by AmeenaBlogArchive | Jun 30, 2010 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Kenya, Thoughts
If you’re a facebooker and follow the Karibu Centre posts or see my status updates then you will know that on Monday we got the devastating news that one of our vulnerable pregnant moms had a nonviable baby. She was 40 weeks when she got the diagnosis, a day...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Jun 26, 2010 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Kenya, Thoughts
We’ve lived here in Kenya now for almost 14 months. I’ve been to the different markets here in Thika plenty. So much so that the locals all know me and I’m old news. Gone are the days when everyone would turn and stare, call Mazungu, or try to...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Jun 20, 2010 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Family, Uncategorized
Ian has always had a special relationship with his hair. He won’t admit it though. When I met him in college he had long straight hair that went past his shoulders. I used to watch him mess with it during chapel. He’d pull it back into a ponytail and...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Jun 17, 2010 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Uncategorized
It’s 70 degrees or more outside, you have no AC in the house and you sleep like this: Good thing we’re going home in the height of the summer heat, otherwise, these two kids would be forced to dress 3 layers...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Jun 16, 2010 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Uncategorized
Yesterday Eli asked us, “Do you think when we get back to Oregon we can go to that place that has hamburgers and toys?” Uh, you mean McDonald’s? Wow, 4 full years of indoctrination from television, weekly visits with grandma/grandpa (ok, I take him...
