One morning two ladies met us outside the Ramata Hotel. One spoke English very well and asked if her friend could get a ride with us. She was needing to go to a place pasted Karbururi. One thing in Africa is that there is always room for one more! We squeezed in to the bac
k of the Land Cruiser- 10 in the back and three up front! This lady that we were give a ride to didn't speak English and I was wishing that I could speak Berona! The road is very bumpy and there isn't much to hold on to to keep you from landing on the person across from you's lap! Our friend was sitting across from me and we braced ourselves on each others knees. She was looking at my white skin and soon reached out to feel it. She picked up my fingers and looked at my nail beds, rubbing her dark fingers over mine. The whole time I was watching her curious face! She looked up and our eyes met. A beautiful smile crossed her face! I couldn't help but smile back! She never let go of my hand! So we held hands the rest 
of the way to Karbururi! I guess it was a sign that we approved of each other! I asked her if I could take her photo and showed her the camera- she smiled and got shy so I took that as a no. I did take one of our hands! I'll never forget what that did to my heart! It is neat to discover ways to communicate without words and ways that are universal! (In the photo she is in the greed and red)
k of the Land Cruiser- 10 in the back and three up front! This lady that we were give a ride to didn't speak English and I was wishing that I could speak Berona! The road is very bumpy and there isn't much to hold on to to keep you from landing on the person across from you's lap! Our friend was sitting across from me and we braced ourselves on each others knees. She was looking at my white skin and soon reached out to feel it. She picked up my fingers and looked at my nail beds, rubbing her dark fingers over mine. The whole time I was watching her curious face! She looked up and our eyes met. A beautiful smile crossed her face! I couldn't help but smile back! She never let go of my hand! So we held hands the rest 
of the way to Karbururi! I guess it was a sign that we approved of each other! I asked her if I could take her photo and showed her the camera- she smiled and got shy so I took that as a no. I did take one of our hands! I'll never forget what that did to my heart! It is neat to discover ways to communicate without words and ways that are universal! (In the photo she is in the greed and red)Another neat thing before we left we were waiting on a couple members of the team while they went to go get some food form the market for lunch. While we were waiting a saccor ball was brought out and Kathryn, Greg, Adan the manager of the Ramata, a couple kids from town, and the two ladies were tossing the ball around like a volleyball. It was awesome to see the ladies in there tossing it around as well. Not only did the want to play, they were allowed to play- and they were good! It's not so much excepted for women to play in sports so this was exciting to see! Maybe this will continue and they women and girls in Sololo and Karbururi will have more opportunity to play games like the boys!
I should spend time introducing you to some of the people that were with us while we were in Sololo/Karbururi area! 
First I'll introduce Louis! She is in the mid twenty's and works for FH. Her job is to guide groups through their mission trip. Guiding to make sure that the group is safe, that the things that are being done are done in appropriate ways, and to help the group grow together and explore their experience's to the fullest. Louis is solid in faith and her quite voice can lead an army! She is so sweet and fun to hang out with! She lives in Nairobi and goes on about three weeks out of a month on mission trips in the summer. I'm looking forward to seeing her in the States in February when she gets to go on business here!
Meet Anthony! He is our driver and works as a driver for FH! He is very good at what he does- you have to know what your doing in Kenya for the poor roads and to be safe. He loved playing the game Uno that we taught him! Every night he always wanted to play Uno! He also took Kathryn out early in the mornings to go walk around some of the town of Sololo! It was fun seeing the town waking up and watch the farmers walking their cows, goats, and camels out to find pasture! Chickens roamed the street and by the time we were making our way back to the Hotel- we would have a little group of kids following us! Anthony liked to joke about the roads there being like the California Highways- especially when he good get up to the fast speed of 40 miles per hour! I Sololo- none of the 'streets' are named. So anthony liked naming them-' cow dung road', 'Goat Drive,' 'Camel Pass'... the list goes on!
First I'll introduce Louis! She is in the mid twenty's and works for FH. Her job is to guide groups through their mission trip. Guiding to make sure that the group is safe, that the things that are being done are done in appropriate ways, and to help the group grow together and explore their experience's to the fullest. Louis is solid in faith and her quite voice can lead an army! She is so sweet and fun to hang out with! She lives in Nairobi and goes on about three weeks out of a month on mission trips in the summer. I'm looking forward to seeing her in the States in February when she gets to go on business here!
Meet Anthony! He is our driver and works as a driver for FH! He is very good at what he does- you have to know what your doing in Kenya for the poor roads and to be safe. He loved playing the game Uno that we taught him! Every night he always wanted to play Uno! He also took Kathryn out early in the mornings to go walk around some of the town of Sololo! It was fun seeing the town waking up and watch the farmers walking their cows, goats, and camels out to find pasture! Chickens roamed the street and by the time we were making our way back to the Hotel- we would have a little group of kids following us! Anthony liked to joke about the roads there being like the California Highways- especially when he good get up to the fast speed of 40 miles per hour! I Sololo- none of the 'streets' are named. So anthony liked naming them-' cow dung road', 'Goat Drive,' 'Camel Pass'... the list goes on! Anthony is 39 yrs old and has a wife and a few kids. He lives in Masabit. He drove over to Sololo to drive our team while we were there and then Kathryn and I road back with him to Marsbit. It was nice knowing who was going to drive us on the four hours across nowhe
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re! Adan is the Ramata Hotel manager. He is 25 years old and loved to play Uno with us in the evening. He is very smart and speaks excellent English. Adan in Muslim but he was often found with in ear shot of our Bible studies and debriefing time in the evening. When Kathryn and I left- He mentioned that he was going to miss listening to the Bible talks. Never know what little seed was planted there!
Emanuel in the field supervisor over the Sololo area for FH. He was excited to show Kathryn and I his office before we left to go to Marsabit. This is a photo of him at his desk with the biggest grin on his face!
Andrew is absolutely amazing! He is in his mid twenties as well. He is FH field staff working in the school and the child sponsorship program. Andrew is awesome with the kids at the school. He is the one who translated the letters that are written to the kids, keeps track of who is and needs to be sponsored, etc. Andrew has great faith in God and fills his place quite well there in the community. Andrew became a father a week before we got there to a little boy named David! He and his wife Easter are very proud of their new precious little bundle!
This is actually Andrew and Easters second baby. The first one died during child labor. There was an emergency C-section done in effort to try and save the baby put there wasn't enough time. Easter did great this second time- Andrew called for the ambulance to come but by the time they arrived, little David had already came into the world! 
We got to visit Andrew and Easter on Sunday and see little David! they have a cute little family now and Easter seemed to be doing very well. They have a beautiful home as well. It is more a house then a hut. It has a tin roof and several rooms to it. The inside is colorfully decorated. I like especially the verse that hung on one wall that said, "As for me and my house, we shall serve the Lord." On of us commented on it and Andrew expressed with great desire that this is what he wants for his house. He lives in a community west on Karbururi and there isn't much interest in serving God or in the Bible there. But it is important to him that this wouldn't be the case for his family. He also as a Bible study in his home on Sunday evenings for those who will come! It is neat to see his serve the best he knows how!
This in the head teracher or principal of the Karbururi school. His name is Alcono. ( To the left)
This in the head teracher or principal of the Karbururi school. His name is Alcono. ( To the left)
This is Agnis who is a volunteer teacher at the school in the pink. She will be going to go to Nairobi to get her teachers certificate soon. Sitting to the left of her is another teacher and in the photo below is the forth teacher. 
Grading papers in the office.Sunday afternoon, our team went to the women's center were there was a handful of women who came and we had made necklaces with them. It was a great way to reach out to the women and build a relationship with them as well. The people there love bears and loved creating their own necklaces out of the fancy beads that we brought for them! They had a great time- a lot of laughter and smiles!
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