[photo journal] everyday life in kenya
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[the africa diaries]. You can also check out the complete set of everyday life in Kenya on Flickr.
[the africa diaries] day seven: wrapping up business in kenya
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She walked up to me as I was setting up for my morning session, shook my hand, and simply stated, “I am Alice.” We laughed about that for a moment, but I never realized that this was about to be one of the most powerful moments of this trip for me. In order to understand [...]
[the africa diaries] day six: starting with the next group
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I was finally an accomplished missionary! Well, at least in my mind I was. After all, I had just finished my first full sessions with one of the churches in Kenya, and now I was off to another. I knew that this next group that we were about to work with would be different, I just [...]
[the africa diaries] day five: finishing with our first group
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Finally! Today is my day to teach! Well, at least for half of it… Day two of our lesson plan calls for two important subjects. First up was the financial session. In this session we covered such basic, yet critically important, topics like keeping your business and personal money separate, and how to create a budget. [...]
[the africa diaries] day four: first day of teaching
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Here we go… This is what we came for! Our first day of teaching has arrived! And one of the first things that I learned today was that schedules (time) in Africa are very different than they are back in the States. I think that our start time was supposed to be 9:00 AM, but it [...]
[the africa diaries] day three: visiting the clients
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This was the big day that I had been waiting for! Today our plan was to meet with the people at the offices of Thika Community Development Trust (TCDT). They are the Five Talents partner that runs the local microfinance program. After that, we were going to go out and meet some of the existing program clients… [...]
[the africa diaries] day two: the road to thika
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My first morning in Africa! I could not wait to look out my window to finally see what Africa looked like! But I had no idea how quickly this trip would start impacting me. The place that we stayed that first night was actually a really nice guest house that was run by the local Anglican church. [...]
wordless wednesday: seeking refuge
Life on the move in Thika, Kenya. I will be there on a mission trip in May 2009. Source: daylife.com
