2XoxoA4mgepcfKkile12neKBpE3bSS7ZpCUG3_EyXYyE10HvU/s320/cassiedinner.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355075128023047442" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdaY35VZ8EdlK1KXQTWuBcJ72w8N8Wmt-nVSVLrpxyHK73gTgjy069HiIv-_yl5hXzoK3eLHL6Lx4CdYnerRZPsLYxEj8qVunPODRYMNpIjnlRhOisNJ_RHEcF9zODtx4AzU8WOPKlgUM/s1600-h/group.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdaY35VZ8EdlK1KXQTWuBcJ72w8N8Wmt-nVSVLrpxyHK73gTgjy069HiIv-_yl5hXzoK3eLHL6Lx4CdYnerRZPsLYxEj8qVunPODRYMNpIjnlRhOisNJ_RHEcF9zODtx4AzU8WOPKlgUM/s320/group.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355071687055103266" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizKu0xEARCf0wlzenv-ie6jZiLu23FCLFoyQtr_86G7JJmIyLbnTJ9efWi9aChtNu9ph0-6EpO1xqGMOV_qXhk3iHPS1zDUcx-55E7S0o101gnYPCSx18foSLDujpiTxY8kKDV3hWOPcw/s1600-h/group1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizKu0xEARCf0wlzenv-ie6jZiLu23FCLFoyQtr_86G7JJmIyLbnTJ9efWi9aChtNu9ph0-6EpO1xqGMOV_qXhk3iHPS1zDUcx-55E7S0o101gnYPCSx18foSLDujpiTxY8kKDV3hWOPcw/s320/group1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355071688145938146" /></a>Daina Goodwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12556548836996209112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715029749237259265.post-3481140176653339822009-07-05T22:08:00.004+03:002009-07-05T22:55:48.142+03:00SaturdayYesterday, Cassie and I joined Torie, Delia, Sammy, Kylee and Ashley at the Kitale Club to take some of the girls from Discover to Recover swimming. It was so much fun, but I dont have any pictures because theyre all on Kylees camera. Trust me it was really fun. Most of the girls didnt know how to swim, but it didnt stop them from jumping off the diving board. <br />They had a lot of fun and it was great to see them having so much fun<br /><br />After the pool, we went to Lydia's house with all the house kids to just hang out and play games and sports and watch Michael Jackson videos for a while...<br /><br /><br />Steward and Joseph<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRLr9RLz7nt_AKzvINdsces7iZm0mECMopyCwXfkp6cXROigRmn0guMz-iiPoc1pLRr00JOHVpyOmPrEqJvXB_Z61NgI2C7Kbn4viLOXiDMYvOYL4KWLWVUcWrWRoApVRFNMFEN7kxXHM/s1600-h/steward&jose.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRLr9RLz7nt_AKzvINdsces7iZm0mECMopyCwXfkp6cXROigRmn0guMz-iiPoc1pLRr00JOHVpyOmPrEqJvXB_Z61NgI2C7Kbn4viLOXiDMYvOYL4KWLWVUcWrWRoApVRFNMFEN7kxXHM/s320/steward&jose.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355057453787824178" /></a><br /><br />Moses can slam dunk, no surprise with those long legs<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicisflj_MyahVFlgQ0wbY_Uigag_k1cABtqFSzb5ykEuftlJHpWSPYg-IKWcHJ_nlu7C9itZ0XcCbMBF7xNepb2R3WwZ5U70hZO7lhHuk6-jHrC4ovDEmqQDyOoop_KuZ4x7vOS5l8L-I/s1600-h/mosebasket.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicisflj_MyahVFlgQ0wbY_Uigag_k1cABtqFSzb5ykEuftlJHpWSPYg-IKWcHJ_nlu7C9itZ0XcCbMBF7xNepb2R3WwZ5U70hZO7lhHuk6-jHrC4ovDEmqQDyOoop_KuZ4x7vOS5l8L-I/s320/mosebasket.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355057450328930338" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUkziSqRMDPDFpiMuogJ5It0ujezUcdjudyMo9QWF0uwB4uu3Rr29u2XD1kCfAFP19yWVraFaEJdxYqU87s5D-YYD1k1hPelaMOlyQTBNxJ-_OHpBJKAuQxy5IJGhOUVqeYIiDoBKJvEA/s1600-h/moeball.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUkziSqRMDPDFpiMuogJ5It0ujezUcdjudyMo9QWF0uwB4uu3Rr29u2XD1kCfAFP19yWVraFaEJdxYqU87s5D-YYD1k1hPelaMOlyQTBNxJ-_OHpBJKAuQxy5IJGhOUVqeYIiDoBKJvEA/s320/moeball.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355057442430284210" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzdyM2s-6flMGV-GnPKXUroqZxyETYeJKG418DIRMuHUiLX2pXmw85fNvElLwtvPTv4f4Yi1GRVx4UaU0PzmKt5LEn85EKmSISAGGhZXMRNIfijm15WU8ftWsoGdbvUItSwtXpl1g_VZ8/s1600-h/memose.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzdyM2s-6flMGV-GnPKXUroqZxyETYeJKG418DIRMuHUiLX2pXmw85fNvElLwtvPTv4f4Yi1GRVx4UaU0PzmKt5LEn85EKmSISAGGhZXMRNIfijm15WU8ftWsoGdbvUItSwtXpl1g_VZ8/s320/memose.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355057439392312322" /></a><br /><br />Martin was trying to balance the ball on his head<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixcqNO0EkZS8IDIUcoXtRuJuZpoGDfoN30YAq3n4bpYMcIXjZlUDITXfZb6tPAfV7eYWL-xtceHykmNuFVPh0pnP4lYkBXllIGR6Pste1fjAiFMgi9LqMBL9nthbwpguypGPTEjmhIEus/s1600-h/martinball.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixcqNO0EkZS8IDIUcoXtRuJuZpoGDfoN30YAq3n4bpYMcIXjZlUDITXfZb6tPAfV7eYWL-xtceHykmNuFVPh0pnP4lYkBXllIGR6Pste1fjAiFMgi9LqMBL9nthbwpguypGPTEjmhIEus/s320/martinball.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355057436725308530" /></a><br /><br />Kamau sees the tree...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge4KdIKr8dmCD6hJEo8Eyq58Qo7VplbgudBU5CnQLvC8UtbOLJRgSTik_ej6YjgyviU7AMDNt-6GobFCDHOO1vRH05KEzNBHfWBnW40CI1xxgK19zrv9YV1Yi1qRWvlAVf7HB2ljPqCAo/s1600-h/kamaubackyard.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge4KdIKr8dmCD6hJEo8Eyq58Qo7VplbgudBU5CnQLvC8UtbOLJRgSTik_ej6YjgyviU7AMDNt-6GobFCDHOO1vRH05KEzNBHfWBnW40CI1xxgK19zrv9YV1Yi1qRWvlAVf7HB2ljPqCAo/s320/kamaubackyard.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355056143483708850" /></a><br /><br />Kamau in the tree<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBdc5qrmOT5EPuEkkV1zKGO7Eqh4kQK87FHFT2oh1BmQaQnP3AibdeFhy4ZcCA3K241ZfHd02TVydleUNPpGFWRm9PH0k0m6jzuNYnATaKV5H-bN0hCslN9qyqNLKsFrSLTeUTny36d-0/s1600-h/kamau.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBdc5qrmOT5EPuEkkV1zKGO7Eqh4kQK87FHFT2oh1BmQaQnP3AibdeFhy4ZcCA3K241ZfHd02TVydleUNPpGFWRm9PH0k0m6jzuNYnATaKV5H-bN0hCslN9qyqNLKsFrSLTeUTny36d-0/s320/kamau.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355056136411318530" /></a><br /><br />"Football"<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDNBXF8uI_G15TGg-mU6wNt3uZRAQgna2IIbuL93MZ7EPtcZOYg7c2T4iNpgBEEtychO9l-QUB6QFbaJaJl-eyOskIU2AIfhgDy10rwPJo_vDfSusTWyq2B71HHsrthJ6QDPdmmNBQAdc/s1600-h/football.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDNBXF8uI_G15TGg-mU6wNt3uZRAQgna2IIbuL93MZ7EPtcZOYg7c2T4iNpgBEEtychO9l-QUB6QFbaJaJl-eyOskIU2AIfhgDy10rwPJo_vDfSusTWyq2B71HHsrthJ6QDPdmmNBQAdc/s320/football.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355056132777090418" /></a><br /><br />Evani<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmjWMKMCHq5HvQU4hdX7t-fxMfcSeY-IKfdPW7ezgQVJ0EcXMN9FuIbmyPubK2EXd3p4gaZaZo2JMxCO3ubdPpTNp8xVtjCAQ2eOGaEYvYt2YV4N5kB_TJA1BhemcG4ixzEatVZruFzFc/s1600-h/evani.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmjWMKMCHq5HvQU4hdX7t-fxMfcSeY-IKfdPW7ezgQVJ0EcXMN9FuIbmyPubK2EXd3p4gaZaZo2JMxCO3ubdPpTNp8xVtjCAQ2eOGaEYvYt2YV4N5kB_TJA1BhemcG4ixzEatVZruFzFc/s320/evani.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355056130737647954" /></a><br /><br />Little Alice, the ball was bigger than her whole body<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje-0klPwDC72EFKhYYaAOVCsiLedVyAC8mtKJ1aj-Z30_Ty1xGxYuOzsCxfaZCt3ud9K4gFVOgdGqbrCTj1fzneP4Jn4ssCrb1wTPlubcS8W9tz2kjG9HwIhlikbaYsOpRZGT6te3o3Ys/s1600-h/aliceball.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje-0klPwDC72EFKhYYaAOVCsiLedVyAC8mtKJ1aj-Z30_Ty1xGxYuOzsCxfaZCt3ud9K4gFVOgdGqbrCTj1fzneP4Jn4ssCrb1wTPlubcS8W9tz2kjG9HwIhlikbaYsOpRZGT6te3o3Ys/s320/aliceball.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355056130067270002" /></a><br /><br />I hurt my back so i wasn't so active, but I loved just sitting outside and watching the kids play. Kitale is one of the most beautiful places I've seen, and I'm always so content here. It's tough to leave. I'm really excited to go to Ethiopia, because I have missed it and I'm meeting up with a great team, it's just hard to leave a place I feel has become my home and people that are true friends.Daina Goodwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12556548836996209112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715029749237259265.post-31059708869603020312009-07-04T13:17:00.003+03:002009-07-04T13:45:09.448+03:00Sister Freda'sOn thursday night we went to Sister Freda's for dinner. She hosted all 18 of us from our house plus a bunch from the hospital. There were so many people!<br />It was just a great night for community and to spend time outside of "work"<br /><br />Moses used to live at the hospital but recently moved to Freda's and now shares a room with Davis, whom I love.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguOnjLp324WQSlrnjOzieMy9q8bNcR-522oGM8T4PJeC1KnmStWDGXLNHkCcoAB1Jug29BSmTxRra2y2-XWwg7BzmQzJe4v9q6GIYmcz6enS2xrQmxrLRNS7Vx9sPf95MlsEvimQyViMM/s1600-h/moses.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguOnjLp324WQSlrnjOzieMy9q8bNcR-522oGM8T4PJeC1KnmStWDGXLNHkCcoAB1Jug29BSmTxRra2y2-XWwg7BzmQzJe4v9q6GIYmcz6enS2xrQmxrLRNS7Vx9sPf95MlsEvimQyViMM/s320/moses.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354548900401594514" /></a><br /><br />I love this one of cassie, i was trying to take a picture of Freda and Richard's backyard and Cassie jumped in front <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvGHd_mG583Em9yf_ues9ZMQPjD-sDbD1qk5Rjez5y_p4iR16F1NJVlMNWKL2KFi0G3YYvM2PWhBwHDToQXBWuCnnIBcGjM9ZABuiDw98R-UescGbM4we-ddn2DomR7ECESZCltJNYXsM/s1600-h/cassatfreds.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvGHd_mG583Em9yf_ues9ZMQPjD-sDbD1qk5Rjez5y_p4iR16F1NJVlMNWKL2KFi0G3YYvM2PWhBwHDToQXBWuCnnIBcGjM9ZABuiDw98R-UescGbM4we-ddn2DomR7ECESZCltJNYXsM/s320/cassatfreds.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354548892080764930" /></a><br /><br />DAVIS!!! Ive missed hanging out and running around with him. He doesnt talk much, but when he does he likes to correct me in english...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiexr20by4zjRYcWLhzLxfzFTQgHA0xCP9TVeJepnoax8sPW67msUvD7PvttN0g4NwDAcK6XQr8pUqoaYdtHuEO4zTmfKiBJig4gPOEfk8NNU48SVThrFJLi2D2K7ZJg0AOr-bNjDyxfo0/s1600-h/davis.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiexr20by4zjRYcWLhzLxfzFTQgHA0xCP9TVeJepnoax8sPW67msUvD7PvttN0g4NwDAcK6XQr8pUqoaYdtHuEO4zTmfKiBJig4gPOEfk8NNU48SVThrFJLi2D2K7ZJg0AOr-bNjDyxfo0/s320/davis.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354548894670157634" /></a><br /><br />Cassie loves the little kittens, they fall asleep in her lap.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXPgMtNj-K36g9yBu1nyIPrWcHycCECyHaHE6XEz_-Tv_qPPmGcw6vlIqLToav6fhhBGMrYcURlEtbK1GkFubydh6vrk_krpxc889fqgklg_0egMbmGoLUWoN_e4v-s02FNAOOPolszBo/s1600-h/cassiecat.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXPgMtNj-K36g9yBu1nyIPrWcHycCECyHaHE6XEz_-Tv_qPPmGcw6vlIqLToav6fhhBGMrYcURlEtbK1GkFubydh6vrk_krpxc889fqgklg_0egMbmGoLUWoN_e4v-s02FNAOOPolszBo/s320/cassiecat.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354548883965288626" /></a><br /><br /><br />Freda's granddaughter Gail<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEido0fya6bNt6aqw2JI4HLQ_dahAHwhyphenhyphen8sNXqt0UQ7LJuJbWjN16gy7mt6hsSvexy9jbjeGP0DnM3EkzwOUZXeaMWCWrLex5bikZa5fc_hJXYpe5IRzma9NOj2uVK3QqpvmfY-aPVcbiqU/s1600-h/gail.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEido0fya6bNt6aqw2JI4HLQ_dahAHwhyphenhyphen8sNXqt0UQ7LJuJbWjN16gy7mt6hsSvexy9jbjeGP0DnM3EkzwOUZXeaMWCWrLex5bikZa5fc_hJXYpe5IRzma9NOj2uVK3QqpvmfY-aPVcbiqU/s320/gail.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354553575944004594" /></a><br /><br />Davis had some stellar overalls and no teeth<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMa2r8PjlFDz2ChRZBV35DS_m7YTQjEir8KSSp7NqBTcA0Dsr0VhSo17Y9UOo3vF3cNUaRAkl0snrYEnmTIdo86y93am_JU78x9CW_czjxLP3WSa11QTjIGE21gsjYKEJ0FbQ4Lzefv1E/s1600-h/davis1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMa2r8PjlFDz2ChRZBV35DS_m7YTQjEir8KSSp7NqBTcA0Dsr0VhSo17Y9UOo3vF3cNUaRAkl0snrYEnmTIdo86y93am_JU78x9CW_czjxLP3WSa11QTjIGE21gsjYKEJ0FbQ4Lzefv1E/s320/davis1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354553571907509602" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJW9Pa74cgTpj5xK2TyMdUlUPV0JkNImaXWNqwItEGoYQncLIuH-VCSpATqoROAbTgDO55055n2Do1mTtLPkOr7h7wavRHk4p4yy2Yg7DclfXVDIb99YgmrCkJ-u43Mff1EktecB39suk/s1600-h/meandmose.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJW9Pa74cgTpj5xK2TyMdUlUPV0JkNImaXWNqwItEGoYQncLIuH-VCSpATqoROAbTgDO55055n2Do1mTtLPkOr7h7wavRHk4p4yy2Yg7DclfXVDIb99YgmrCkJ-u43Mff1EktecB39suk/s320/meandmose.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354553567853322818" /></a>Daina Goodwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12556548836996209112noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715029749237259265.post-48333923936526530592009-07-03T22:28:00.003+03:002009-07-03T22:51:13.230+03:00Catching up pt. 2We've done so much this week, i can't keep up with the days so im just going to blog about it all as if it were wone big day...plus cassie's camera keeps dying so we dont get to take as many pictures....<br /><br /><br />One day Freda was having another medical clinic in Kipsongo. I really wanted Cassie to see it after my first experience with it about a year ago. I thought we were only going to get to be around the medical clinic, but we were fortunate enough to get to walk into the village so she could meet some of the people who live there and see their homes.<br /><br />This little one kept poking his head in through the whole in the clinic<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlYeZQ-cmegDmJgr6yZp6fSlGgNvQ1ZGySsVZ7KC_HbMTmiSDDUqT8Fq2-Dnzm2FcBkJtiCzXH36sKgKgbrIBOO7ZcYEYFhgZnzYx0uW17AaRyjjzUxJ99LnKWUh37harNPY0wC0MNzCs/s1600-h/kipsongokid.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlYeZQ-cmegDmJgr6yZp6fSlGgNvQ1ZGySsVZ7KC_HbMTmiSDDUqT8Fq2-Dnzm2FcBkJtiCzXH36sKgKgbrIBOO7ZcYEYFhgZnzYx0uW17AaRyjjzUxJ99LnKWUh37harNPY0wC0MNzCs/s320/kipsongokid.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354318816907200850" /></a><br /><br />Good ole' Richard, a favorite of mine<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWiItD0jBlesdc0zN_6blDrukZXLZC3tGQiK9CsegdTmw5D5WyslCa_IkTS9msP99jbxqMb5sy8KvncSkHxfsdxu1A11x1-wLmh4razS39Kh6-M3BAgPQHrbY6S-ICtZIHoY6ML9TdE9I/s1600-h/richard.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWiItD0jBlesdc0zN_6blDrukZXLZC3tGQiK9CsegdTmw5D5WyslCa_IkTS9msP99jbxqMb5sy8KvncSkHxfsdxu1A11x1-wLmh4razS39Kh6-M3BAgPQHrbY6S-ICtZIHoY6ML9TdE9I/s320/richard.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354318811073503058" /></a><br /><br />Freda put cassie to work pouring syrups and labeling bottles<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHy2vcNI8Kjz-IYcWBLveRBA72dthzJNg-oOqbRXVlLySL6EsW-2IlJdV7hKyQfxQoNp0M7Fh81jWH-5nscCwxQRZp7uv6zpsJgXx75F6pDFcLulVIZKlu4qrR1V8bieKJWGMSA5wGkJA/s1600-h/cassieclinic.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHy2vcNI8Kjz-IYcWBLveRBA72dthzJNg-oOqbRXVlLySL6EsW-2IlJdV7hKyQfxQoNp0M7Fh81jWH-5nscCwxQRZp7uv6zpsJgXx75F6pDFcLulVIZKlu4qrR1V8bieKJWGMSA5wGkJA/s320/cassieclinic.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354318806476455730" /></a><br /><br />Earlier in the week we went to a primary school down the road called Shimo La Tewa Primary...which Steve originally told us meant "The Snake Pit" but later found out it means something serene like, "the bridge over the valley"...<br />There is a water pump that is one of the only fresh water pumps in the area, but it has been dry lately because there has been almost no rain....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBowF9wcVL4AwD-OYYMv7uWbY7y-VbD4Od6TRxLvifT5TiyUzskDHlXtsYJjWG0ac_g5ZZO4zFXKQ9bkqK1DnebFOp1fQvDmWt5s6qdP-upO-1b0_Ah4F0kFKfb5a9UsebwXsK8wZCUtk/s1600-h/shimowell.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBowF9wcVL4AwD-OYYMv7uWbY7y-VbD4Od6TRxLvifT5TiyUzskDHlXtsYJjWG0ac_g5ZZO4zFXKQ9bkqK1DnebFOp1fQvDmWt5s6qdP-upO-1b0_Ah4F0kFKfb5a9UsebwXsK8wZCUtk/s320/shimowell.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354318803176944962" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKSoh7tU82cRtCTNdnmvVf6HJnO1OPqHEeJk0V8UBy4V_St3BSS03DWDr3F4tIoICggYIC5v2r34H-me2yqQCxErpAEwRf6J8PkBIckWK68KaYrz0q3kR8A-hHQ4ss5o3PxG_VUsus0fE/s1600-h/shimoprimary.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKSoh7tU82cRtCTNdnmvVf6HJnO1OPqHEeJk0V8UBy4V_St3BSS03DWDr3F4tIoICggYIC5v2r34H-me2yqQCxErpAEwRf6J8PkBIckWK68KaYrz0q3kR8A-hHQ4ss5o3PxG_VUsus0fE/s320/shimoprimary.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354318797756706658" /></a><br /><br />Then as if an answer to prayer, this huge storm rolled in and dumped a bunch of rain on Kitale<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj63B1oR7rZN1QSHl2iTNJx5USfgReeyqbeO4WNqysj1MowMpakqw4wOIcdGmqzTMRkxGyCdX-6aUH7jbICUAlavWgks5n6JsoBoBWY29PkR61ZRrl6m2abrXvHl96MhSliQdHN2lqF2v0/s1600-h/storm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj63B1oR7rZN1QSHl2iTNJx5USfgReeyqbeO4WNqysj1MowMpakqw4wOIcdGmqzTMRkxGyCdX-6aUH7jbICUAlavWgks5n6JsoBoBWY29PkR61ZRrl6m2abrXvHl96MhSliQdHN2lqF2v0/s320/storm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354323107204355554" /></a><br /><br />Theres definitely more updates to come, i just can't stay awake.Daina Goodwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12556548836996209112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715029749237259265.post-10586102273412458502009-07-03T21:53:00.006+03:002009-07-03T22:26:06.733+03:00catching upSo theres quite a bit to get caught up on and im not really sure where to start...the last thing I remember not blogging about was our dinner with the house boys last sunday, so i guess Ill start there...<br />we went over Sunday evening and helped the boys make dinner and watched a movie, plus the usual running around that comes with it all...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiakGm66VKQyM420765Eed7Sxvc4P0s5xKv8OZHDuoe4Ztz84welGtmpr1efu_J35dUKy3KMYmPFopHpxJJDVEvKp-PHGj10FUwo7bjAvq4QLkuSaqSUezVEURmQQo0XEukhSdrWJWGcw/s1600-h/martinmejose.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiakGm66VKQyM420765Eed7Sxvc4P0s5xKv8OZHDuoe4Ztz84welGtmpr1efu_J35dUKy3KMYmPFopHpxJJDVEvKp-PHGj10FUwo7bjAvq4QLkuSaqSUezVEURmQQo0XEukhSdrWJWGcw/s320/martinmejose.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354310460543672946" /></a><br /><br />Martin in a goofy mood<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfwysvCbs5EM9G_5msrQk4KNaFGK9OpGphsg5kG-In4lR27MsJs99A3oYxlXWio96lPXCaIpbCgOQdC7f606Rw9eXIpQZsiPlfSpDzG_O6AY9-TAQtThQ_guLVtEeg8tCo3dO3OwhPlKY/s1600-h/martin.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfwysvCbs5EM9G_5msrQk4KNaFGK9OpGphsg5kG-In4lR27MsJs99A3oYxlXWio96lPXCaIpbCgOQdC7f606Rw9eXIpQZsiPlfSpDzG_O6AY9-TAQtThQ_guLVtEeg8tCo3dO3OwhPlKY/s320/martin.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354310456556757330" /></a><br /><br />Joseph and his fake diamond earring...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF_pIEco0YOZj4zq9qa9JFhMsaNC3b3nW32D5eH4eTL3eB0cNLsDzQGzTvbpJ2OAPVJAIUWlSFV0Clw4tYNGXAnmBAF8DLrF5btlvuR9pwa-Tbs41WfEaH3VTYJMCjq3B8A2FBsbXiHd4/s1600-h/joseph.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF_pIEco0YOZj4zq9qa9JFhMsaNC3b3nW32D5eH4eTL3eB0cNLsDzQGzTvbpJ2OAPVJAIUWlSFV0Clw4tYNGXAnmBAF8DLrF5btlvuR9pwa-Tbs41WfEaH3VTYJMCjq3B8A2FBsbXiHd4/s320/joseph.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354310452453512706" /></a><br /><br />Paul<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGw0fm2PyhhzVrhPP1RqCLDOxu16lhdmMqiHKLYSRsBX4rpl6vf_bXMnnmxQju-qBfJwLolUTFqIf_s996NSOqIxx5WmqHCNMn-OsyECj9KRCxEWlJkIsrCP58VAh4vxtMK7TdNEskZ2Y/s1600-h/etabo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGw0fm2PyhhzVrhPP1RqCLDOxu16lhdmMqiHKLYSRsBX4rpl6vf_bXMnnmxQju-qBfJwLolUTFqIf_s996NSOqIxx5WmqHCNMn-OsyECj9KRCxEWlJkIsrCP58VAh4vxtMK7TdNEskZ2Y/s320/etabo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354310446916524034" /></a><br /><br /><br />Steward has a new hat<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnwT_8dRWE_SNu3x9ZOrAFoUfXoXSb-Fnv-FJRAog-CluvbLffJRuOBGH9d-mVUPTjhqrDx_Jv3V0G1qg-4g_6beUeC5uNQVjT6383w5AOoh7ssGAKHfXmeqsmi2lajbzp8SRWLjF2YMs/s1600-h/stewardhat.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnwT_8dRWE_SNu3x9ZOrAFoUfXoXSb-Fnv-FJRAog-CluvbLffJRuOBGH9d-mVUPTjhqrDx_Jv3V0G1qg-4g_6beUeC5uNQVjT6383w5AOoh7ssGAKHfXmeqsmi2lajbzp8SRWLjF2YMs/s320/stewardhat.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354315542593754066" /></a><br /><br />Pato made some good chipati<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgPzl5h8Rx9JGCstF5l9rRtYYuxYgu93wxeN6atPYksckigOEr7K1M_5TnOACo20AcGlxdKxDZ42BAtUOnLqY5SbxPEBe0pt5-wSLO79PmfLgdOV8FBtztm7PFkOzjYJDSKJxZ2zKPhZs/s1600-h/patokitchen.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgPzl5h8Rx9JGCstF5l9rRtYYuxYgu93wxeN6atPYksckigOEr7K1M_5TnOACo20AcGlxdKxDZ42BAtUOnLqY5SbxPEBe0pt5-wSLO79PmfLgdOV8FBtztm7PFkOzjYJDSKJxZ2zKPhZs/s320/patokitchen.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354315539152402082" /></a><br /><br />Stone's faces only get better with age<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRcoKYTElOYBd9MOekWXFkSBM6D6sKDlpLMPsa2EixjsMms-J8wqmKJfjHe_R-zS5JzdjcZJIIvfaj09yuMIoSBEbVUI73hdOuyDC3O9r90jJT3RnwFK09BfD6LvU6tfQBT7wQANBfCuM/s1600-h/mestonjose.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRcoKYTElOYBd9MOekWXFkSBM6D6sKDlpLMPsa2EixjsMms-J8wqmKJfjHe_R-zS5JzdjcZJIIvfaj09yuMIoSBEbVUI73hdOuyDC3O9r90jJT3RnwFK09BfD6LvU6tfQBT7wQANBfCuM/s320/mestonjose.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354315535990563426" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzQiZeN8pB3zQUPOeNhwP0wUpdp5B-mziV9NRz1SJcG5tkqinGlnc9QEZScKUsieIyp5nZ_viEUb7PZa9J5aFzfM66pgPxDaVXkQ-YJj1rQxkpJ6K48K7F3XwgSw6UhEi6JYJF7rUzHqM/s1600-h/mestonechipati.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzQiZeN8pB3zQUPOeNhwP0wUpdp5B-mziV9NRz1SJcG5tkqinGlnc9QEZScKUsieIyp5nZ_viEUb7PZa9J5aFzfM66pgPxDaVXkQ-YJj1rQxkpJ6K48K7F3XwgSw6UhEi6JYJF7rUzHqM/s320/mestonechipati.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354315531776775906" /></a><br /><br /><br />Apparently the boys wrestled a bit while the rest of us were in the kitchen working<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVvs8rAB6Fu1Ga5YwRluB52bKHOakB3ksLoykRHyw7IxoAnRM0tLk1TumQOALPuQy-Ixw5UXKPfnqUIrgy2fnOntYmWYU30pCYUy5jCH-Y-IYx8tclxNrU2X_s71ZR-7M854wQHbW_L-M/s1600-h/boys.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVvs8rAB6Fu1Ga5YwRluB52bKHOakB3ksLoykRHyw7IxoAnRM0tLk1TumQOALPuQy-Ixw5UXKPfnqUIrgy2fnOntYmWYU30pCYUy5jCH-Y-IYx8tclxNrU2X_s71ZR-7M854wQHbW_L-M/s320/boys.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354316361262816978" /></a><br /><br />Steward<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcK8hHmKCvWqh0okmCpZhocPfbFl8YZinPXGr0sxkHR5nyBS-BUuaXzSdgpfYVwCYYSsO2_H_nbinoOqsj7whoYOFrSkJLitMa6Fz6FH0Nze0Huf0hUhXJkB7naXTDRQInL2qF5DWLJ1g/s1600-h/stewardfly.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcK8hHmKCvWqh0okmCpZhocPfbFl8YZinPXGr0sxkHR5nyBS-BUuaXzSdgpfYVwCYYSsO2_H_nbinoOqsj7whoYOFrSkJLitMa6Fz6FH0Nze0Huf0hUhXJkB7naXTDRQInL2qF5DWLJ1g/s320/stewardfly.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354316355623704274" /></a><br /><br /><br />Cassie and I both agree, one of our favorite things is the house dinners, and there will definitely need to be a few more before we go.Daina Goodwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12556548836996209112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715029749237259265.post-18144647056977360822009-06-27T21:53:00.011+03:002009-06-27T22:50:22.321+03:00House party!Yesterday we went to Kitale Family/Lighthouse because they had a Family Sports day. Geoffrey asked us to go and represent some of the Oasis kids' families.<br />I had no idea what to expect and I was kind of hoping we could just support from the cheering section, but I should have known that wasn't going to be a possibility.<br />It was Cassie, me, and 3 of our Rwandan roommates that ended up going and we ended up having a really great time.<br /><br />A view of the field<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwiUNTH5ZzocKg7nmA0bZQCcL_A_T_VTEAkrPtr028_zmw97S4VvRxfC9bD-WTl-W-lTpm9Gg4KHJjn5J93B2sL5MWBVOSZ_ElaqG4Ex4H-hDAUUZMJ9cgrob91YbrPoNg1oPWzWjppOU/s1600-h/janefield.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwiUNTH5ZzocKg7nmA0bZQCcL_A_T_VTEAkrPtr028_zmw97S4VvRxfC9bD-WTl-W-lTpm9Gg4KHJjn5J93B2sL5MWBVOSZ_ElaqG4Ex4H-hDAUUZMJ9cgrob91YbrPoNg1oPWzWjppOU/s320/janefield.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352088083810075682" /></a><br /><br />Our Rwandan roommate Hannah<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxWxa5FmlCx9gaNUXNoCukqZXnXFpli3KvQPNVu-QK3J0sDrr6C7V2ZhKV91A5wwLUYJyf3UbYS6zctNomg-19q0dWYXe8BHAbmpDR57NFQuKoUVq2TS-pZmIFV8g5Ef8R-bYfzF6qHdY/s1600-h/hannahmecass.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxWxa5FmlCx9gaNUXNoCukqZXnXFpli3KvQPNVu-QK3J0sDrr6C7V2ZhKV91A5wwLUYJyf3UbYS6zctNomg-19q0dWYXe8BHAbmpDR57NFQuKoUVq2TS-pZmIFV8g5Ef8R-bYfzF6qHdY/s320/hannahmecass.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352085164389040898" /></a><br /><br />The bottle race, which Cassie and I came in dead last...Whatever, Kenyan women carry huge bundles on their heads all the time, totally unfair advantage.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw39fBXlngkU9ErpvT3NZq2wyCKrweWW552_HrBhnqw0fLNyD4T94RbWZet1vK7hqLlhUZk0K66W-g1_bqybC7vZC0S95B_O0kAbswfjbyckpvlwWZqrBxdcqns7oITE37GDANxJ3LMFw/s1600-h/bottlerace.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw39fBXlngkU9ErpvT3NZq2wyCKrweWW552_HrBhnqw0fLNyD4T94RbWZet1vK7hqLlhUZk0K66W-g1_bqybC7vZC0S95B_O0kAbswfjbyckpvlwWZqrBxdcqns7oITE37GDANxJ3LMFw/s320/bottlerace.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352085158950135634" /></a><br /><br />They also had this awesome game for the nursery kids where they blindfolded them and then threw candy and them and had them crawl on the ground to find it...hilarious!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj7alzdi0hhAksjCyVu5qiSWBrPre2MkmBhMVsEnRibFa7sdK9dwLS9PavCeWFpYQLdH2XrAu_Pd5w36pDuch4A3nFkDK7zUCbyo6663Ds-8yuzvsabvvcl1O2bd0HOe_OekWhczHfcHs/s1600-h/blinfoldcandy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj7alzdi0hhAksjCyVu5qiSWBrPre2MkmBhMVsEnRibFa7sdK9dwLS9PavCeWFpYQLdH2XrAu_Pd5w36pDuch4A3nFkDK7zUCbyo6663Ds-8yuzvsabvvcl1O2bd0HOe_OekWhczHfcHs/s320/blinfoldcandy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352085160633912802" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGFAZXM4tlm1DAlVnzAfzQ2stcLf0psGfNvmxtcutJhPcXS8UC_NJ2HJ6FsUgJJhv4mi9b9YrHEfE7qUT4QIi_a0M72KhCKwZa2mOnb5KqbJWMK3Ynrl6AdKnznTwjuqJoVRt7LDfiM7I/s1600-h/blindfold.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGFAZXM4tlm1DAlVnzAfzQ2stcLf0psGfNvmxtcutJhPcXS8UC_NJ2HJ6FsUgJJhv4mi9b9YrHEfE7qUT4QIi_a0M72KhCKwZa2mOnb5KqbJWMK3Ynrl6AdKnznTwjuqJoVRt7LDfiM7I/s320/blindfold.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352085155178312690" /></a><br /><br />I think my favorite was when they had a balloon blowing race and the objective was to blow up the balloon until it burst, problem was none of their balloons were popping so the kids were more likely to passout. <br /><br />Hannah and her home made binoculars...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlIbMFh5-cw7HIpnVJD-U9yU_Ld6ioWBqn5mhDdLxZEhzuREwgLsjFhcM6HrJlQoMLuFbqs4dGwpVswEsnjU7-uKacaT-Ohek5mnrNY8rLPt7_QXcoDCYnDU8rZZAWQGsr3XhySv4trVI/s1600-h/binoculars.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlIbMFh5-cw7HIpnVJD-U9yU_Ld6ioWBqn5mhDdLxZEhzuREwgLsjFhcM6HrJlQoMLuFbqs4dGwpVswEsnjU7-uKacaT-Ohek5mnrNY8rLPt7_QXcoDCYnDU8rZZAWQGsr3XhySv4trVI/s320/binoculars.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352090932745587698" /></a><br /><br />We also played futbol, female teachers vs. female parents, and the game ended with us winning and me getting a broken toe...at least we won!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirKZ_Xsbq0knztUVLO1NkOf5TS7TsE_w9EN57Ru4ii-mD-XxIvv4Nm6cY1o3jmBmbUY46ujHGpCKQ_ciHWUyK3XqPi5aFvNgrnzlhtUqBMuhOee2tXP1syq4eATaKW8PoDk5bMq5JA65g/s1600-h/futbol.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirKZ_Xsbq0knztUVLO1NkOf5TS7TsE_w9EN57Ru4ii-mD-XxIvv4Nm6cY1o3jmBmbUY46ujHGpCKQ_ciHWUyK3XqPi5aFvNgrnzlhtUqBMuhOee2tXP1syq4eATaKW8PoDk5bMq5JA65g/s320/futbol.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352085152104965618" /></a><br /><br />Hannah and Janet liked the music<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPXA1C4sSzTjMZi9QdbeOb0MxzcIqYf_rZ5C1Lm3ZIgs8sri1DmOE-sBmDU6YlCUBIGUvADL7kbI33hj9PKQf8n_kMTNm2NI0uS3ZUAIBFIL1xE7G05hu8nbcddgpH3Detjnq61krAMLw/s1600-h/hannahjanet.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPXA1C4sSzTjMZi9QdbeOb0MxzcIqYf_rZ5C1Lm3ZIgs8sri1DmOE-sBmDU6YlCUBIGUvADL7kbI33hj9PKQf8n_kMTNm2NI0uS3ZUAIBFIL1xE7G05hu8nbcddgpH3Detjnq61krAMLw/s320/hannahjanet.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352088086912170930" /></a><br /><br />THEN...<br /><br />Last night we went to the Girls House to have dinner. 6 of us from the house went over and hung out and had dinner for a few hours.<br />As usual it was so much fun<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoNcFNd7KEFEanb9vLvuccCfVDHpvqC1SHdFSy3yQj0SFtMGOJft9hzCFfsRIeD0BEsKQye1av5sryIRBpK7IalNxIe9Tze1fM7XljOr8kB7copSFb3EPe_C9CwZljz82hL6wNfJOCzec/s1600-h/alicebag.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoNcFNd7KEFEanb9vLvuccCfVDHpvqC1SHdFSy3yQj0SFtMGOJft9hzCFfsRIeD0BEsKQye1av5sryIRBpK7IalNxIe9Tze1fM7XljOr8kB7copSFb3EPe_C9CwZljz82hL6wNfJOCzec/s320/alicebag.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352090935634079346" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKA_KQ00p2j3tJR0sBZ6ZRJgLgQ7UR1xR8Wg2MXorP6X01KG1Z_6oqG_NSFBixdp9Kh4amP0lRwXO29Xt5lKfDoxvoOBvMO8H0l_yN2kEw555jrXbZxmRBFntkok-d7Rn4Bol45LOd-3A/s1600-h/donde.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKA_KQ00p2j3tJR0sBZ6ZRJgLgQ7UR1xR8Wg2MXorP6X01KG1Z_6oqG_NSFBixdp9Kh4amP0lRwXO29Xt5lKfDoxvoOBvMO8H0l_yN2kEw555jrXbZxmRBFntkok-d7Rn4Bol45LOd-3A/s320/donde.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352090930613577810" /></a><br /><br />I love Arsenal!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguMhoG-7C_l0csdvRTfm09FEVZPPutGzcKSmaiF43cH6-9mcSIj7GhLu8URgD0PrttM7MaoC5oYzB4GZohWLwp2hOZ8ExOdwD0Fcm2Nkl5pCvN1Pj0Hh-Hfq0LZrzfTP7rUjOERLf22cQ/s1600-h/arsenalgroup.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguMhoG-7C_l0csdvRTfm09FEVZPPutGzcKSmaiF43cH6-9mcSIj7GhLu8URgD0PrttM7MaoC5oYzB4GZohWLwp2hOZ8ExOdwD0Fcm2Nkl5pCvN1Pj0Hh-Hfq0LZrzfTP7rUjOERLf22cQ/s320/arsenalgroup.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352090935531680226" /></a><br /><br /><br />Cassie giving a piggyback ride<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQx6jgDeLd2e458zGhtf-pUYwRkbT3mFiifiYCRnchraUcrObt6NiD8uodSq4dIqdgZCH_zaYbZr_KM96diR0D9EdxW0PcMiUIRCU7lkqxQ2SxHPZOt5xxwKBuQ0wSC4HyUrd0gozP0VM/s1600-h/piggyback.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQx6jgDeLd2e458zGhtf-pUYwRkbT3mFiifiYCRnchraUcrObt6NiD8uodSq4dIqdgZCH_zaYbZr_KM96diR0D9EdxW0PcMiUIRCU7lkqxQ2SxHPZOt5xxwKBuQ0wSC4HyUrd0gozP0VM/s320/piggyback.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352094590235347874" /></a><br /><br />Oh Rael<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_wOeBzlse-biCnNXn_1WWSh5OiwgLkGade88mIqqm_ETM5fl0oLYwEcA29y1V_FC1Z54ljAF5JY5eFhaQvbscFHuxzX6zW9m4Bj7qsdGfTqLCd81AHC6xH2WztgzbtVCK9vPBFO7CIzU/s1600-h/raeltongue.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_wOeBzlse-biCnNXn_1WWSh5OiwgLkGade88mIqqm_ETM5fl0oLYwEcA29y1V_FC1Z54ljAF5JY5eFhaQvbscFHuxzX6zW9m4Bj7qsdGfTqLCd81AHC6xH2WztgzbtVCK9vPBFO7CIzU/s320/raeltongue.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352094587627924450" /></a><br /><br />Mama Rebekah<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguTdoRvoztNVGVpuxvKghmor2fZebIPttsjiL3Wfmkse08J1UgbCILft4ajnmhLPKQWxlbVyO2Z12b4CHgenvMNcjunDNXYXI9x_irNHMA0uNZqkIDojvjA5ezcVcF21AWStUM6e6JWrU/s1600-h/renekahdinner.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguTdoRvoztNVGVpuxvKghmor2fZebIPttsjiL3Wfmkse08J1UgbCILft4ajnmhLPKQWxlbVyO2Z12b4CHgenvMNcjunDNXYXI9x_irNHMA0uNZqkIDojvjA5ezcVcF21AWStUM6e6JWrU/s320/renekahdinner.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352094586603314546" /></a><br /><br />It started to rain<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKvz3kOvli0kPd6QsAIg1OF4rNwRJSmTNSYGxMlpmS8PsPHTMbJ-ktNEL77pCHXyL-sL1GmmGeM8R26SP0fcbP8APRlde27pELIc2QyOmTErLJy-iY5_cDuRWSfACFQGKRQIPuEka4Rgo/s1600-h/mattandrael.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKvz3kOvli0kPd6QsAIg1OF4rNwRJSmTNSYGxMlpmS8PsPHTMbJ-ktNEL77pCHXyL-sL1GmmGeM8R26SP0fcbP8APRlde27pELIc2QyOmTErLJy-iY5_cDuRWSfACFQGKRQIPuEka4Rgo/s320/mattandrael.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352094580355939458" /></a><br /><br />The girls loved Cassie<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSO4lTdwFBzzzuD-KYu2Pi3w5rFyIRI-Biczt69YyN61r2Vs2wz_NJHhVnd_Y_PcbgOR0-DKjyPog23ngCi2citp2G5NUPISh2twl4hO2QU5awi-dYLCXIaMk0udayz6QQ0XsWqk3V-cs/s1600-h/cassiegroup.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSO4lTdwFBzzzuD-KYu2Pi3w5rFyIRI-Biczt69YyN61r2Vs2wz_NJHhVnd_Y_PcbgOR0-DKjyPog23ngCi2citp2G5NUPISh2twl4hO2QU5awi-dYLCXIaMk0udayz6QQ0XsWqk3V-cs/s320/cassiegroup.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352094577845880578" /></a><br /><br />This might be my favorite picture...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmovKWY84NIVEL_bEOyzH0RatyA_MbL07ntFES2k4my3jSpBROv9-XAl2RCw4hpu_bLnGxW8Sp03B_I9Tl-fKwr2g2t_kZAd8v9YsD_z4pHCgiRUfmsW9TNG70v83h_FJgBHqY4pUjKPk/s1600-h/groupjump.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmovKWY84NIVEL_bEOyzH0RatyA_MbL07ntFES2k4my3jSpBROv9-XAl2RCw4hpu_bLnGxW8Sp03B_I9Tl-fKwr2g2t_kZAd8v9YsD_z4pHCgiRUfmsW9TNG70v83h_FJgBHqY4pUjKPk/s320/groupjump.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352095418305982002" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmtSBF9HghmwN9kub9NnwtDpoOXObJ-5kmFuxZ07KGuaUulHp_v45qMN_7nUCAFfNuSw0b4apTKKamtbus_2c2qG5AS0cKzLs-yyj5BBUMJ0SpCrD0lfPtimswLXApjhjbkcUw-8Vh48M/s1600-h/girlsjump.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmtSBF9HghmwN9kub9NnwtDpoOXObJ-5kmFuxZ07KGuaUulHp_v45qMN_7nUCAFfNuSw0b4apTKKamtbus_2c2qG5AS0cKzLs-yyj5BBUMJ0SpCrD0lfPtimswLXApjhjbkcUw-8Vh48M/s320/girlsjump.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352095930221022050" /></a><br /><br />There were quite a bit of people in that house<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7WsoHN8JMzqWJeAtqV3uvTSzVY-_b78puWyit8L4RkgRPj9H9Xp3zuKniJ7uBLPDjEZuVEmqERGTEf2uYpCT44mdf29utmmtaPaSQUKZtpRpC5e8GPeGjEYF57AbtGlLYa7-QPmAd1Wc/s1600-h/fullhouse.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7WsoHN8JMzqWJeAtqV3uvTSzVY-_b78puWyit8L4RkgRPj9H9Xp3zuKniJ7uBLPDjEZuVEmqERGTEf2uYpCT44mdf29utmmtaPaSQUKZtpRpC5e8GPeGjEYF57AbtGlLYa7-QPmAd1Wc/s320/fullhouse.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352095422799045138" /></a>Daina Goodwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12556548836996209112noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715029749237259265.post-58669468988708677532009-06-26T14:17:00.005+03:002009-06-26T15:11:56.696+03:00Swimming Swimming!Wednesday we went to the Kitale Club with the kids that live at Freda's. I was so excited to take them swimming for the first time in 4 months.<br /><br />Before we left we stopped by to see Cassie's new BFF, Coche Fantastico :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-L9l49bbGm1e3jFJdEH_SDLtqgF8PNdkpOy5F16ASYVi1EqjoldAKrTrx1fvtWbru3PP2PLbB_GOsc_qMELn-g0n5Xion1UuPYURI1PcuEZBV5HSZGY3jwmayn_W0N3BjN0YrOBuUKw/s1600-h/coche1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-L9l49bbGm1e3jFJdEH_SDLtqgF8PNdkpOy5F16ASYVi1EqjoldAKrTrx1fvtWbru3PP2PLbB_GOsc_qMELn-g0n5Xion1UuPYURI1PcuEZBV5HSZGY3jwmayn_W0N3BjN0YrOBuUKw/s320/coche1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351594855317734626" /></a><br /><br />I liked him until he ate my skirt...friends don't eat each others skirts...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6inTpXII-YkctARuNNAV4RX-g_InshfJ_2IMyzHuuKPm87K4wWYjTKp2DpI3WAsrjfVlqiZOC7bDN1rtAQYPH-9XIL4-XN8oS-qXS5kReZnk2zGpALAPZjdIPEP6h0J8JEmFTPPMKY3Q/s1600-h/coche.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6inTpXII-YkctARuNNAV4RX-g_InshfJ_2IMyzHuuKPm87K4wWYjTKp2DpI3WAsrjfVlqiZOC7bDN1rtAQYPH-9XIL4-XN8oS-qXS5kReZnk2zGpALAPZjdIPEP6h0J8JEmFTPPMKY3Q/s320/coche.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351594854569848162" /></a><br /><br />Time for swimming!<br />Cassie loved Dottie<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj98MRaLqBvSawvAj4G8hkc3ly037Wq5wW-dwxn69hO4hl3Qyw03OuFicDUUptN-lcHL_tp5_MBvwgh2s0fpgHu8snXx95U5xHD7LhOsYthqtExmaLnR8ffADAhlgKDhWsP3Ttay0-BGEY/s1600-h/cassienadot.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj98MRaLqBvSawvAj4G8hkc3ly037Wq5wW-dwxn69hO4hl3Qyw03OuFicDUUptN-lcHL_tp5_MBvwgh2s0fpgHu8snXx95U5xHD7LhOsYthqtExmaLnR8ffADAhlgKDhWsP3Ttay0-BGEY/s320/cassienadot.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351594846993773794" /></a><br /><br />The kids loved Cassie, she was like their personal jungle gym<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiLVJQuJDZANSFU3g9CaSEeFHcbCS0yWVfWIfzv0jmPSAsy6agVmFo23BlehMUviw4d93f-ssFFFf6VwezBr-w34KedvV9CR5_UePOwhtBg-_2VSU_QQ-kp8oOrefDzoUHDppG1ig_6Bw/s1600-h/casseliadot.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiLVJQuJDZANSFU3g9CaSEeFHcbCS0yWVfWIfzv0jmPSAsy6agVmFo23BlehMUviw4d93f-ssFFFf6VwezBr-w34KedvV9CR5_UePOwhtBg-_2VSU_QQ-kp8oOrefDzoUHDppG1ig_6Bw/s320/casseliadot.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351594843556680962" /></a><br /><br /><br />Ester<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3NcEe0QbtgP_gumIpPJteOS6Sj0FxYguiZInPsww5KCWMyunN78N-soggFq2S7TqFc01Y6c-LW1qCymXHQ-CCAr2i0Z9zv7mukxafEMHpSLDe1Qw88MfEX_zkPCRQwkIbAuD6S9qHTPo/s1600-h/ester.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3NcEe0QbtgP_gumIpPJteOS6Sj0FxYguiZInPsww5KCWMyunN78N-soggFq2S7TqFc01Y6c-LW1qCymXHQ-CCAr2i0Z9zv7mukxafEMHpSLDe1Qw88MfEX_zkPCRQwkIbAuD6S9qHTPo/s320/ester.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351601165582692050" /></a><br /><br />This kid is too dang cute<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyCEGM1pXyLgB1ZSuUy11GpA9kfJSs-WcSNtIQPY1Yrx4QzLzqbYx5AJyKl1DPlw9_L9XnHAWMJ0vIP9zOFGZCJglQ4FW-meJDTS88jPBcdM5enHdVU75TZUw7sFlMR-yH97TwVv7pafA/s1600-h/eliasmile.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyCEGM1pXyLgB1ZSuUy11GpA9kfJSs-WcSNtIQPY1Yrx4QzLzqbYx5AJyKl1DPlw9_L9XnHAWMJ0vIP9zOFGZCJglQ4FW-meJDTS88jPBcdM5enHdVU75TZUw7sFlMR-yH97TwVv7pafA/s320/eliasmile.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351601161665824850" /></a><br /><br />Minutes later, Elia walked to the side of the pool, dropped his pants and peed in the pool, in front of the staff...who says people from Kipsongo don't have manners?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbTYhwFQPHkJzQz1FQ7mu0RxRQNa5ZiDihE5SlSYaxj64Hi9kYg4z0jT_nrmcyNw6fO6_TB32e2_E9NL0Z1giEfoTlf3BgW_PupKi_92e5QNv-mP52Lb81usfnK4IBeKv7V7m_oyuHkXs/s1600-h/eliaglasses.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbTYhwFQPHkJzQz1FQ7mu0RxRQNa5ZiDihE5SlSYaxj64Hi9kYg4z0jT_nrmcyNw6fO6_TB32e2_E9NL0Z1giEfoTlf3BgW_PupKi_92e5QNv-mP52Lb81usfnK4IBeKv7V7m_oyuHkXs/s320/eliaglasses.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351601158578537106" /></a><br /><br />Relaxing a little<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCVaibxUy3aGQtDV0GI-3QXAxAslGc2cDERyUBqwlKX1wAeWy5-tE8rpLw3BbOpk6frxtFGeWo1sUUMJ2_cbCIdFD18bPMf7HEIAMj2dQoLSjI_cJsow_vct8ImP2HF40pdIdTDD1QNE/s1600-h/dot&cass.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCVaibxUy3aGQtDV0GI-3QXAxAslGc2cDERyUBqwlKX1wAeWy5-tE8rpLw3BbOpk6frxtFGeWo1sUUMJ2_cbCIdFD18bPMf7HEIAMj2dQoLSjI_cJsow_vct8ImP2HF40pdIdTDD1QNE/s320/dot&cass.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351601153038124498" /></a><br /><br />Morgan!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_W0-UGkyGSlNKFIwZHPkcSaJ-fmxlqnqySxHSIntRFaD1lreiDdD61KQBn6zdSD1euc8U9ESpTyIv8ISOYu6yik_VqlB2WRe3iYPpHnFr4NLpqQha6S4005NPvSt1CWnvf8hJN7Ckus/s1600-h/me&morgan.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_W0-UGkyGSlNKFIwZHPkcSaJ-fmxlqnqySxHSIntRFaD1lreiDdD61KQBn6zdSD1euc8U9ESpTyIv8ISOYu6yik_VqlB2WRe3iYPpHnFr4NLpqQha6S4005NPvSt1CWnvf8hJN7Ckus/s320/me&morgan.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351602849743252402" /></a><br /><br />My other little man<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFHy2fer6rvafknSXcjioYcIBDCtzb8H1KFcra9aEjkFG1Wd13VN9az8AHmbDN_dpb-Lyjn258e63tGkpo4kLYQVPeukJOjvzqtjy_yvYABLWOsR2VelzlV5146p-IzBViHk00JIChKbo/s1600-h/me&elia.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFHy2fer6rvafknSXcjioYcIBDCtzb8H1KFcra9aEjkFG1Wd13VN9az8AHmbDN_dpb-Lyjn258e63tGkpo4kLYQVPeukJOjvzqtjy_yvYABLWOsR2VelzlV5146p-IzBViHk00JIChKbo/s320/me&elia.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351602848316759282" /></a><br /><br />Gail<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQ8I6ZdMYlZDWSNE3skAMkgrznVz-WeRAm5cXBMsegCeNtrbti8quT-Sa6O6E8O95jQVHHIrWiqlqo-jazX0ytHmBvDiXab53XcFLmIRD0GZHGmxqq6syY2ZDPvAsx_cZHMcqWmUSrTE/s1600-h/gail.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQ8I6ZdMYlZDWSNE3skAMkgrznVz-WeRAm5cXBMsegCeNtrbti8quT-Sa6O6E8O95jQVHHIrWiqlqo-jazX0ytHmBvDiXab53XcFLmIRD0GZHGmxqq6syY2ZDPvAsx_cZHMcqWmUSrTE/s320/gail.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351602843508907058" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxgIfM_AtWR2iY6V6TJUkWDGyiQMWB72qH_Ur3qKtuC-og0Hwdo2pzMdauVBRIzNH4hFEycLlpPvZV-Unu0AEK14WKP_XNZ0ML2pqlpm8HE8DQYI27lEK8OgM7oKO0uyorhznCXRh-Fak/s1600-h/morgan.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxgIfM_AtWR2iY6V6TJUkWDGyiQMWB72qH_Ur3qKtuC-og0Hwdo2pzMdauVBRIzNH4hFEycLlpPvZV-Unu0AEK14WKP_XNZ0ML2pqlpm8HE8DQYI27lEK8OgM7oKO0uyorhznCXRh-Fak/s320/morgan.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351602837785250978" /></a><br /><br />Swimming was so fun, I can't wait until the next time, and I think Cassie enjoyed it for her first swim.Daina Goodwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12556548836996209112noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715029749237259265.post-27423875358835577372009-06-24T20:47:00.005+03:002009-06-24T21:40:55.028+03:00Monday, Im a little behind...Monday we went to Oasis in the morning and then Sister Freda's Hospital in the afternoon.<br />Martin from house 2 needed to go too, so after being at Oasis for a bit we headed out to Freda's.<br /><br />But not before we observed Joseph's newest idea...gymnastics...I think it'll be great for the kids. They'll be able to get bunch of energy out and learn some discipline at the same time.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDCAGrilO9bNAL2X3HJgE1axWHAhyphenhyphenW_-opVjeWvy4suZUmWMDLD7FJkblwiJk1pjhjJUkoIaP4j2Y7F9P8LdBYPU7JDA07lvllZFfJcFLOWf6XggV7pbSJOMtTf7_lncV4sl9E0GrMpLc/s1600-h/josephgymclass.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDCAGrilO9bNAL2X3HJgE1axWHAhyphenhyphenW_-opVjeWvy4suZUmWMDLD7FJkblwiJk1pjhjJUkoIaP4j2Y7F9P8LdBYPU7JDA07lvllZFfJcFLOWf6XggV7pbSJOMtTf7_lncV4sl9E0GrMpLc/s320/josephgymclass.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350954136803294098" /></a><br /><br />The Oasis kids love Cassie<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDZaGdOcC1LCu-aJ0cByzIolgtr6ph4Bvn-Q73GL6SKiUuvTHYPM8rDWZthX-rU4rFEK_EhAUsGX_qDnVEKVF-dWleBgzZEvqKZU60L7AGdXOl-tzNvnWWQayjhGdeNKpONeRZLgKZQnc/s1600-h/Cassieswing.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDZaGdOcC1LCu-aJ0cByzIolgtr6ph4Bvn-Q73GL6SKiUuvTHYPM8rDWZthX-rU4rFEK_EhAUsGX_qDnVEKVF-dWleBgzZEvqKZU60L7AGdXOl-tzNvnWWQayjhGdeNKpONeRZLgKZQnc/s320/Cassieswing.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350954133337118386" /></a><br /><br />Onto Freda's...<br />Freda has about 4 or 5 giant pigs that I wanted Cassie and Martin to see<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRnkjYyJToCU710CiG75iPRgcvjnwIZOCwbLb01eWl0SfXKbb6Eu09r1ws6ymNrNKQmOFKre8onsmDKO0mU1U3JMgQeMtj_C94_Nq2TGUoamoS1Ukm8RE05fKaIPlUgbyvK8mAGWEScio/s1600-h/fredaspig.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRnkjYyJToCU710CiG75iPRgcvjnwIZOCwbLb01eWl0SfXKbb6Eu09r1ws6ymNrNKQmOFKre8onsmDKO0mU1U3JMgQeMtj_C94_Nq2TGUoamoS1Ukm8RE05fKaIPlUgbyvK8mAGWEScio/s320/fredaspig.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350954145724860850" /></a><br /><br />The pigs would grunt and scare the crap out of her...Martin and I laughed at her.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-YUmOsqRM7eBAP_9bO2B12aRLCHvSL0hqlaAvx9d79wYSB-q5Wce506xwHLDizMH_1w4TnJzEoRE6TQLnatfSc-fV7Kq1k3OpYh_TCPusW9taQmvsWsPxYwHQruD_icMKMH9Q5oPq9hA/s1600-h/cassiepig.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-YUmOsqRM7eBAP_9bO2B12aRLCHvSL0hqlaAvx9d79wYSB-q5Wce506xwHLDizMH_1w4TnJzEoRE6TQLnatfSc-fV7Kq1k3OpYh_TCPusW9taQmvsWsPxYwHQruD_icMKMH9Q5oPq9hA/s320/cassiepig.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350954140277928418" /></a><br /><br />Cassie went "Ahhhhh, puppies!" when she saw these guys. She's a sucker for animals.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhM09O5WbdgWEkNy4UCq7rUP_ccZ1IuVzh4S-vpTNkGSdms5vIsWQMC2E8ktdQkTrZaqlGuR1dndalZcu5OD2VOe8V9NttmrEhCfoIyOrRvqRF4Eo8y5qwHcQHJFiwWAXldXLFLQsZ02Q/s1600-h/ferdaspuppies.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhM09O5WbdgWEkNy4UCq7rUP_ccZ1IuVzh4S-vpTNkGSdms5vIsWQMC2E8ktdQkTrZaqlGuR1dndalZcu5OD2VOe8V9NttmrEhCfoIyOrRvqRF4Eo8y5qwHcQHJFiwWAXldXLFLQsZ02Q/s320/ferdaspuppies.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350956264534966610" /></a><br /><br />Richard took us on a walk of their farm. They grow everything from coffee, pineapple, bananas, tomatoes, napier grass, and corn to name a few.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUbcnJPBIjDYX8sq1F__yBWUy_O8JCi9HsV5uU8Fc6gzhkGeviVMyHG_vWuxMT_ybbs3yspiSy57qWV9EYf-_wxlaDVoFPzMVEJQTOjom84uaFEyJ36ABglM_og9_ICd7iN6RrkboDn0/s1600-h/walkfarm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUbcnJPBIjDYX8sq1F__yBWUy_O8JCi9HsV5uU8Fc6gzhkGeviVMyHG_vWuxMT_ybbs3yspiSy57qWV9EYf-_wxlaDVoFPzMVEJQTOjom84uaFEyJ36ABglM_og9_ICd7iN6RrkboDn0/s320/walkfarm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350960831155283058" /></a><br /><br />Since Martin wasn't feeling too well he took it easy and played with the cat. It had an evil twin that kept trying to scratch the crap out of everyone. I stayed away from both of them just to be safe...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPLoHztxapI89UYLhyphenhyphenWyg5fugYaeeG1D-uqZX5weL6fS4a-6Ob2v119vgBHdEyRaewrcT0afqUNUL5qTI0YrVZ35Q1HODjkB3-MiU3mUs2M_vgZoDYBw4WmiVbamScEwRXnW86fkSlFEM/s1600-h/martincat.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPLoHztxapI89UYLhyphenhyphenWyg5fugYaeeG1D-uqZX5weL6fS4a-6Ob2v119vgBHdEyRaewrcT0afqUNUL5qTI0YrVZ35Q1HODjkB3-MiU3mUs2M_vgZoDYBw4WmiVbamScEwRXnW86fkSlFEM/s320/martincat.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350960821851232738" /></a><br /><br />Lunchtime<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9BK8wtA_RSvsr3TH8C3oU4vw6lL4INxFsOaqkzsabi7oxiTb7er2lAFoZIS89502zOlWSdMQMfUdyH0RwXvdKLdjymfd60JRY4bTgH2M2-G1QppbJ6WJMUADjpAY624Hvfo2jidWKwz0/s1600-h/lunchbreak.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9BK8wtA_RSvsr3TH8C3oU4vw6lL4INxFsOaqkzsabi7oxiTb7er2lAFoZIS89502zOlWSdMQMfUdyH0RwXvdKLdjymfd60JRY4bTgH2M2-G1QppbJ6WJMUADjpAY624Hvfo2jidWKwz0/s320/lunchbreak.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350960814428726866" /></a><br /><br />Cassie finally got to meet the little guy that I want to smuggle home...Elia<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeATxc3h0rsRluiNug2bBxRVLUgAbHQU2PcRCEgc_MUasin6qzSkmGjjFRwCn7RZWTR9Nf_174J8OLLqBD2JbzVaO-qw5auFfOEmgFkmqtTUTtxf9_oPoVprjdxQI_9IXlMB9isYFG9pg/s1600-h/cassieelia.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeATxc3h0rsRluiNug2bBxRVLUgAbHQU2PcRCEgc_MUasin6qzSkmGjjFRwCn7RZWTR9Nf_174J8OLLqBD2JbzVaO-qw5auFfOEmgFkmqtTUTtxf9_oPoVprjdxQI_9IXlMB9isYFG9pg/s320/cassieelia.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350956261961339874" /></a><br /><br />High five-a!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7fE3LveRUpYLAu9FWoXnGS7QmrjWPpKN4lYis55v74tMtKUSZqzUZeluKKK7UQ9m7hDyWatfWXmdp9bWfXg9N43_8nBNAPridXO6-iMwNxxeLDLL7j0buCzRjHmiB15ednzeC14kgun4/s1600-h/eliahighfive.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7fE3LveRUpYLAu9FWoXnGS7QmrjWPpKN4lYis55v74tMtKUSZqzUZeluKKK7UQ9m7hDyWatfWXmdp9bWfXg9N43_8nBNAPridXO6-iMwNxxeLDLL7j0buCzRjHmiB15ednzeC14kgun4/s320/eliahighfive.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350960810297496146" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXffSgDRPO5sZxpa6zI4TOUznTXHHAnUBqnpGUftaBFmaVpjNwpa5Ml6s4LZwjJwC5T7wBFvZ2YE0yLIrOtRKVFWvtCBEism7Vh1xt66O5_1Sy-RbRNC9vfbQlCV7yT5bv7ye6cEH4it0/s1600-h/eliapeace.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXffSgDRPO5sZxpa6zI4TOUznTXHHAnUBqnpGUftaBFmaVpjNwpa5Ml6s4LZwjJwC5T7wBFvZ2YE0yLIrOtRKVFWvtCBEism7Vh1xt66O5_1Sy-RbRNC9vfbQlCV7yT5bv7ye6cEH4it0/s320/eliapeace.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350956259057853762" /></a><br /><br />Next blog, swimming pool and the biggest bug I have EVER seen...in our house!Daina Goodwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12556548836996209112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715029749237259265.post-26281757151284366382009-06-22T09:07:00.004+03:002009-06-23T08:47:15.071+03:00Some Things Don't ChangeSunday was a really full day, so much so that we were too tired to stay up and blog about it, so in a nutshell...<br />We went to Oasis church in the morning. It was my first time getting to see the house kids since I arrived so I couldn't wait to see all of them. I dont know if they knew I was back in Kitale yet or if i was going to be at church because they looked so surprised. It had already started when everyone got there so we had to save the catching up for afterward.<br /><br />Stone and Moses<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg01VJZ6L04McI4Nl2rLutQJZWVG5fY8oqZAM-ltPhyxQhadaXYhqQiUSgaqK8dyWw4U6-DjjcZXOzcH2jEQPASJgB8-tw-1y3wwlXQLAzJjsnMNhxg37lyf0B5leac8OTFBrbpy5qJV_c/s1600-h/stonemoses.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg01VJZ6L04McI4Nl2rLutQJZWVG5fY8oqZAM-ltPhyxQhadaXYhqQiUSgaqK8dyWw4U6-DjjcZXOzcH2jEQPASJgB8-tw-1y3wwlXQLAzJjsnMNhxg37lyf0B5leac8OTFBrbpy5qJV_c/s320/stonemoses.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350246516788498770" /></a><br /><br />Evans and Pato<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt4SjAWE2gPBTaH9Hcm3bWBWtG8wRkj1j9o9c0awoFSnsOysCDvtpMqP-YQ-JEdn5JcRhAJumzG9xGWzPTsREb4xUJx3NmPpDE3XVIRaTTJFExY6JIKYfz9PQH5Aa6K0ny1E_Z1qEVLsY/s1600-h/evanspato.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt4SjAWE2gPBTaH9Hcm3bWBWtG8wRkj1j9o9c0awoFSnsOysCDvtpMqP-YQ-JEdn5JcRhAJumzG9xGWzPTsREb4xUJx3NmPpDE3XVIRaTTJFExY6JIKYfz9PQH5Aa6K0ny1E_Z1qEVLsY/s320/evanspato.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350246511926662946" /></a><br /><br />It was surreal to be talking to the boys again, but I could tell they had changed, positively, since the last time I had seen them. Some, like Bram and Evans, spoke better English, others it was their personality.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPt25Zs6f0v6KdUzvr6wSxAoKZDG7oFiAwyNLqZUuk3UDbf26twAEBkV7RIMBUOl9MJmsS4UrQoEGVv0o5P_O4af7ESEX0UDZUFW0A3-LPmpx1Hzia0jbBVF-JwYp9DlrGCv-9RubeaDw/s1600-h/groupcar.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPt25Zs6f0v6KdUzvr6wSxAoKZDG7oFiAwyNLqZUuk3UDbf26twAEBkV7RIMBUOl9MJmsS4UrQoEGVv0o5P_O4af7ESEX0UDZUFW0A3-LPmpx1Hzia0jbBVF-JwYp9DlrGCv-9RubeaDw/s320/groupcar.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350031331242902114" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4XE3JyX0oH5h20_tGSn6PXcBO0U6QTK7941yBTfdquXcv41YgbAkZ11zAa0-Tkju3piJz9KB5BaifybZ4xy40m4wCHoFpSt7fTemvnUwXA99wzMe2CfiIVbF6Qipg8Gh67oKwAzr3MyQ/s1600-h/Cassiebaby.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4XE3JyX0oH5h20_tGSn6PXcBO0U6QTK7941yBTfdquXcv41YgbAkZ11zAa0-Tkju3piJz9KB5BaifybZ4xy40m4wCHoFpSt7fTemvnUwXA99wzMe2CfiIVbF6Qipg8Gh67oKwAzr3MyQ/s320/Cassiebaby.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350031329105301730" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />After church we went to the Kitale prison. I have been to the womens prison many times, but never to the mens. Pastor Steve is in the middle of partnering with the prison to help build them a clean water source.<br />We spent some time with the male prisoners first and then headed over the womens section, but not before Cassie made some little friends. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAd7BEi-bK_LHp15YPSYWD-e4_DbU9UaY5B0N2su1Jfi4Af8CsncdU6yM0yzQv8FjbKpUWHE5u7QZXOEN49L5XwkeETxiR5DDc2tEciPA7eSaNJMkIemSZWAFR-d4QuFsoCMU0xCBCju4/s1600-h/cassietongue.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAd7BEi-bK_LHp15YPSYWD-e4_DbU9UaY5B0N2su1Jfi4Af8CsncdU6yM0yzQv8FjbKpUWHE5u7QZXOEN49L5XwkeETxiR5DDc2tEciPA7eSaNJMkIemSZWAFR-d4QuFsoCMU0xCBCju4/s320/cassietongue.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350031336838139922" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuUhlyjreumXeGKx9m1IJO_NKClJeVRGq0fcT8c9SiVpb7keDY8bZ-kwCPPyi5w0pzuMsbZAafezdUMBhcimSrAIVVSk5BZP-1hiKDdtZ3Te19l33aAZirOQzd3ZxNZlEgx_xQus9oPwM/s1600-h/cassieprisonkids.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuUhlyjreumXeGKx9m1IJO_NKClJeVRGq0fcT8c9SiVpb7keDY8bZ-kwCPPyi5w0pzuMsbZAafezdUMBhcimSrAIVVSk5BZP-1hiKDdtZ3Te19l33aAZirOQzd3ZxNZlEgx_xQus9oPwM/s320/cassieprisonkids.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350031336665329266" /></a><br /><br />The cute prison kids...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS5Co41ohD_YEdQ27I5hVO5u3OIKuxYVKgXRxFh20xbTQj05aSNjrretbJXNT2UC2eNM9eGTvn4mBYZov_TCkSXzLSV0wSS3r66exp9MOxL-ux-FKTaEUc-TXdhfI-n1kGrKXBvuiUfv4/s1600-h/prisonkids.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS5Co41ohD_YEdQ27I5hVO5u3OIKuxYVKgXRxFh20xbTQj05aSNjrretbJXNT2UC2eNM9eGTvn4mBYZov_TCkSXzLSV0wSS3r66exp9MOxL-ux-FKTaEUc-TXdhfI-n1kGrKXBvuiUfv4/s320/prisonkids.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350246524232840306" /></a><br /><br />After the prison we went over to house 2 to have dinner with them and house 1. This is one of those cases where I dont mind saying<br />Some things never change, they still love to dance and run around and have fun. Which we were happy to take part in. There are a lot of things I miss about living here, but that had to be on the top of the list. <br />They definitely still love to dance...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMrq5onqt_WUy-CpJoiCHxe4dHhEtDtXbzvCR3Oy0TOTTKofx6-TQUXl9vqGKbPz6JV3bSHTrEcbdnKG399vJhYQH2MIsN4R_7Ta1ySg8iJ6SDwK3pryxYi2PktejRkXnoRgeQLkq60Nc/s1600-h/boysdance.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMrq5onqt_WUy-CpJoiCHxe4dHhEtDtXbzvCR3Oy0TOTTKofx6-TQUXl9vqGKbPz6JV3bSHTrEcbdnKG399vJhYQH2MIsN4R_7Ta1ySg8iJ6SDwK3pryxYi2PktejRkXnoRgeQLkq60Nc/s320/boysdance.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350246528675284594" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfUoN64phKhZuXx0c6n5yujo-gSFxMN4q8h9_EWR0UZrkBIrdvxw9YZAFBGXkHpHf00L9sovoem4REsziMCU-mT-Uinu6FxFfX4GFORX3oNo5BiknNAbN1JDYQu7pb7g0QJM5Rn3A-Lj4/s1600-h/faceup.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfUoN64phKhZuXx0c6n5yujo-gSFxMN4q8h9_EWR0UZrkBIrdvxw9YZAFBGXkHpHf00L9sovoem4REsziMCU-mT-Uinu6FxFfX4GFORX3oNo5BiknNAbN1JDYQu7pb7g0QJM5Rn3A-Lj4/s320/faceup.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350387901341101314" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQAaVCeovK2yNVbWVbTGbWqJQ9T-a6u6RM0JgDB5oytN2NBdQkCPkRf6dN77A5Gn8wSBBu8jJbU-XmWrgrBlPNldmj0cmTPwGeF3IYjEyqD6oK0tqnUm21557YhtNGmuIcD1nIINd4cT4/s1600-h/etabodance.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQAaVCeovK2yNVbWVbTGbWqJQ9T-a6u6RM0JgDB5oytN2NBdQkCPkRf6dN77A5Gn8wSBBu8jJbU-XmWrgrBlPNldmj0cmTPwGeF3IYjEyqD6oK0tqnUm21557YhtNGmuIcD1nIINd4cT4/s320/etabodance.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350387894283868674" /></a><br /><br /><br />One thing I really loved was that they seemed so much closer as a group. It made me so happy to see how they loved and took care of each other so well. And they were so great being friendly and respectful of Cassie and trying to make her feel welcome.<br /><br />Stone took over the camera for a while and this is what I found...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjb1hglwNseb6by2Rd3clOQAI4cA2E3PCJl6xakbvZuNlIiv72sPkqjvxOHE3249ZRlz6kIog5xaFlwVTqkrGQMX4kMO3shN0PhZZ5-RFrMt1Rro78jTLwRyxWEVIFiQiSRMajdSe-jH8/s1600-h/stonemosemartin.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjb1hglwNseb6by2Rd3clOQAI4cA2E3PCJl6xakbvZuNlIiv72sPkqjvxOHE3249ZRlz6kIog5xaFlwVTqkrGQMX4kMO3shN0PhZZ5-RFrMt1Rro78jTLwRyxWEVIFiQiSRMajdSe-jH8/s320/stonemosemartin.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350391914973975698" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT0OJ41LPpS-p6VDn4biz8IM_XP5fgteIe5zTq0tZsAq1nXiyfxzBwrJdJjxWjfRP5u0mexQIJA1Kr-nR4L4ymZPt4veMSBivG39sjOrEvHWJrfDkeLHt8meUOFSFyKF40CDiAsJ9ieOk/s1600-h/stonewall.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO6zQpzMtoN07hkQaBL5eRk57Qlc0FoUPxJ-ut_KThrie81Ygk_75gFGTD8bF5KnytsHYy-zMQcAWRM9dgKVYtiscFLk8BbkvpZJ34VTGbpaLulV7bZnP62gRM_GI9cKJG0I4QZycx5BM/s320/martinpose.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350388499319069170" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLv_zaZfAFRrX_bZDhhCwmqIxnYMWOGJt5SNYsoBr-JCjs3m-C95mpoyolIif-jTQ9oh_H9weRduQ-223F-2YhyUs7mRrWtmQxaiqpv1DGYjQxjvReI33BIrqd8DVo7TE-mXwOKC97u5o/s1600-h/josephroom.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLv_zaZfAFRrX_bZDhhCwmqIxnYMWOGJt5SNYsoBr-JCjs3m-C95mpoyolIif-jTQ9oh_H9weRduQ-223F-2YhyUs7mRrWtmQxaiqpv1DGYjQxjvReI33BIrqd8DVo7TE-mXwOKC97u5o/s320/josephroom.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350388496180443538" /></a><br /><br />Cassie helped serve dinner<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1jOoyBqGu6SzHNnyprjxohQrox-vqCedZr45E8Rz5IntjjLYaXxFhyphenhyphenCbW6a2vjZk-TJJWttcpzS24Lc6GDpd8xRxbnbJZtPTkXDeQT_F_NBGpuo2huOkmDxa0TzkHVq0fqykcl3D1os8/s1600-h/cassieserve.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1jOoyBqGu6SzHNnyprjxohQrox-vqCedZr45E8Rz5IntjjLYaXxFhyphenhyphenCbW6a2vjZk-TJJWttcpzS24Lc6GDpd8xRxbnbJZtPTkXDeQT_F_NBGpuo2huOkmDxa0TzkHVq0fqykcl3D1os8/s320/cassieserve.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350387898697218002" /></a><br /><br />Can't wait for the next time!Daina Goodwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12556548836996209112noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715029749237259265.post-11216794730450373042009-06-20T17:17:00.005+03:002009-06-20T20:06:20.161+03:00Mt. ElgonToday Steve took all of us up to Mt. Elgon, which is about an hour and a half away, to distribute relief supplies of blankets, corn, and of all things maxi pads:) to the community. I hate maxi pads, but they are like gold here. <br /><br />Cassie enjoyed the car ride. It was a really beautiful.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdkbst0bg5Rdr_0_YhY6DZb7myksPJBWnkiOaToM5H2qGgAukGvwo59AptpemQ6uDIcEC6zDxdLOhH2Vs5SzMF42cNzqMXAcPxJXDXjIwIXaN1pA2Okt7ayQetuwrZ1TigGAuJGEMCAAA/s1600-h/cassiecar.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdkbst0bg5Rdr_0_YhY6DZb7myksPJBWnkiOaToM5H2qGgAukGvwo59AptpemQ6uDIcEC6zDxdLOhH2Vs5SzMF42cNzqMXAcPxJXDXjIwIXaN1pA2Okt7ayQetuwrZ1TigGAuJGEMCAAA/s320/cassiecar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349414568994879282" border="0"></a><br /><br />These kids like the taste of tetanus...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjagwStLJTPIS94h6WiaXHJ-40H6W5LTfxQRVCUmyQ7QZQ0ZSKzMesd7k4qBF42sEJ3UiXvzrd0G0-6HQ_EP2w5AWNKrkYYNeOLkjtq2jIX6RlL1yn8DnA8Pc9fPOtzFLkT1vsbEfFYQXo/s1600-h/kidsfence.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjagwStLJTPIS94h6WiaXHJ-40H6W5LTfxQRVCUmyQ7QZQ0ZSKzMesd7k4qBF42sEJ3UiXvzrd0G0-6HQ_EP2w5AWNKrkYYNeOLkjtq2jIX6RlL1yn8DnA8Pc9fPOtzFLkT1vsbEfFYQXo/s320/kidsfence.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349414578180661762" border="0"></a><br /><br />A ton of people turned out for the distribution, which also included a medical clinic from Freda.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXkqFsmkNehTNkU2fIMIgk567UTQTDsmIj1rGU4esofpGxiCn10a1uSg8QDcXzWyQAyb_b3ITBF3Q3mwt7P9F6D_TqjHQALioLv7uNg8E06L596t1AXXa8xISupuLIY0jPTbNW0wb6F9Q/s1600-h/fredasclinic.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXkqFsmkNehTNkU2fIMIgk567UTQTDsmIj1rGU4esofpGxiCn10a1uSg8QDcXzWyQAyb_b3ITBF3Q3mwt7P9F6D_TqjHQALioLv7uNg8E06L596t1AXXa8xISupuLIY0jPTbNW0wb6F9Q/s320/fredasclinic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349446587335349730" border="0"></a><br /><br />As we looked around we notice there weren't many men in the crowd. Steve reminded us that when the clashes happened a year and a half ago, most of the men in the community were killed, leaving the women and kids behind.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYohptID2NMtBuK3_KMAoeL5PWr8kVjMJ2GP4aLVhVsJ5gaBteZUU5wUxXrPWMXxVviaS5gQ7Mb-h1HhcxK11NvWAsKKJv4k9hemzcZBFJgUfF3E6tExZnLnaU88c5g_DPLpdsXe0d3LY/s1600-h/churchcrowd.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYohptID2NMtBuK3_KMAoeL5PWr8kVjMJ2GP4aLVhVsJ5gaBteZUU5wUxXrPWMXxVviaS5gQ7Mb-h1HhcxK11NvWAsKKJv4k9hemzcZBFJgUfF3E6tExZnLnaU88c5g_DPLpdsXe0d3LY/s320/churchcrowd.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349414573272567970" border="0"></a><br /><br />Steve called Cassie up and had her help put a blanket on one of the oldest mamas in the village. She especially loved it when they sang and danced because they were so happy to receive the supplies.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdcECasZhiD7-X1gE2fw91pVtgmAx3CdLXsZefcyO4ohaum7bK1jWt7sOT-sYZNIplHbruFMCmHtj7v7z7HLz31JRG7aKl1owWHHa8uIEQ9nER8BPldCfdudiGnBQYiFd_UQgDss9xjkU/s1600-h/cassieblanket.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdcECasZhiD7-X1gE2fw91pVtgmAx3CdLXsZefcyO4ohaum7bK1jWt7sOT-sYZNIplHbruFMCmHtj7v7z7HLz31JRG7aKl1owWHHa8uIEQ9nER8BPldCfdudiGnBQYiFd_UQgDss9xjkU/s320/cassieblanket.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349446583953131570" border="0"></a><br /><br />A couple of cute mamas...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY3pysrRogrRbV8_zpPl8cONnYgzi1v0YlcxhQUI7ymDL7gztIkhj0sU6s2uevDkDS4d62oDy0GTokVmOOSqviAtuQfTZhR0Zq5qtuo30ZKnbE2jMcIFDsCMvUh7ij26tUR5O8_U41GbU/s1600-h/mamablanket.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY3pysrRogrRbV8_zpPl8cONnYgzi1v0YlcxhQUI7ymDL7gztIkhj0sU6s2uevDkDS4d62oDy0GTokVmOOSqviAtuQfTZhR0Zq5qtuo30ZKnbE2jMcIFDsCMvUh7ij26tUR5O8_U41GbU/s320/mamablanket.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349446593492051202" border="0"></a><br /><br />Matt gave out corn rations.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV68zYpHULHZcWxB55hOxVaJ2Sbit7NkLiSTZwqKGqOXC50j_8-cJN6zqPaHRRq_qbrDHwDD5Gm3w0zad90Ytb4CDRtsaZGSubKWkWNFn_G7rgrjOAqMdutH8RzvBBLUBSGVJeItyodt8/s1600-h/mattration.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV68zYpHULHZcWxB55hOxVaJ2Sbit7NkLiSTZwqKGqOXC50j_8-cJN6zqPaHRRq_qbrDHwDD5Gm3w0zad90Ytb4CDRtsaZGSubKWkWNFn_G7rgrjOAqMdutH8RzvBBLUBSGVJeItyodt8/s320/mattration.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349446595949321042" border="0"></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin11H_l766ToA9aVQK6NAS7PJYU6EPRnC4ctuDn6eX97sP1SUc3HeV0dT0P1Y2j5-bufByPAYxBPiNIL5ethbXbrFW7oz_ywRAYtvr_JeEhzvE2k3bHvJLsPMu2uLmfZYG1HytMrpbNio/s1600-h/stevepreach.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin11H_l766ToA9aVQK6NAS7PJYU6EPRnC4ctuDn6eX97sP1SUc3HeV0dT0P1Y2j5-bufByPAYxBPiNIL5ethbXbrFW7oz_ywRAYtvr_JeEhzvE2k3bHvJLsPMu2uLmfZYG1HytMrpbNio/s320/stevepreach.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349449719730617746" border="0"></a><br /><br />Cassie loved this baby...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTG1P6My8XvJFizMK0eHNkM1WvkKCcTrs2MkGeCg9PFouOKmQgNRlOkhSZluAGsahV_mqTCTftAI9DS6a_PkzsGARsAgzudTWfwNqICo31Ykq86Zz_lnioaOTX0EYubTORVKlKyTKsCcI/s1600-h/cutebaby.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTG1P6My8XvJFizMK0eHNkM1WvkKCcTrs2MkGeCg9PFouOKmQgNRlOkhSZluAGsahV_mqTCTftAI9DS6a_PkzsGARsAgzudTWfwNqICo31Ykq86Zz_lnioaOTX0EYubTORVKlKyTKsCcI/s320/cutebaby.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349414582722838930" border="0"></a><br /><br />Cute Richard hanging out at the clinic, he's always a hit with the ladies.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxjfpOFEjk2fpfxutQq8E75gOW0Jbp6_NCANGQnBLCQx0wtXN_1YkCfe830urzH4P9_4rLU-0RP9CYOCqjgUjeq1PANnHteCtvRPXT_bZ1a8BrKp3GyVd3_mKq_-lH1QhncaDY2ExdseM/s1600-h/richarddainacass.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxjfpOFEjk2fpfxutQq8E75gOW0Jbp6_NCANGQnBLCQx0wtXN_1YkCfe830urzH4P9_4rLU-0RP9CYOCqjgUjeq1PANnHteCtvRPXT_bZ1a8BrKp3GyVd3_mKq_-lH1QhncaDY2ExdseM/s320/richarddainacass.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349449725624396514" border="0"></a><br /><br />On the way home we saw and effective Kenyan way to travel...Don't worry Tooey, Cassie will not be doing this...for a few weeks.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3GjcLrPlrL9XTQRAivTmP8AhgvrGiIuseeIO9MPXHEyj_elI97H_UCGt5Lwfv9iZKs4Aqe-XRlnRWbEh6qcCU3kr1H9z_RnsnxSsfthop9HPz40kV1Km4cYXdVXtYhiBtIS66lzINfiU/s1600-h/lorry.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3GjcLrPlrL9XTQRAivTmP8AhgvrGiIuseeIO9MPXHEyj_elI97H_UCGt5Lwfv9iZKs4Aqe-XRlnRWbEh6qcCU3kr1H9z_RnsnxSsfthop9HPz40kV1Km4cYXdVXtYhiBtIS66lzINfiU/s320/lorry.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349449725164331186" border="0"></a>Daina Goodwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12556548836996209112noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715029749237259265.post-86481349454458283442009-06-19T17:17:00.005+03:002009-06-19T17:38:33.400+03:00We made it!After almost 3 days of traveling, my younger sister and I made it to Kitale, Kenya.<br />She was absolutely amazing during the incredibly taxing trip, probably having a better attitude than I did. We left Long Beach, CA and headed for NY on a red eye, then transferred to a 12 1/2 hour flight to Dubai (longest in my life, can't even imagine how Cassie felt, it only her 4 or 5 flight ever.)From Dubai, we flew on to Nairobi, where we had to spend a the night and then caught a bus for 8 hours northwest to Kitale...We slept 12 hours last night...<br /><br />Cassies first shuttle ride in Nairobi...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRQzoFkakjU8p8pD0gYV-4i01Y7PKTouis9Coo7mJRhqJpHK0Wb-InAQV6P7RRGobob1SAiMS2v5MqLNf6ItFW39S5To4sYLz1eYWTgkG3wIKDq7l-WlCEwh3h2kWqKw6fdH8OlTTQr80/s1600-h/cassietaxiride.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRQzoFkakjU8p8pD0gYV-4i01Y7PKTouis9Coo7mJRhqJpHK0Wb-InAQV6P7RRGobob1SAiMS2v5MqLNf6ItFW39S5To4sYLz1eYWTgkG3wIKDq7l-WlCEwh3h2kWqKw6fdH8OlTTQr80/s320/cassietaxiride.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349043106092062434" /></a><br /><br />After a restful night we got up and went to Oasis. Pastor Steve and a bunch of college age students (including Chris and Matt) are staying at the compound for the summer. They were having a street kid washing day for all the kids that attend Oasis and live in the area. It was so great to be back and see everyone, it felt like I had never left. They were even more excited to meet Cassie and she got mobbed by all the kids.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPNFlWwJy8GPnujXy_tPGW-N1OO5ytyBPA6NdicRaWml00o0acBu2zqtVPHEFh4IidqguvRgkNhK3hD5sTi1x1eX4uhmd42yvl-kS8_inhBnRrf0ejQkU9DS6tuv8ETWy6Lsz5bqsP7pU/s1600-h/kidwashing.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPNFlWwJy8GPnujXy_tPGW-N1OO5ytyBPA6NdicRaWml00o0acBu2zqtVPHEFh4IidqguvRgkNhK3hD5sTi1x1eX4uhmd42yvl-kS8_inhBnRrf0ejQkU9DS6tuv8ETWy6Lsz5bqsP7pU/s320/kidwashing.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349043112918592514" /></a><br /><br />She jumped right in and helped direct the medical clinic line.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwvubhf57Uaat2wLNzObI7hX_3BX4X-RE1gpR0fmcOd9mnKAhLt2DexYGa167G2F7pJEKj3E73J8usuEu8pmSsSGHW1K3bsz4F8mleqWJhgwtC-NViOCcX3c64Wl1n_UHnMJrAFVbVqtw/s1600-h/cassiestrong.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwvubhf57Uaat2wLNzObI7hX_3BX4X-RE1gpR0fmcOd9mnKAhLt2DexYGa167G2F7pJEKj3E73J8usuEu8pmSsSGHW1K3bsz4F8mleqWJhgwtC-NViOCcX3c64Wl1n_UHnMJrAFVbVqtw/s320/cassiestrong.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349043110813343682" /></a><br /><br />Our friend and driver Alan...was board<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4OAToZx9FT7hfXtR8SDSW2yB2cHLQm5DFHj4SULPmxf1upGzHJYTfWlaC9ur3nT2k0M8EZMWSmnOmsdsX_jA_tEgrMJz86D0XhGfwNzfXorhHAfydpKXD6Qt5QGC1mxnD84BRkyXQcKs/s1600-h/alananimals.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4OAToZx9FT7hfXtR8SDSW2yB2cHLQm5DFHj4SULPmxf1upGzHJYTfWlaC9ur3nT2k0M8EZMWSmnOmsdsX_jA_tEgrMJz86D0XhGfwNzfXorhHAfydpKXD6Qt5QGC1mxnD84BRkyXQcKs/s320/alananimals.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349043113737203746" /></a><br /><br />Cassie dug this kids style<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHE3oyr0iwBM2wNFCqy0Qa7VWPnFHksG8NFi9seR0Cxkv-VyVtWlQ1WZvpjQkBJ2qlsygDhQMVv8p8IZwaxVsrLrKLSn-aAMdu6haa26KM2wrUMvwBu90_8sr6j0NP_BBOE-_mL6Ck_us/s1600-h/style.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHE3oyr0iwBM2wNFCqy0Qa7VWPnFHksG8NFi9seR0Cxkv-VyVtWlQ1WZvpjQkBJ2qlsygDhQMVv8p8IZwaxVsrLrKLSn-aAMdu6haa26KM2wrUMvwBu90_8sr6j0NP_BBOE-_mL6Ck_us/s320/style.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349044843982907202" /></a><br /><br />Me and the munchkin<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMukIeGXCMfmtUts2AC3VJSIL7pqMsmJP3EzR2yk9hQ6VR3UvQEfrxEAcmlAqy0kP5g4ZlT7_qshoca_JB9EqrqdAaHwW0UIBHqhpLvPWxLGH7xOqgWg4hh3ljZDfv7Odl5YxgevTsL8Y/s1600-h/ma&cass.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMukIeGXCMfmtUts2AC3VJSIL7pqMsmJP3EzR2yk9hQ6VR3UvQEfrxEAcmlAqy0kP5g4ZlT7_qshoca_JB9EqrqdAaHwW0UIBHqhpLvPWxLGH7xOqgWg4hh3ljZDfv7Odl5YxgevTsL8Y/s320/ma&cass.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349044848264590834" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrjEIyzFJC2yVBsamwuxRAVq6TNIkC4k5uTTl_HxVtM7TlSjR9dZvfyliitBAo72l3onajk1FdhHOZZmlp6ePGWw2SLd-I96u9sX5WSP9fnNy5efspYHmnji4bhe3SyPp-Sq6ERgNH-4U/s1600-h/cass&kids.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrjEIyzFJC2yVBsamwuxRAVq6TNIkC4k5uTTl_HxVtM7TlSjR9dZvfyliitBAo72l3onajk1FdhHOZZmlp6ePGWw2SLd-I96u9sX5WSP9fnNy5efspYHmnji4bhe3SyPp-Sq6ERgNH-4U/s320/cass&kids.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349044850579826802" /></a><br /><br />Tomorrow we are going to an IDP camp. <br />Thanks for all your prayers and support, we'll keep the updates coming...Daina Goodwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12556548836996209112noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715029749237259265.post-40736721203277666232009-06-05T17:34:00.003+03:002009-06-05T17:36:43.299+03:00StressI'm not really sure why I'm writing this other than to find an outlet to let off some steam. <br />I woke up this morning and realized how little time i have left before my sister and I head to Africa. <br />Everything is really overwhelming with everything left to be done not to mention financial stress...please pray!Daina Goodwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12556548836996209112noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715029749237259265.post-37407862520444705902009-04-17T01:24:00.003+03:002009-04-17T01:30:40.361+03:00Team EthiopiaAwesome!Yes they are...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPty1HK0wxD6M5dJOwYLOwfiCxnCtE3zlycOU5WHw8_13kQWee3pdkawP_6BdGxZd7d8qDitPbyP-1Joz9f9Gu0r6jDcZO3WW4QIA9Z5mAMu7X1Bg65yF9uz_vbUDb4Y6QNFjZ6SQA9fY/s1600-h/photo(3).jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPty1HK0wxD6M5dJOwYLOwfiCxnCtE3zlycOU5WHw8_13kQWee3pdkawP_6BdGxZd7d8qDitPbyP-1Joz9f9Gu0r6jDcZO3WW4QIA9Z5mAMu7X1Bg65yF9uz_vbUDb4Y6QNFjZ6SQA9fY/s320/photo(3).jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325418782640131058" /></a><br /><br />This was waiting for me when I got home from my last run on the road. God always knows when you need a little encouragement to keep going.<br />Thank you guys, thank you Melissa for putting it together, it couldn't have come at a better time. I really appreciate and love you all for your support.<br />Thank you!Daina Goodwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12556548836996209112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715029749237259265.post-10701070978443569642009-03-23T05:29:00.002+03:002009-03-26T02:25:22.793+03:00I Can't Get Enough...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCblcTwBcMcSbS2wWeNR90HQjLaVD_F5v5U2jTjyUpE2qYkJoV-Py-ozz7MYnXaiWwHX_9cwxAq-XqZId-J0aKlm58JtW6arkrmRKgxtKMItTnC8a_z5OlyEZD5Vc7Euu3DPc8YQ05Jhg/s1600-h/ethiopiangroup.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCblcTwBcMcSbS2wWeNR90HQjLaVD_F5v5U2jTjyUpE2qYkJoV-Py-ozz7MYnXaiWwHX_9cwxAq-XqZId-J0aKlm58JtW6arkrmRKgxtKMItTnC8a_z5OlyEZD5Vc7Euu3DPc8YQ05Jhg/s320/ethiopiangroup.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316522161209164274" /></a><br /><br />So I'm going back. <br />Yep, I know I just got home, but I just can't stay put.<br />Since I got back I have been getting my house in order, catching up with friends, and, thank god, working...<br /><br />I know I haven't even let the dust settle on my shoes, but I was invited to co-lead some teams back to Ethiopia with Mocha Club, as I did last summer. I enjoyed Ethiopia and co-leading so much that I couldn't turn it down. <br /><br />Old classroom in Ambo...the new one is being built now!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip4zyVmarrF2cO8f81cbHPuStPFUGrlF2x0TGHyLGxWH2VGi9oGa1NMOoVbE-iHjv8lGlq2fF2SyP0DatAcFBpKTs2NCuRg4TWlT6haVuBUJVZWHNP117yvDb3Xi0Wcng_7bU9AzLS6-g/s1600-h/kalehewatschool.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip4zyVmarrF2cO8f81cbHPuStPFUGrlF2x0TGHyLGxWH2VGi9oGa1NMOoVbE-iHjv8lGlq2fF2SyP0DatAcFBpKTs2NCuRg4TWlT6haVuBUJVZWHNP117yvDb3Xi0Wcng_7bU9AzLS6-g/s320/kalehewatschool.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316522179318628306" /></a><br /><br />Mahalet and Betty<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOVz9Z9xzJznQx4ekxxH7QKKzcO_5KayCBgdlfmhSnf85fXuFMxECdNY19b8Xvr0OMvfe4Tfns5jMjTzzzuDzHPwzlFE_m7T7x92HhKPXaiV80FP_Z8Yt0VgRjwO7M2ASN30h5uRhIIqw/s1600-h/kichinikids.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOVz9Z9xzJznQx4ekxxH7QKKzcO_5KayCBgdlfmhSnf85fXuFMxECdNY19b8Xvr0OMvfe4Tfns5jMjTzzzuDzHPwzlFE_m7T7x92HhKPXaiV80FP_Z8Yt0VgRjwO7M2ASN30h5uRhIIqw/s320/kichinikids.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316522169025247378" /></a><br /><br />Our Ambo street boys<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1t6xik9wMngaj-xwJwUF5ZhzyA8AxH2FoYCQVKmeuuhCM3zek0Oz9TVUAVfoYZUJ0fvW-s2JTHd-uqUz5lGm7QHgXRxrXDbzvGQXe0uUbw22raHQIn52DNMONazW0HAmW5IdmmqTbrPc/s1600-h/amboboys.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1t6xik9wMngaj-xwJwUF5ZhzyA8AxH2FoYCQVKmeuuhCM3zek0Oz9TVUAVfoYZUJ0fvW-s2JTHd-uqUz5lGm7QHgXRxrXDbzvGQXe0uUbw22raHQIn52DNMONazW0HAmW5IdmmqTbrPc/s320/amboboys.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316522159609757714" /></a><br /><br /><br />I also figured that as long as I'm there I can't not stop by Kenya to visit my family in Kitale, so I will be heading there for about a month as well.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjldUzFTtDz50hjJCLt7wCTQ4JSvf9CtsQ7M_cbZNfKUjnyCyetFe400g432h6ougyHvOh6p9rGDXthC8l62sWH21J6EZFTbfANO3VNQObeu4gQSq7QHjj6chz0vTOCaLrtR3-PeA6T1XE/s1600-h/groupchurch.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjldUzFTtDz50hjJCLt7wCTQ4JSvf9CtsQ7M_cbZNfKUjnyCyetFe400g432h6ougyHvOh6p9rGDXthC8l62sWH21J6EZFTbfANO3VNQObeu4gQSq7QHjj6chz0vTOCaLrtR3-PeA6T1XE/s320/groupchurch.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316518349981988802" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />I haven't even been home long enough to go through my pictures and put together my "Thank You" gift for everyone who helped me go the first time (I am working on that by the way, coming soon), <br />So because I dont feel right sending out another support letter asking for more money when I haven't even been able to even thank those who helped me the first time, I am simply soliciting on my blog...thats fair enough right?:)<br />In all seriousness I do need help raising money to go back this summer, somewhere around $3,000 to be on the safe side, but no where near what I had to last time. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6JvuDn8wZD2Fd1sk1dg9th5QFEkyq5_ZF9N8ulGHycfKvXmEX0x8Wo-6yatrs07XGGCWkHy1McJY7p9GYIGBTVGAqx5mjxhIORr0Ddm_7JT0yd9d0rR7lklI_o9uMRJpg10rUZnTqXho/s1600-h/georgeetao.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6JvuDn8wZD2Fd1sk1dg9th5QFEkyq5_ZF9N8ulGHycfKvXmEX0x8Wo-6yatrs07XGGCWkHy1McJY7p9GYIGBTVGAqx5mjxhIORr0Ddm_7JT0yd9d0rR7lklI_o9uMRJpg10rUZnTqXho/s320/georgeetao.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316518341129973586" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPYWbpW3hgul8abFfVRv988zB35VB6K5KxK9NMdGliWBWq0PSuzD-r-GO9Jdh7vrVuhurDGi_CRW41xPfqUU2B7KLPxR2rIvmLZhhfGLb88dyylaqvO-uPzz0oKW2FvxtI-t9yVd8neQ4/s1600-h/girls.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 232px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPYWbpW3hgul8abFfVRv988zB35VB6K5KxK9NMdGliWBWq0PSuzD-r-GO9Jdh7vrVuhurDGi_CRW41xPfqUU2B7KLPxR2rIvmLZhhfGLb88dyylaqvO-uPzz0oKW2FvxtI-t9yVd8neQ4/s320/girls.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316518329196883490" /></a><br /><br /><br />I am trusting that the Lord will provide a way for this to happen again, but I am also trying to work as much as I can to also ease the burden. <br />For those of you have supported and been with me through this journey, I can't tell you how grateful I am, and words can't describe what a life experience it was, so "THANK YOU!"<br />and if this next trip is something that you would like to help me out with, email or call me. <br />You can also simply send a check with my name in the memo line to <br /><br />963 Missions<br />Attn: Mocha Club<br />10440 N. Central Expwy, Suite 122<br />Dallas, TX 75231 <br /><br />I am working to pay for the Kenya portion of my trip, so the money sent to African Leadership goes strictly to Ethiopia.<br /><br />THANK YOU again a million times for all you support for making this past year happen and thank you for your support in this forthcoming trip!<br />I mean who can say no to the opportunity to see these faces?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxhYS9-N09iC1kcmzmoN_n_24f4vA3TREP0ivGYt5KUm3GjStpLprZwXqYM0_0WMqU-2YcmCbud7wdtuhZHeU1NBH9toLW6AYlOy6EW2Bk2VQOrjDkyGsx3uI2Z0VEJWMyzZKBda_EYxk/s1600-h/groupoasis.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxhYS9-N09iC1kcmzmoN_n_24f4vA3TREP0ivGYt5KUm3GjStpLprZwXqYM0_0WMqU-2YcmCbud7wdtuhZHeU1NBH9toLW6AYlOy6EW2Bk2VQOrjDkyGsx3uI2Z0VEJWMyzZKBda_EYxk/s320/groupoasis.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316518348692011922" /></a>Daina Goodwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12556548836996209112noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715029749237259265.post-90432383483866831132009-03-03T23:14:00.004+03:002009-03-04T00:53:07.262+03:00Adjusting and Anti-Socialism<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ20n2T_2nXFFMTrVbbae0k-qYZqiyq0ZgLsYKQgO3QTvUr88szmZMnqqwiroVT9X_C0kyxjwoJHrFgQ7FlNAPI-rAxPgz9RhDeGoBhpeViN4UjnV87GYT8OGoWX83VeWMbgIbZrqNqtQ/s1600-h/IMG_5357.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ20n2T_2nXFFMTrVbbae0k-qYZqiyq0ZgLsYKQgO3QTvUr88szmZMnqqwiroVT9X_C0kyxjwoJHrFgQ7FlNAPI-rAxPgz9RhDeGoBhpeViN4UjnV87GYT8OGoWX83VeWMbgIbZrqNqtQ/s320/IMG_5357.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309062316688250178" /></a><br />I've been back for about a week and a half now. <br />I knew it wasn't going to be easy, and at first I felt disconnected, but I was handling it alright.<br />Well, reality has sunk in and I can't say I'm surprised. I'm happy to be back and see my family and friends. I just can't reconcile the 2 worlds. Maybe its better that I don't, so I'll always want to be there.<br />I miss the kids, the voices, the faces, the place<br />All of this thought is making me to be anti-social. Part of me wants to be and the other part knows it's stupid...again, I'm unable to reconcile.<br /><br />I'm trying...Daina Goodwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12556548836996209112noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715029749237259265.post-15162350579892722482009-02-14T09:47:00.005+03:002009-02-14T10:15:25.794+03:00Moving DayYesterday was the first day in the new center...Oh wait, i guess I forgot to mention that they got the property...I didnt want to speak too soon, but Geoffrey went to Uganda last week and worked everything out with the landlord.<br />Yesterday morning we got a text from Geoffrey saying that if we wanted to come to Oasis we would have to come to the new center!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg22SuAPDFbevaXxqvRSfmboNArHSEgd45fYDu-_9j3eN3L_ZjATvIyPWJaqpHHE7NMBbwuOhI97QKO3NiUc3RRjIm_cbirTCaNjWfD3VpvGpuhJ4yR5WQWwWhPm6tfPN2TthTmQv-ec8c/s1600-h/newcenter.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg22SuAPDFbevaXxqvRSfmboNArHSEgd45fYDu-_9j3eN3L_ZjATvIyPWJaqpHHE7NMBbwuOhI97QKO3NiUc3RRjIm_cbirTCaNjWfD3VpvGpuhJ4yR5WQWwWhPm6tfPN2TthTmQv-ec8c/s320/newcenter.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302541592924837058" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDFKmSIJhn6iC_WwjVCj4ZXb7Iw4LKsYyOCXpqVTNfAHzzfgBMA522PY09FfhK6Zdd3ehSMzuY2ZVzhvFKiJu6F4siFVsQwktTOSJIdJYIfyluS0AmW4d5ItjIhblD8QtfbCTEm1pNLUM/s1600-h/outside.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDFKmSIJhn6iC_WwjVCj4ZXb7Iw4LKsYyOCXpqVTNfAHzzfgBMA522PY09FfhK6Zdd3ehSMzuY2ZVzhvFKiJu6F4siFVsQwktTOSJIdJYIfyluS0AmW4d5ItjIhblD8QtfbCTEm1pNLUM/s320/outside.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302541590114101458" /></a><br /><br />As soon as we walked in and saw the students in the new classrooms we cried. It made me so happy to see the kids get to enjoy the new center. They deserve to have such a wonderful place and we were so happy to get to see them there before we left.<br /><br />Class 1 Classroom<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5c075kWyMGRD6snynXTaq3Z8Q5V6rJYoC1Oqo6Ig1yj4VpXpiVlOuR7nWR81k7o3Zfy1YCuEG5CspcD521GBVGExQDzxWgBFnyWdhO_E9TCsVC6rOu2sbsXdFL59GEs1GAE_9Zyqlx4A/s1600-h/class1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5c075kWyMGRD6snynXTaq3Z8Q5V6rJYoC1Oqo6Ig1yj4VpXpiVlOuR7nWR81k7o3Zfy1YCuEG5CspcD521GBVGExQDzxWgBFnyWdhO_E9TCsVC6rOu2sbsXdFL59GEs1GAE_9Zyqlx4A/s320/class1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302541590300483314" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxfWQGFFG-S7SLCjtxP-F0mdItHE99QKHGVvFtOoVE3Cw6QD_orliR1ofQd50W5ThIAQSYiW8W6k1Z0mJVc072DU0c2GfVuVDp9gaS00swSJ3gHff2Ee5yw2aYzgQBf1hp6pfeRfUPTbE/s1600-h/class1again.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxfWQGFFG-S7SLCjtxP-F0mdItHE99QKHGVvFtOoVE3Cw6QD_orliR1ofQd50W5ThIAQSYiW8W6k1Z0mJVc072DU0c2GfVuVDp9gaS00swSJ3gHff2Ee5yw2aYzgQBf1hp6pfeRfUPTbE/s320/class1again.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302543198136841890" /></a><br /><br />I just couldnt get it together. Especially when I saw the older boys in class. It made me so happy because I felt that these boys had more hope than ever. I was worried that soon they might stop coming to Oasis because they are too old to go to primary school. Their only hope was vocational training, which on its own is too expensive, but now that Oasis has the new center, part of it is planned to be used for vocational training.<br />Class 5<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTz-Gm3Kjm3XA8aT_HjO7XaNoXTTZIG4FdtPpJTvnq_WgvWZqK6kEWG_Dag0mDJQ-c6vR5Tg16lWdoCyheiOOFqP-HkdB9AfJ0fJeozoAR2gKzPR2gis0BwsNlvhmNDS-v3xE1_BKRhsI/s1600-h/class4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTz-Gm3Kjm3XA8aT_HjO7XaNoXTTZIG4FdtPpJTvnq_WgvWZqK6kEWG_Dag0mDJQ-c6vR5Tg16lWdoCyheiOOFqP-HkdB9AfJ0fJeozoAR2gKzPR2gis0BwsNlvhmNDS-v3xE1_BKRhsI/s320/class4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302543191086612546" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVQfawJzCUnmsziXB9p2Cr3txoZa4vFaJ1A4oECb2s7YIsAvIkqxLVpWFk1pgTm9NXCN-l5U5q3fnFvDSdf2Ikf2vS-0Zs9q2brzy3MiszzLmN8m4NUArbxeniFkoo300-YBpgytfik3k/s1600-h/class5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVQfawJzCUnmsziXB9p2Cr3txoZa4vFaJ1A4oECb2s7YIsAvIkqxLVpWFk1pgTm9NXCN-l5U5q3fnFvDSdf2Ikf2vS-0Zs9q2brzy3MiszzLmN8m4NUArbxeniFkoo300-YBpgytfik3k/s320/class5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302543194526500930" /></a>Daina Goodwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12556548836996209112noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715029749237259265.post-68323206397006662582009-02-11T17:11:00.002+03:002009-02-11T17:21:38.849+03:00Hakuna PostaI havent been able to post all that much since the team has been here. We've been super busy running all over Kitale. We've done a lot of fun things, which I will post about in the next couple of days as the heads out of town. Trust theres some great picturesDaina Goodwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12556548836996209112noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715029749237259265.post-16305503425081912192009-02-07T23:25:00.008+03:002009-02-08T00:07:05.802+03:00Street Kid Washing DayAmong other things that happened today that I will post about later, there was a street washing at Purpose Driven Church. Street kids and moms could come and have lunch, see a doctor, and take their first bath in weeks.<br /><br /><br />How do you make Ugali for hundreds of people? Like this...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZ4fLklvfcxNH2zCwZFinfulc9o5DqmuvOZAPGiF2bEn5irRFraSKnZoprFryJV56GmDVK4OcKdI_9yeH9SO3upWJGOoZ9lzP-tVdeoAYiOF16rxAIDlnhnokP3gPwFE6p4gAoApAV-o/s1600-h/ugali.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZ4fLklvfcxNH2zCwZFinfulc9o5DqmuvOZAPGiF2bEn5irRFraSKnZoprFryJV56GmDVK4OcKdI_9yeH9SO3upWJGOoZ9lzP-tVdeoAYiOF16rxAIDlnhnokP3gPwFE6p4gAoApAV-o/s320/ugali.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300157205830283874" /></a><br /><br />The first group to come and eat<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJ8R5cfbWc2hMDrOSIiFhQwGHysehG-ggABgEPzTfDeTYT226oKJOI3giLe0chZ9t1ETxeE_5GGDrTwlzcWTFfvIgmXTKsgODQdZqO9m-jODkr_dYEqHc8gUousJTepV4hP49oozWmKU/s1600-h/crowdeating.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuCntaRAmaJlcJi8GdGiTdYH6ZvZJ16p_7S3jnznO5S-dzaQ_XpbZC1cCqXpkZQth7GpClzpoNdvSb9XWQTlUGoiajmirHpoWLcGkgZssWcv_-Bkds_8ZcH-f4vdu_5FkQECUNUgH602w/s320/kipsongogirl.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300158822862338370" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHXTjG4qfYsb7Na9nh_hGjh8pFddVeU2fVxx1vqxxv07X55HuP45GE36fHVWb0hhATnK-MlHNf5_M7JPn7v2QPQ824-DwTaXtVCnTjI8_O3nzOPWhYEuudKEy60Pr4pEASoC4Na0esJrg/s1600-h/alicebaby.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHXTjG4qfYsb7Na9nh_hGjh8pFddVeU2fVxx1vqxxv07X55HuP45GE36fHVWb0hhATnK-MlHNf5_M7JPn7v2QPQ824-DwTaXtVCnTjI8_O3nzOPWhYEuudKEy60Pr4pEASoC4Na0esJrg/s320/alicebaby.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300158822880008482" /></a><br /><br />Mama<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzw1JXSTUNoW-AhZ2EqMtitBFtY6Uyhe2wvDyfz_RPfx9QiVfvCT3ODAefFOX3Fd7iw0Cvm4T2dnz3A9WcwVFau9DgMBu7fsPvTeQCA6ER9jn1Gqc2TEyqJBZ6rjQOJHugiU_OlxEoya4/s1600-h/wheelchair.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzw1JXSTUNoW-AhZ2EqMtitBFtY6Uyhe2wvDyfz_RPfx9QiVfvCT3ODAefFOX3Fd7iw0Cvm4T2dnz3A9WcwVFau9DgMBu7fsPvTeQCA6ER9jn1Gqc2TEyqJBZ6rjQOJHugiU_OlxEoya4/s320/wheelchair.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300157210167977858" /></a><br /><br />Freda's mobile medical clinic right before it became packed with people<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp_jVdtPK0ehNeYYZO_KiTO5jMEHgfFgUNSYPBlXZIuZ7eAJ2NKLAcfd_XujwU2qibL89GiYOJOoXbBhqN8VtEE6y7oJpoGmvMCnLGULJsVoMg4dycEi3-7_zWmYjpolY2to-NgkrQUpk/s1600-h/clinic.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp_jVdtPK0ehNeYYZO_KiTO5jMEHgfFgUNSYPBlXZIuZ7eAJ2NKLAcfd_XujwU2qibL89GiYOJOoXbBhqN8VtEE6y7oJpoGmvMCnLGULJsVoMg4dycEi3-7_zWmYjpolY2to-NgkrQUpk/s320/clinic.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300155722527409794" /></a><br /><br />Some of the older boys waiting to get in, plus a random puppy I was given at the last minute. I was so excited, P.I.G., Eato, and Anthony from Oasis showed up.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE2EcfO7cyLhp3d3rJh_LqhE9E8iqPeqR_bycd_5XL1hJ2yf9lxeeN2Hu6S0sHT8QIdKKfT-VREg9teA8rODF-HoQX9eKWQFtJ9bjtjFNDBXxDpBfPT6lQNBoqm_hgma1Neme7rYsrUeQ/s1600-h/me&boys.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE2EcfO7cyLhp3d3rJh_LqhE9E8iqPeqR_bycd_5XL1hJ2yf9lxeeN2Hu6S0sHT8QIdKKfT-VREg9teA8rODF-HoQX9eKWQFtJ9bjtjFNDBXxDpBfPT6lQNBoqm_hgma1Neme7rYsrUeQ/s320/me&boys.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300155722366043634" /></a><br /><br />After they ate, those who wanted a bath were taken outside and bathed.<br />Washing the street kids<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtNU6bUS3xxzrrlL6UAYDGouj-U6rzhVw_ZAUpGgncA6wqajw5QPmOgMIiVmcXrtMCUbbhSYa7TPgXSQi85JKCkWvp-N8yeuMhoaFNmGENxN5G9jMLU0r2YT20FfTHUyShukvcD8ZWAOw/s1600-h/kidwashing.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtNU6bUS3xxzrrlL6UAYDGouj-U6rzhVw_ZAUpGgncA6wqajw5QPmOgMIiVmcXrtMCUbbhSYa7TPgXSQi85JKCkWvp-N8yeuMhoaFNmGENxN5G9jMLU0r2YT20FfTHUyShukvcD8ZWAOw/s320/kidwashing.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300156331921067154" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIWZAOyUdEe1uCe5k8n3OZXeifvYgnN-IeoQz-FmJyQTb7eEbH08eY0WKhJdhyphenhyphentKM8SK0U2MqDJbV2kNOOkA7YznyLangaEs7FpIlAfKWSvr1nvKTPmwVPsPC9UzUWwm9VSqRaVyESFPE/s1600-h/kidwashing1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIWZAOyUdEe1uCe5k8n3OZXeifvYgnN-IeoQz-FmJyQTb7eEbH08eY0WKhJdhyphenhyphentKM8SK0U2MqDJbV2kNOOkA7YznyLangaEs7FpIlAfKWSvr1nvKTPmwVPsPC9UzUWwm9VSqRaVyESFPE/s320/kidwashing1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300157203102122530" /></a><br /><br />Purpose Driven students in the front, street kids outside the gate<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQG1IhSUSN3jGg2M9ftqXjkmirqlTYdMeGF9aFQVrllzTeqZNImawTYotmGgRMXvBkoTWQIW0D10QNe_SEgSjkpXlfFV4Xe4RssaCJtP4ETDwcEAs8KizuAHGjpThLR4WFelKpbHfkBDI/s1600-h/streetkids.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQG1IhSUSN3jGg2M9ftqXjkmirqlTYdMeGF9aFQVrllzTeqZNImawTYotmGgRMXvBkoTWQIW0D10QNe_SEgSjkpXlfFV4Xe4RssaCJtP4ETDwcEAs8KizuAHGjpThLR4WFelKpbHfkBDI/s320/streetkids.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300159401997563906" /></a><br /><br />Etao and P.I.G.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkYv6lRpk65b9KMABh18QzEJSzhQSAuaOZUeLK2crF3dpY5EBQD9SZpPxNlQs_xAA8NgygOa-kw3hSURfeVW2hzJxpRY2jLKrt5HMbrBfKUFsq8X5ZrdB98yiMt6Pjd8H-0FVo2GIlsBk/s1600-h/etaoPIG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkYv6lRpk65b9KMABh18QzEJSzhQSAuaOZUeLK2crF3dpY5EBQD9SZpPxNlQs_xAA8NgygOa-kw3hSURfeVW2hzJxpRY2jLKrt5HMbrBfKUFsq8X5ZrdB98yiMt6Pjd8H-0FVo2GIlsBk/s320/etaoPIG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300156333459817042" /></a><br /><br />Etao and Shaban<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjk69ewkgxNBFzoLppm_J_aupDVT9UqjtdQVcgcchtjirJDnMT5ZzNmqyVr35Su5HziNr_0GbfmxHEUrXClrnZCajhjh87pMx6uFvwiox_SqqU5ICvUAPy4alb-4k7UQ4nfl6pt0DxvnM/s1600-h/eato&shabaan.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjk69ewkgxNBFzoLppm_J_aupDVT9UqjtdQVcgcchtjirJDnMT5ZzNmqyVr35Su5HziNr_0GbfmxHEUrXClrnZCajhjh87pMx6uFvwiox_SqqU5ICvUAPy4alb-4k7UQ4nfl6pt0DxvnM/s320/eato&shabaan.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300156329688163538" /></a><br /><br />Some older street guys, I cant really call them boys.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjegdHvys2Wt8NPJN-wH4jR8n2gjrQX9NurvhLVeteMrC7Rtd5a1eLqbTGpm9Dcypmc6hSw8S8Uke8TtVmqhFVj9HDo-QjnF1zBIZ9YfXKEwMWTER3B-OIrUVh80t_-ZPu5MpV3MM1Gt8/s1600-h/streetdads.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjegdHvys2Wt8NPJN-wH4jR8n2gjrQX9NurvhLVeteMrC7Rtd5a1eLqbTGpm9Dcypmc6hSw8S8Uke8TtVmqhFVj9HDo-QjnF1zBIZ9YfXKEwMWTER3B-OIrUVh80t_-ZPu5MpV3MM1Gt8/s320/streetdads.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300159407489165794" /></a><br /><br />Shaban and Etao. Shaban and Etao used to know each other from the streets. Shaban is now the prefect for class 7.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG-iyqhHKfS7XMC91UvlR9j66WPChAGdsGa8e2JyiogiFkOO3wy8KT4yqejPhhWDUROxH8TGcFbcMv4RBUBa6NPNeu1q0CyZI71bejBkvqTpl-rI3QWIkhFLdeAAwA-4ljRA_gD37d8Xc/s1600-h/etaoshabaan.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG-iyqhHKfS7XMC91UvlR9j66WPChAGdsGa8e2JyiogiFkOO3wy8KT4yqejPhhWDUROxH8TGcFbcMv4RBUBa6NPNeu1q0CyZI71bejBkvqTpl-rI3QWIkhFLdeAAwA-4ljRA_gD37d8Xc/s320/etaoshabaan.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300159398776197490" /></a><br /><br /><br />Simon even showed up. He left Fredas earlier this week after being told not to, just one of many times...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJMCHsjQw3svpP9C0H9xRrcrU5bsAA1b6LVu0pbpISIgb5kbS3cEO2pLiDu09IZKbUcrYZ-qHXxLFyGbp-y4DQAmnsSeyhaGdBEXukcCg0n9SIJ9jtqlhrweDvodo-vJ1jPVCIOAC1_EI/s1600-h/simon1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJMCHsjQw3svpP9C0H9xRrcrU5bsAA1b6LVu0pbpISIgb5kbS3cEO2pLiDu09IZKbUcrYZ-qHXxLFyGbp-y4DQAmnsSeyhaGdBEXukcCg0n9SIJ9jtqlhrweDvodo-vJ1jPVCIOAC1_EI/s320/simon1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300161004205006802" /></a><br /><br />It was sheer craziness, but I thought it was a great day and I loved that people could come to one place and eat, get medical attention, and be bathed if they wanted to.Daina Goodwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12556548836996209112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715029749237259265.post-40698067589493136472009-02-07T22:48:00.008+03:002009-02-07T23:24:52.346+03:00PokotYesterday we went to an area of Kenya called Pokot. Its about 2 hours away from Kitale, on your way to Turkana. We went to visit a school and a church out there, as well as have Freda provide her medical services<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVkC8kr1k2evFq-zm0NPDgXUSfv9_4Ka87wMAw2lSRdKVUMbM5pN_Oe9Z3ypUhjX_h6VkjckxElKDRP1Yku4AwkjUwxKErm9Tf72pg_X1k97f34ZWF-_6nzp6-FKw0Q2tsCLP8sgE95_A/s1600-h/pokotschool.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVkC8kr1k2evFq-zm0NPDgXUSfv9_4Ka87wMAw2lSRdKVUMbM5pN_Oe9Z3ypUhjX_h6VkjckxElKDRP1Yku4AwkjUwxKErm9Tf72pg_X1k97f34ZWF-_6nzp6-FKw0Q2tsCLP8sgE95_A/s320/pokotschool.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300145552144110194" /></a><br /><br />This is Pokot...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgok8K5foYqcttQA9aD9gOD2vMz0l3itl0GUfXd4TqZrFVZi1teL7ej4R-XvzVpRFND60NPB-2oMD4bddDoRpKXquEsTh7Q28SgtXmaK5B5dFKdsZmFsVQSXanZJqWJHBOqPq6ib8g0fOA/s1600-h/pokot1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgok8K5foYqcttQA9aD9gOD2vMz0l3itl0GUfXd4TqZrFVZi1teL7ej4R-XvzVpRFND60NPB-2oMD4bddDoRpKXquEsTh7Q28SgtXmaK5B5dFKdsZmFsVQSXanZJqWJHBOqPq6ib8g0fOA/s320/pokot1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300145550731827810" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk0VwayCt2lXtJUPCSaPutQiwap2-VPQ4BZ70Q6wQt1UGkB1XEvgAY3C0HY7pnpJNRBD3mJfAafR1VxcSb2pDKLd0uk_L69eXUCwUbmsBVfUilr6BU3y_uaPkMCRCInVJPBpROw1BsIMM/s1600-h/pokot.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk0VwayCt2lXtJUPCSaPutQiwap2-VPQ4BZ70Q6wQt1UGkB1XEvgAY3C0HY7pnpJNRBD3mJfAafR1VxcSb2pDKLd0uk_L69eXUCwUbmsBVfUilr6BU3y_uaPkMCRCInVJPBpROw1BsIMM/s320/pokot.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300145550507515106" /></a><br /><br />This is Hannah from Rwanda, she and her brother are staying with us for the next month or so.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBFT2GsvzuPwDzZK-EdMSn9DSC2h2t2yfOjdYBkn7slu_L9b0LzIwiBRG7XgxpWzueNhjru46x26uJDmhfTnl8pZ1ogqUGQ3tdfFpx6KMrPVQmzxj0mfIdwGkV84x9MQ3Fbr8NubThCCY/s1600-h/hannah.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBFT2GsvzuPwDzZK-EdMSn9DSC2h2t2yfOjdYBkn7slu_L9b0LzIwiBRG7XgxpWzueNhjru46x26uJDmhfTnl8pZ1ogqUGQ3tdfFpx6KMrPVQmzxj0mfIdwGkV84x9MQ3Fbr8NubThCCY/s320/hannah.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300146351972775714" /></a><br /><br />Katie and her daughter Abbey led the kids in some dancing<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6LsTJmYnaZ4tSBwJlwS0D96O9eUfJUtSWwT0pVi7qSfOmEaNzq5ORZ60KSowZMywm9BKBdzPQcgkLyfG456TZpwawt_lnHc2XsgsbbcassWqhpIDMOAotGdn8I4Z6Xwn6_r3NEU_7b0s/s1600-h/katiegame.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6LsTJmYnaZ4tSBwJlwS0D96O9eUfJUtSWwT0pVi7qSfOmEaNzq5ORZ60KSowZMywm9BKBdzPQcgkLyfG456TZpwawt_lnHc2XsgsbbcassWqhpIDMOAotGdn8I4Z6Xwn6_r3NEU_7b0s/s320/katiegame.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300146349907909810" /></a><br /><br />Steve thought he was so clever hiding the ball in his shirt, I thought it was just an infection...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzLXAml67v_OcdahKTmGPDBQnCNrZbBvfhqaCtRYHeqMUA1JdOa8mrOObCPXNIvtBDO96nB6JXJpmfuYRGSJw7w69-97_oI6FJh0kP-067NXClJ_cn8ILOzYQVLocgozzXTvsifhormfM/s1600-h/steveball.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzLXAml67v_OcdahKTmGPDBQnCNrZbBvfhqaCtRYHeqMUA1JdOa8mrOObCPXNIvtBDO96nB6JXJpmfuYRGSJw7w69-97_oI6FJh0kP-067NXClJ_cn8ILOzYQVLocgozzXTvsifhormfM/s320/steveball.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300146345888002962" /></a><br /><br />After Steve talked and Katies dancing we went down to a field to play some games before Freda had her clinic<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0dv94vW1nRrsAKu2vW6vOg2ECKmWuadO5HVgLsghKjjjxs0o1n8unic6qFP6t9ofAN9R_9GOimbMK-Kcqm_Bf7hVV974lUH3qr5d6NkVsIXUquxYSoV2nPJK2lYdC7cOBP-TU1Bq7JBc/s1600-h/field.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0dv94vW1nRrsAKu2vW6vOg2ECKmWuadO5HVgLsghKjjjxs0o1n8unic6qFP6t9ofAN9R_9GOimbMK-Kcqm_Bf7hVV974lUH3qr5d6NkVsIXUquxYSoV2nPJK2lYdC7cOBP-TU1Bq7JBc/s320/field.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300146991357446114" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlDS4D_v-biG96KEp_Dllm2deLLbscbRhHm3Zk0aj0qllJeK0lqXtBm1TwA0gSaSHQdgSr7d-yvmpiLO0taUBZY6DB100PNYdWJakA5CsGhGjadblcLbUVOC5yaG1V5pXof38mXNVaCik/s1600-h/kidsplaying1.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuWanmliLWwSrNWflBWVJ6SAAXtxSK4OIaVdQQkbBBg6JM7yQDE9DbrRWDavpZnzs4cYhZYFeVgitADuKtchmaN6w9xX3w-JnEypiIzQZm_WLK4xRibZxd6R6lwTlVj6DT7dTOFfJwitg/s320/fredasclinic.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300149179217946978" /></a><br /><br />The de-worming line<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1EMvjfPaboJkeKMuVp7sEbg6zMxmoJH4kvHgF9OBSY_wjsaTf3LNzjdPSSvuVCh4eD2eRXFePfcdbFvgMt8-3agI27iHHmCKQP0SjIBP2358Nrtl7dQWMp_rAFnbe8Bh2NbByoNTMr-U/s1600-h/dewormingline.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1EMvjfPaboJkeKMuVp7sEbg6zMxmoJH4kvHgF9OBSY_wjsaTf3LNzjdPSSvuVCh4eD2eRXFePfcdbFvgMt8-3agI27iHHmCKQP0SjIBP2358Nrtl7dQWMp_rAFnbe8Bh2NbByoNTMr-U/s320/dewormingline.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300149178832478402" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9-jnMDh0GGOU0IdiV2r2nVRIs-31uPgQMLM9oToBlMfEp5QY931jNOzHC6arZm7mbwf3F6B0QzxIb4j7MPgBSOc4-m-g5fOjC9bb3phizwsdH98QWJwyJ59qPGnQ69qccppf4CqWtbC0/s1600-h/deworming1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9-jnMDh0GGOU0IdiV2r2nVRIs-31uPgQMLM9oToBlMfEp5QY931jNOzHC6arZm7mbwf3F6B0QzxIb4j7MPgBSOc4-m-g5fOjC9bb3phizwsdH98QWJwyJ59qPGnQ69qccppf4CqWtbC0/s320/deworming1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300149167227844706" /></a><br /><br />Jaime got timely marriage advice from Freed's during the clinic, eventhough hes not married yet...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeDvxJwQQl6MV26f7OYRvVHPwLxgtlvdaBD5uQMHdMr3xOFbXTO78guHKvOJNZFnnxIa1BWlRDkXf2TAO8jDG5wqKGJoYPPZN9hUlaSee2A-owE-fr-3vcSzoFpRqxNyDZiayVyNvrXDU/s1600-h/marriage.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeDvxJwQQl6MV26f7OYRvVHPwLxgtlvdaBD5uQMHdMr3xOFbXTO78guHKvOJNZFnnxIa1BWlRDkXf2TAO8jDG5wqKGJoYPPZN9hUlaSee2A-owE-fr-3vcSzoFpRqxNyDZiayVyNvrXDU/s320/marriage.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300149882094046594" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaMGBMr7s7bNuReaFTKpVR8E5PZUiSsttxaL6Z9rj-pMju0x7IXPFZVC8JmS1jaKCC5uJMY_crPJD-kia-awpGnXzPnSnv-vPgQBncYY892HlcCl4amUhl90zlju-_sGbnVf0HaDVNcUE/s1600-h/pills.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaMGBMr7s7bNuReaFTKpVR8E5PZUiSsttxaL6Z9rj-pMju0x7IXPFZVC8JmS1jaKCC5uJMY_crPJD-kia-awpGnXzPnSnv-vPgQBncYY892HlcCl4amUhl90zlju-_sGbnVf0HaDVNcUE/s320/pills.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300149874928329666" /></a><br /><br />Then we visited a church down the road where they met outside. It was a really beautiful setting...except for when I had an allergic reaction to a bug that bit my ass in the middle of the service<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbOzhB5LjxgKOzt2VVc57L8Knh4XALuRV2hQbwhV2tsrzlELTNTebuw8ct2DNfnwkJskKqpnXzCs1gE833noUV8IEsD0THXre1f-7z2EKFtD3nTSTTztXFiMmbRxqUpjGqHItbNfgTZaA/s1600-h/pokotvillage.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbOzhB5LjxgKOzt2VVc57L8Knh4XALuRV2hQbwhV2tsrzlELTNTebuw8ct2DNfnwkJskKqpnXzCs1gE833noUV8IEsD0THXre1f-7z2EKFtD3nTSTTztXFiMmbRxqUpjGqHItbNfgTZaA/s320/pokotvillage.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300152401126677026" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgujZ8_lZ6hqXwN8U461TQidHPOKKsIJ2kaA28RP2VfbQNIGFl392EYZEb1yTq3cnuTSLrtCFKUm69N4f6cfH6mtVtqhp6oepsb5UvNj5XJuxFxSpDcEEOuicFyU-1sKbRiEZfvEovuVes/s1600-h/dancing.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgujZ8_lZ6hqXwN8U461TQidHPOKKsIJ2kaA28RP2VfbQNIGFl392EYZEb1yTq3cnuTSLrtCFKUm69N4f6cfH6mtVtqhp6oepsb5UvNj5XJuxFxSpDcEEOuicFyU-1sKbRiEZfvEovuVes/s320/dancing.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300152405347364498" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLP-NP2to1coyjyfpHbxSIyta0xD9tav2tlQj51r0f9R20RhFhwS7WkEULX5eGNGcUH5j5aSqCadBr8eEe6hzf6ceIq61CMjG3dlXKHixaAxqa_kt3DQYJV_dDFQupVR2T90MAaD8yLPQ/s1600-h/pokotmama.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLP-NP2to1coyjyfpHbxSIyta0xD9tav2tlQj51r0f9R20RhFhwS7WkEULX5eGNGcUH5j5aSqCadBr8eEe6hzf6ceIq61CMjG3dlXKHixaAxqa_kt3DQYJV_dDFQupVR2T90MAaD8yLPQ/s320/pokotmama.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300152410161872930" /></a><br /><br />Pokot mamas<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5YFrppHrdwMcVXc_qF0yJaV-zwEIhAOIqD5JJKqeg8c8MfGBLZndcukbEhYoBKQE25k4XvaH2MGMX6Gmk3wPiLCKOKRDs4auILdkzXI-NVWREaO07NAAoXsQMDx9TA4mHz7fwm6s-IKk/s1600-h/pokotwoman.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5YFrppHrdwMcVXc_qF0yJaV-zwEIhAOIqD5JJKqeg8c8MfGBLZndcukbEhYoBKQE25k4XvaH2MGMX6Gmk3wPiLCKOKRDs4auILdkzXI-NVWREaO07NAAoXsQMDx9TA4mHz7fwm6s-IKk/s320/pokotwoman.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300153663834517426" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKh8JgEJTcmXuHZ4128alK6GhMX1iz_yoeRJpM4PBxbjGsU_G3Ka-BGbnvQNoM_ygrHHfhtZgTjo39jqewJVbG7zD279t-fZTviK5c15UNNYMT-zcyuZz9J0jFybxAZl2uwRplznkaJ90/s1600-h/pokotwoman1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKh8JgEJTcmXuHZ4128alK6GhMX1iz_yoeRJpM4PBxbjGsU_G3Ka-BGbnvQNoM_ygrHHfhtZgTjo39jqewJVbG7zD279t-fZTviK5c15UNNYMT-zcyuZz9J0jFybxAZl2uwRplznkaJ90/s320/pokotwoman1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300153664929529682" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpRgixmHQP8SSGevGSXcdN9VknPsYcqa11hdEn6_DOggWw_fLMH1aj0yMAhvmR7qQ-9Yo2vLrfUb22d_p1nvnI_erqEnsEmsJfF7xl7DfBWY-Y_qouRvsjpXIhsZlKXQOkeIQg4S1Oxfs/s1600-h/pokotmama1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpRgixmHQP8SSGevGSXcdN9VknPsYcqa11hdEn6_DOggWw_fLMH1aj0yMAhvmR7qQ-9Yo2vLrfUb22d_p1nvnI_erqEnsEmsJfF7xl7DfBWY-Y_qouRvsjpXIhsZlKXQOkeIQg4S1Oxfs/s320/pokotmama1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300153659723824626" /></a>Daina Goodwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12556548836996209112noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715029749237259265.post-57290042315402065772009-02-05T21:03:00.003+03:002009-02-05T21:11:11.466+03:00EliaAnyone know how I can bring this kid home? His laugh is the best.<br />Taken in Freda's car at the mobile medical clinic today...<br />Theres video too, I just cant upload it because our internet is too slow...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzjxYxo_mmqhbpucw8s7EMNSDgNe4Rqo31qArQ3N34V4hNL4piKb6B61PfCWBtDX8Wvp5ydtty6LcHwqqTWm9Xu3vGg1XMN0PCyPuNo-9RpMr8qriUgEHWuoLX6x8ccL0WGmGGqO-EbKQ/s1600-h/eliatongue.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzjxYxo_mmqhbpucw8s7EMNSDgNe4Rqo31qArQ3N34V4hNL4piKb6B61PfCWBtDX8Wvp5ydtty6LcHwqqTWm9Xu3vGg1XMN0PCyPuNo-9RpMr8qriUgEHWuoLX6x8ccL0WGmGGqO-EbKQ/s320/eliatongue.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299376618980092354" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiju5o8lSBelqvvFRISlAL4OY8hadJTB2m9SpYpDrEaGFm4j3h5zswjSq9TU-GiHo3YnMGO76bZeoo4VK7CoVC6BMMfuq1COZAI74XtG4OXRS3UYkDK0yXhG14owP4u4P_pMcIC2LHR6Ec/s1600-h/elia1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiju5o8lSBelqvvFRISlAL4OY8hadJTB2m9SpYpDrEaGFm4j3h5zswjSq9TU-GiHo3YnMGO76bZeoo4VK7CoVC6BMMfuq1COZAI74XtG4OXRS3UYkDK0yXhG14owP4u4P_pMcIC2LHR6Ec/s320/elia1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299376618571818418" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi56qI1DZTXDl-irfE19JZKiX7Smx5Y2wOXpyEqQnCp4mA57KzkBMPdAnwsl-Xy6GdPafiHb-X_4FPafRuOmCeu79qYgSnflDpb3bF7v1Q-d4-YnK-YE7G5NfVPKyuio2GrPPTUhYB35r8/s1600-h/elia.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi56qI1DZTXDl-irfE19JZKiX7Smx5Y2wOXpyEqQnCp4mA57KzkBMPdAnwsl-Xy6GdPafiHb-X_4FPafRuOmCeu79qYgSnflDpb3bF7v1Q-d4-YnK-YE7G5NfVPKyuio2GrPPTUhYB35r8/s320/elia.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299376613313744610" /></a>Daina Goodwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12556548836996209112noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715029749237259265.post-75175139966131393182009-02-04T15:18:00.004+03:002009-02-04T16:30:42.827+03:00"About Today"10 points to Gryffindor if you caught that National reference...On to business...<br /><br />Today was spent at the Oasis Center. I just kept thinking over and over again about the kids and the possibility of Oasis getting the opportunity to move to the property we visited yesterday. The more I think about it the more I pray that it will happen. <br />Of course Im slightly biased because I know and love these kids so much, but at the same time I feel theres no group that deserves it more.<br /><br />They come to the center everyday. Some from an hour's walk away. They work hard in class and they play hard outside. These kids have added so many unbelievable things to my life, Im afraid Ill feel empty when I go home. <br /><br />I wont be able to sit and watch P.I.G., Anderson, Etao, Collins, and the rest of the older boys play soccer. <br />There will be no little Brendas who will come braid my hair with her tiny, dirty little hands.<br />James wont walk up to me and hand me a picture he's drawn in art class.<br />No one will understand me when I say "Na ku piga" or "Enda Kipsongo"<br />No more "gotas" from boney little knuckles.<br />I wont have to try and figure out what everyone is saying because they'll all be speaking English. (This is both fun and frustrating).<br /><br /><br />Current Oasis Center<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjxAJBhUv3i2iZAZek9UMSajXhSryJOcJhV6KtAoVvRXLp6vxJwDIu4woKNom2y-ERmvQv6Xr8FAQ2pGJa9WnWVh-bdiFXdbC2AkFSqQ7GVv-PyC2T5S6fM2eckpNlBbIGx79yyn2iF0A/s1600-h/oldcenter.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjxAJBhUv3i2iZAZek9UMSajXhSryJOcJhV6KtAoVvRXLp6vxJwDIu4woKNom2y-ERmvQv6Xr8FAQ2pGJa9WnWVh-bdiFXdbC2AkFSqQ7GVv-PyC2T5S6fM2eckpNlBbIGx79yyn2iF0A/s320/oldcenter.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298927900441326178" /></a><br /><br />These kids come with nothing tangible to give other than themselves, but Im always fulfilled when Im around them. There's no place I'd rather be than with them. How is it possible to feel so filled with so much when they've done nothing but mile at me?<br /><br />I want these kids to have this center so bad my heart aches and I tear up thinking about the possibilities they would have in that new center. I know Allison, Steve, and I are not the only ones. I can only imagine what Lydia and Geoffrey are feeling.<br /><br />Potential New Oasis Educational and Vocational Center<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQcTJijper691lSm_zJOEVEKKR8-yVSdraoKhK09L-41EBpTkfJYLEEoBthCjyrPUsztKZMxjeuXxP2KgaEYGINeijwm0DTZcZOP1I8MUsmWY1jFEFQeospnH67hGQrp2E-yukLnFRy0Q/s1600-h/newcenter.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQcTJijper691lSm_zJOEVEKKR8-yVSdraoKhK09L-41EBpTkfJYLEEoBthCjyrPUsztKZMxjeuXxP2KgaEYGINeijwm0DTZcZOP1I8MUsmWY1jFEFQeospnH67hGQrp2E-yukLnFRy0Q/s320/newcenter.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298927895958559266" /></a><br /><br />I'm praying and asking that this happens. I pray and ask that the landlord would come through with permission, as well as the funds from donors. Those are the 2 main obstacles that stand right now. <br />I know I asked for help when the house boys were robbed and Christmas came around, and those who know me know I don't feel comfortable asking for money. But this is something that I believe so much in for these kids. Lydia says the hardest thing when it comes to support is that there is not many long term commitments.<br /><br />My departing wish is to see these kids get to move to the new center.<br />I feel that through our blogs you've gotten to know these kids and the faces and<br />I'm suggesting that if this is something that you think you might want to help at all with, get in touch with Lydia at oasisofhope@mac.com.<br /><br />Thanks for all your support.Daina Goodwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12556548836996209112noreply@blogger.com1