by AmeenaBlogArchive | Sep 4, 2009 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Uncategorized
Anyone who knows me well knows I can get a little obsessed with things. It usually last about a month or so until I’ve read, researched, and experimented with that specific activity or topic way more than I’d like to admit. My sweet wife chooses to call...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Sep 3, 2009 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Uncategorized, Work
This morning I was greeted by our resident assistant, Naomi, and one of the centre girls at 7:30am on my front porch. They reminded me that today was a graduation ceremony at the vocational training program a few of our girls attend. All the girls had been up since...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Sep 1, 2009 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Kids
Lucy will be 3 in a about 2 weeks. She’s at the stage where everything she thinks comes out of her mouth (I guess some people never get out of that stage). Today her winner comments both had to do with Esther our househelp. The first, announced to the whole...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Aug 31, 2009 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Kenya
Have you ever been pulled over for not wearing your seat belt? I have. There’s a long back story…but the short story involves me driving Ian’s 94 White Ford Escort to Idaho with the automatic door belt stuck in the forward position. Since I...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Aug 29, 2009 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Kenya, Thoughts
So, it looks like the stork that was stalking me had the wrong target. The “real” stork made a real visit to Karibu Centre this last week though. We welcomed our the first baby to one of our vulnerable young pregnant women this week, and what a week it...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Aug 27, 2009 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Kenya, Thoughts
Eli likes to hang out at the main gate where he practices playing “guard” with Tito our security man. One morning last week, he was over there particularly early, like by 7:45 or so. I don’t generally have a problem with him being over...
