Kenya--Sights and Feel

"Miracles: You don't have to look for them. They are there, 24-7, beaming like radio waves all around you. Put up the antenna, turn up the volume -snap...crackle...this just in, every person you talk to is a chance to change the world." -Hugh Elliott

Zebra lovers

Learn more about Bernard and his story here:

http://www.theglobaloutreach.org/projects/global-sponsorship-program/

Bernard lost his father (in portrait above) and mother from AIDS when he was a teenager. Left to survive on his own, education proved to be the key to not only his survival but to his success in life, as well. Bernard has beaten all odds. Bernard is a wonderful example to me.

Thumbs [way] up!

Morning in Butere

Majestic Lion

Giraffe at Nakuru

Chickens at the front door

Baboon

billy goat

Children playing...might be one of the best lessons for all of us to stop and truly see.

Maasai making fire

Pondering on Lake Victoria.

harmony in nature

Moses and his beautiful daughter

getting schooled at soccer...most surely one of the funnest things I've ever done. We need to get these children a formal soccer league in Kenya. We're working on that with GOmentoring. We're setting up some programs to have mentors set up sports leagues for disenfranchised youth.

giant colorful caterpillar

3 brothers stealing wood from Kenya's last remaining tropical rain forest. There is a rough balance between human survival and environmental conservation. What to do?

Uganda

"The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in." -Morrie Schwartz (Tuesdays with Morie)

Warm & Friendly

Kind eyes

Beautiful rainbow over the Uganda highlands near Mbale.The mountain in the background is Mt. Elgon...it straddles the Kenya/Uganda border.

That would be a goat.

Dwellings

Here's a humbling event: my leftover chicken bone is firmly fastened in the teacher's right hand. The kids jumped and screamed to get their hands on it all in hopes of enjoying some minuscule morsel of meat. I watched with amazement and deep sadness as the chicken I was gnawing on minutes earlier was suddenly being offered to hungry children (the school committee and teachers had made a special lunch for me and Jastus). Wow, if I only would have stopped sooner and acted full...

It sure makes you think when you go to a lunch buffet...

there's my leftover chicken bone in the bowl...

Barefoot (it seems that almost 50% of people in this area walk around without shoes...I can't help but be mind blown when I see people I know with dozens and dozens of pairs of shoes. Yet this man wears and probably owns none as he works in the fields. Can't afford it. Mind blowing! Makes ya think if that extra pair of high tops is what you need, or what you want.)

Check out my recent blog post on GOF's website: What do we need to be happy?

Banana Beer