Hello there

I have never seen poverty like I did yesterday. Kipsongo is a slum outside of town that houses over 300 families. There is no way to describe what Kipsongo actually looks or feels like, but I can tell you that there is nothing like it where I come from. There is a bright spot of this slum, and that is the church. The pastor that runs the church in Kipsongo was born and raised in the slum, and now he has a heart for the children that live there. Like most of the children who live in the poorer areas of Kenya they are either raised by single parents or they are orphans. Everyday the pastor at the church in Kipsongo feeds all of the local children in the church. He is a good man, in an area filled with alcoholism and disease and poverty.

About two weeks ago we went to Purpose driven academy to do a street kid washing. We round up a bunch of street children and we provide soap and water for them to wash. The ages range from 3 to 19. There was a boy that was around 3 years old who came in for us to wash. He had a blank look on his face that I have never seen in a child. He never looked at me always through me. I fell in love with him and hung out with him all day. While we were waiting for everyone to be done, someone stole his shirt so I gave him mine. It looked like a dress on him, but it was better then him going back to the streets without a shirt. When all was said and done with the street washing I let him go back onto the streets and never thought that I would see him again. God has a way of working people back into your life. Yesterday, when we were at Kipsongo, I saw him again. He recognized me and I took him in my arms, and his face changed immediately. His whole attitude changed. I am not sure what God is trying to show me yet, but I know that there is a point for me running into him again. My skills in the realm of writing are not nearly good enough to describe my feelings about today but hopefully these pictures will help me explain.


Today was a nice day of rest. I woke up and did a little work with some video that I had shot, and then lounged around for a while. Steve and I went into town to get a couple things, and I said hi to the usual suspects in Giga-mart. I love walking around town and seeing people that I recognize, and shaking their hands. Tonight we went out to dinner at a resort here in town. It was interesting, if you want to find out more about that head over to Allison’s blog. I love this town.


We fed her.
This Little girl broke my heart.


Houses in Kipsongo.



These are the children in the church at Kipsongo.

Here is Derek and I.


Derek.


There we are again.