Kimathi- Day 2

These were some of the precious children that we met the second day.

Scott tried his hand at painting. The paint brushes weren't the best, so it was kind of hard to paint the little frames, but Scott did a great job.

More zoom zoom. The last mabati panels were put in and pieces were cut to put in the small sections to finish enclosing the church.

This is John "the Baptist', that's how I remembered his name. He has a machete and that was used to cut the mabati.


This is Big T talking with Joe Bob. He was probably asking him "What is not happening?" That was his favorite phrase.

There was a technical college close by and several of the students came to visit. They enjoyed helping and also just talking with us. We tried to tell them America isn't like what you see in the movies and 50 Cent and Shakira isn't all we listen to. They were all great though!

Everyone wanted to help out. They were very proud to have a part in helping with their new church.

This is Mercy and she was so sweet and really liked us for some reason. She was visiting the church with a friend. She went to a church close by.

I loved these kids. The boy sitting on the ground was one of my favorite. His name was either Calvin or Kevin, next time I will ask everyone to spell out there name!

This is chai time. Kenya used to be a British Province, so the Kenyans adopted their
tea time. I loved it, but it kind of drove Scott nuts. We'd start working for an hour or so and then you'd hear "chai time!" and we'd drop everything and go have chai, right when things started to get going.

Anytime we ate, they always made sure everyone washed their hands with soap and water. It was good to see that they cared so much about cleanliness. Their chai is different from the chai we drink in the states. Their chai is half hot water, half hot milk, a tea bag and lots of sugar. They also had a chocolate powder to add to the milk if someone didn't want chai. Along with the drink there was usually some type of snack. Some of the snacks were boiled egg, bread with butter or jelly, shortbread cookies, or erra root( however you spell it). I'm now a pro at getting the shell off a boiled egg with a spoon, thanks to David.:)

The children loved having their pictures taken and then they'd all want to see the picture, so you'd have tons of little hands all over your camera trying to see the picture. I'm glad they enjoyed seeing themselves.


We brought pictures of our families to show people and they loved looking at them. We also had a picture of Daisy and Denver and they thought that was hilarious. It's unheard of to have cats or dogs as pets.

The soccer ball they were playing with popped in about 10 minutes, so they played frisbee instead. They had a great time!

This was a rare break from work for the Mommas. I would love to know what they were talking about.

It was neat talking with all of the locals. They appreciated us coming to help and just getting to know them and their culture.

Singing and dancing was always a part of our good-byes. It usually reinforced how little rhythm we actually have. Tom captured the moment pretty well. We could have listened to them sing forever!

The Bottlebush tree, very pretty.

That evening we went on a hike to the river down the valley from our hostel. It was a pretty little river. We walked over the tree bridge and then had to pick our way back over.

David was trying to help me cross without getting wet.

My leap of faith. Luckily I didn't get wet:)

After that we headed back for devotions, dinner, and some cards, or spoons. Fun times in Kenya.