What a blessing it is to be here at the Mirindi Children’s Home of Grace. It is a blessing to see these children so filled with joy at our presence and to be welcomed like family into the Mirindi family. As an aside, it is a blessing to be here because that means we are not on a plane or bus (over 51 hours).

Due to limited communication (we are in the middle of African no-where) I will not be posting videos while we are here. I am planning on shooting some of the children and the compound, possibly on safari to post when I get home.

Today (Monday) was our first full day on the compound. We woke up early, before the sun, and walked the “Mtotos” (kids) to school. They were so excited we walked with them. We got to see everyone of their classrooms, they are so proud of their school. They kept telling us all of the items they wouldn’t have if it wasn’t for Mirindi Children’s Home or Kenya Relief. There has been so much improvement to this area and community in just the short time Kenya Relief has been here it is unbelievable.

I cannot begin to put into words the gratefulness of the Mirindi kids. They have so little, come from various backgrounds, yet are so grateful for what they have. They have got it right. They live so simply, praise the Lord for it all, see God in every living thing and are completely content, wanting for nothing.

After lunch we got started on our various projects. The funding that we raised is going to build a new latrine for the boy’s dorm, a group hauled handmade clay bricks to help fortify the building. We are also getting involved with some aesthetic projects, painting around the common areas and in the children’s exam room in the Brase Medical Clinic.

We are exhausted, mostly from travel, but are planning to hit the ground running tomorrow.

Things of note:
• The “Welcome” song from the children at Mirindi (they learned all our names and included them in the song!)
• Teaching the kids to play with a Frisbee (tomorrow we plan on going “ultimate!”)
• Getting to walk the Mtotos to school
• Learning some basic Swahili
• Visiting some of the community widows
• Drinking Starbucks Kenya Coffee in Kenya with Kenyans (even though we have only found one who drinks coffee).
• Seeing a Maasai guiding his sheep and goats with a staff and cell phone.

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