A Visit with Mary and Children

Mary left her husband and took her 5 children
to live in a home provided by a friend.

Mary's family and many neighbors

A field of tea plants nearby

View from her home

President Kwendo demonstrates how to use a
jembe, most popular tool in Kenya

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roadside Views

-Making gravel by making little rocks out of bigger
rocks using a hammer.
-A truck stuck in the muck--not something we
like to see.
-A passenger truck?
-Three little friends walking along the road.
-An oxcart--a sure sign of good transport.

 

 

 

 

 

Spring Farm Scenes

Once a week everyone with cattle bring them to
a dipping vat to protect the cattle from ticks.

We love to see the oxen plowing in the fields
preparing them to plant the maize.

 

 

 

 

 

A Water Pump in Weybuye

Jon and President Shadrach Barasa demonstrate
a water pump used by several homes there.

In the bottom picture, Shadrach demonstrates how
to open a pop bottle using a coin.

 

 

 

 

Baptisms in Kitale and Misikhu

Elder Brown with new convert about to be baptized
and an 8-year-old boy at Kitale Branch

The next picture is Elder Mulima with two convert
baptisms--man on the left and the woman--at the
Misikhu Branch.

The two chickens perched in the tree attended the
baptisms in Misikhu.

  

 

 

 

New Church Signs of the Times

Jon helped all the branches get the signs which had
been promised to them for the past 5 years. 
He, along with Fred and Benson, the church guard,
made sure that they were installed as he delivered
them in our truck.  They were made by Fred, a church
member and a signmaker.  His 14-year-old son died
shortly after this from malaria.

The order of the signs is Misikhu, the new Misikhu
building site, Mautuma, Naitiri, and Skihendu.  The
Kitale sign was installed before these.

 

 

 

 

 

Elephant Orphanage in Nairobi

These baby elephants have lost their mothers to poachers,
accidents, or natural death.  When found they are brought
here, fed, and nurtured to be returned to natural habitat.