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Resolutions?
Happy New Year! My prayer this year for myself, and all of you, is that I inch closer and closer to the person that God has created me to be. I say inch, because I move slowly, and get scared when things to to fast. So what are my New Year resolutio...
Picture of the Week
Butterfly dressing up like a mom. Our Christmas tree. Playing dress up....
Trust?
2009, what a year you have been, and you’re not even finished yet. I have mixed feelings when it comes to reflecting back on the year. I approach self examination apprehensively. It is no easy task for me. Why? Mostly because I screw up so often...
Cold
I’m still fighting this cold. Which means I have to refrain from writing, as I tend to get irritable and offensive when I have a head cold. (I’ve already threatened a few people with damnation in hell, and seem to have hurt Kate’s feelings more...
I\'m back.
Kate here. I haven't written an article in quite some time. Johnny has done well keeping up with things on this side (ie. the virtual side of things). And I've been 'keeping it real' by giving birth this past Saturday evening in our home. I have to ...
Picture of the Week
Here we are in front of Menengai Crater in Nakuru....
A Future and a Hope
Jeremiah 29:11 (NKJV) For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Put aside the context for the moment, and just think about what is conveyed in this sentenc...
December Needs
It was once suggested that we have a thermometer or something on the side bar showing how much money we needed for the month, and how much has come in. I’m not sure I can do the thermometer, for personal reasons, but I thought this list might be he...
Cure for Poverty?
A tough one: What aspects of Western culture do you hope to share with your girls and which aspects to you hope they don't adopt? I imagine just like medications, sometimes the cures for extreme poverty might have some serious side effects. ...
A Plethora of Questions
Sometimes I wonder if people really understand how slow I am. Which means I talk slowly and listen slowly. I had to read this a few times to get everything to stick in my mind. Great questions, not sure if I can answer them all. There are still so ma...
Water in abundance!
We now have so much water that the kids can squirt each other....
Feeding the Hungry, etc.
Kate and I went to Nairobi on Monday to pick up a friend, who is here to assist Kate with the delivery of our baby. (Who still does not have an official name. So, Hey Kid, will suffice for now, or the baby.) It was an uneventful trip. We went to the ...
Picture (s) of the Week
Connie and her mom, Winnie. Winnie is doing much better now, eating and her spirits are high. Our good friend Beatrice, she does the girl’s hair for us, standing at her front door. Due to circumstances that we...
Get to know us..
Johnny & I would love for you to get to know us. Read about who we are, what we do, what we feel is important, etc... before you ever send us a donation or care package. Spend a little time with us, become our friend. You may love us or you may h...
Great Video
A friend made this video about us, and we think it is awesome. So let me share it with you, and please share it with as many folks as possible. ...
All in a day\'s work...
Ok, a couple of people have asked me to share the details of what we did today. I find it difficult to do this because we do what we do out of our love for people and a desire to meet their needs, not for any personal glory or gain. Fortunately, we a...
How To
Just a reminder how you can contribute to what is going on here in Nakuru, Kenya. Checks can be made out to Kenya Fund and mailed to: 713 West First Street Beaver Dam, KY 42320 U.S.A. or you can use Paypal.com and send to back2kenya@yahoo.co...
Lots going on...
There's been a lot of things going on through A Future and a Hope. Our HIV support meeting was wonderful. We fed over 110 HIV+ grownups and 100 more children (some HIV+, some not). While at the meeting, we discovered one of the ladies who is part o...
Picture of the Week
Here’s Kate sitting behind a giant pile of stuff that a certain family in New York sent to us here in Nakuru, Kenya. Trying on shoes at the shoe store, yes we have an actual shoe store. Thanks to CoreLove in Houston, for hel...
Hope?
I’ve got so many things running through my head and heart right now, that I’m finding it hard to nail just one down for a blog post. Tomorrow I will be at one of our support groups for people living with H.I.V. I’m supposed to be talking to e...
Kenyatta Day
Today is Jomo Kenyatta day here in Kenya, a public holiday. Meaning I can’t go to the bank and pay the last of the school fees for this year, I can’t go pay the electricity bill, and we can’t buy oil for the oil change on the van. Too bad. Ins...
Pics of the week (Grace Sarah's 15th bday)
playing games: Irene is bobbing for apples Sarah & Grace blowing out candles Sarah & Grace, two very happy girls, getting gifts. (Behind them are Mercy (big), Mildred, & Beatrice) Getting their first Cell Phones...
Happy 15th!
Blog Action Day 2009
Today is Blog Action Day 2009, and this year’s topic is climate change. How does climate change impact the work we are doing here in Kenya? I mean really is a warmer climate really going to make that much difference in the lives of these orphane...
How?
Someone recently asked us, I think on Facebook, how do we do what we do without relying upon the religious organization or any organization for that matter? How do we fundraise? Up to this point we have not had much organized fund raising. We have r...
Muddy Water
When Kate and I moved to Kenya in January 2005 it was clear what we were supposed to do. James 1:27 Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble,......
Happy Anniversary
When Kate and I made the decision to get involved in orphan care, we never imagined that it would be as successful as it has been so far. Success to us is not merely numbers of children, but quality of......
picture of the week
I didn't have a picture for this week, so I took this photo this morning of Emma drinking some milk.* ~Kate *our neighbor's cow's milk dried up so we are having to buy processed milk from the store....
A Flow Chart
Very low tech, don't expect too much....
Dinner any one?
Growing up, my mom always told me to finish my food, "Don't you know there are starving people in Africa?" she'd complain. I can remember thinking, "Wouldn't it be better if I ate LESS, then gave them my leftovers?" OR I would think, "How on earth do...
