Playing Catch-Up

Here are some pics from yesterday at Oasis, another fun day with the kids we love...At this point Im just excited to be able to put some of the pics online...Again to all of those who I owe long replies too, im getting there, sorry for the delay...
Chris found a "wand" on the walk to Oasis, so him and Allison had a duel. Chris won with the Disarming Spell...Thank you Harry Potter...



Soccer





David


P.I.G.


Alex was learning how to be street...


As taught by Steward and Wiki...


and Wiki's glitter...



Evans


Steward and Pato


Moses recorded some videos on my camera, I wish I had the internet power to upload them...they're basically just the kids playing but half way through Moses starts to give commentary and its hilarious...the videos are worth keeping just for that...

Steward was in rare form yesterday as you can tell, usually is...


Pato and Amos


Paul



Allison and Alex our Canadian friend, it was fun having a fellow North Americaner(?)around




The only way Moses can cross his eyes is to follow his finger to his nose





Andrew was trying to prove how strong he was by pulling my hands apart...he lost

I had a blog all typed up about how this past monday, Dec. 1st, was World AIDS day. and how I love that its a day dedicated to bringing worldwide awareness to the AIDS crisis.

Crappy Internet

So about 2 days ago my computer stopped recognizing the internet plug in that we use to get online...What this means is that I can't access the internet from my computer so now anytime I want to get online I have to do everything on my computer, put it on a flash drive and then use allison's computer to try and put everything online...Which I seem to have a difficult time doing...
All that to say if my emails to you are short in reply or i havent blogged in a while, now you know why. Its not because I don't love you or want to send you long ass emails, I just can't for the time being...:(
Please pray it starts to work again

Oasis Contact info

So...
Ive had a lot of people emailing me and asking how they can help Oasis and the boys who were stolen from.
The best thing to to would be to contact the American Director, Lydia Monroe. Anything you donate is tax deductable and goes straight to the kids…Here is how you can reach her…
So many options...

You can email her at oasisofhope@mac.com


You can mail a check made out to Oasis of Hope:

Oasis of Hope
1600 East Mcfadden Avenue
Santa Ana, CA 92705

Or you can go to the myspace page and donate on a credit card through the groundspring site (blue donate now button)
if you want to use a credit card...
If you have any questions get in touch with me or Lydia



It brought tears to my eyes to read everyone’s emails about wanting to help. Thank you so much for loving this organization and these kids as much as I do and helping. I think I can speak for everyone when I say we don’t take it for granted and you are an absolute blessing. And believe me when I say, these kids know who you are. We talk about home and friends and family all the time.

House 2

Oasis and Shimo

Oasis boys, Evans and James


Yesterday was spent hanging out with the kids at Oasis. There was no class and they just washed uniforms so it was a pretty relaxing day. Nothing too eventful, other than the funny kids...
Kamao. I carried this little man around for about 30-45 min visiting and picking on all the different groups of kids...he was like my little backpack




Steward in his new clothes


After Oasis around 5-530 we went to a slum just down the road from where we live called Shimo Le Tewa. Some of the Oasis kids and their families live there and didn't have basic things like blankets, soap, and flour, so we wanted to visit the families and take some things to them.
Our first stop was Amos and James home. They had been living with their uncle until he lost his job a couple of days ago and the uncle just up and left and moved to Eldoret, about an hour and half away, to find another job, just leaving them alone in the house. We don't know if he'll come back but the boys are just living there for now. I asked Geoffrey how much rent cost a month and he said about 200-300 shillings, which is equal to less than $5, crazy...

Amos and James



Next, we went to Elizabeth and Teresa's house. This family has to be the sweetest. Elizabeth is 14 and Teresa is about 6. They have a brother, David who is around 12-13. They come to the center everyday and are a great family, so I was really excited to get to visit them.

Teresa on Camp Day


The bridge leading into Shimo...


Kevin


Next we went to the area of Shimo where a handful of girls from Oasis live, Jennifer, Celinah, and Irene (the little girl who had the jiggers in her feet). One of the homes we visited was actually the mother of Pato who lives in House 3 and Ajix who lives in the girls house. She probably has like 8 kids running around and they all look like her and Pato.


The smallest of Pato's siblings




The Oasis girls, holding it down in Shimo








Since we were already in Shimo and near one of the boys homes we went to house 3 for dinner. Of coarse we brought our cameras and of coarse they were returned with some really great pictures...


What's that? You want some of this cash? Too bad, Wiki had to borrow it from the house dad...