The Kids in Our Backyard...

So for the last couple of days we have had a group of about 26 African kids staying in the backyard at our compound. They are a group of kids that we call the mercy kids. The kids are on their break from school and Steve offered for them to stay with us for a little while. They are all orphans that go to this school called Purpose Driven Academy All of their school fees are funded by donations, some of wich come from members at Saddleback Church. They have a pretty amazing story an they have come from some really unfortunate circumstances. You would never know this by seeing them now. They are such a loving and joyful group of young kids that love the Lord and are so grateful for what he has done in their lives. They are definitely an inspiration to me and others to trust that God has everything under control and that everything he puts in our life is fro a purpose. They show me that no matter what I have that I can always find happiness in the Lord and in loving others. There are some amazing kids in our backyard...

Oasis Pictures

Hey all its Joel again with some more pictures this time from Oasis of Hope i hope you like them. These kids are amazing and hold a wonderful place in all our hearts.
Once again to see more go to Kenyathroughalens.blogspot.com
Peace,
Joel Dievendorf

I finally took my camera to Oasis to take a few pictures I came out with a solid lot of them. The kids there are pretty much the most adorable children I have ever seen. A great deal of these kids go back to sleep on the street at night because that is the only place that they can go.

Kenya in a nutshell...

Hi, my name is Cameron Piltz. I have been here with the team since mid June. It has been an amazing and crazy journey. There is no possible way for me to describe how amazing this place is in a single post but I'll tell you a little about what I have been doing. I have been spending the majority of my time at Oasis of Hope and Wamalwa Kijana Memorial School in Simo La Tewa. Oasis of hope has definitely stolen my heart. It is those most thorough and complete programs for street kids in Kitale. It doesn't just give them food and a place to be but sets them up for a bright future by preparing them to enter formal school and later to enter into the workforce. I have also been teaching a few classes at a secondary school in Shimo La Tewa. The kids there are amazing and although it is a tiny school that is just starting out the staff has a lot of passion. Me and Joel Dievendorf have also worked on a yearbook for the school so that they can remember us and their first official school year well after we leave. I hope you like my very short summary of my amazing adventure this summer... that's my Kenya in

a nutshell...

Shimo La Tewa

Hey Everyone its Joel here I take pictures and like portraying Kenya in that way. So here are some pictures that i posted on my blog if you are interested in more pictures check out my blog. Keynathroughalens.blogspot.com 

Hope you enjoy them you can view the larger sizes at my blog.

Peace,

Joel Dievendorf

We held a medical clinic at Shimo just like the one that we had at Kipsongo. We were able to do this one at the Shimo secondary school and it was awesome, we had such a great turn out. There were so many people there and we had many great times with the kids hanging out and playing games. We also got to feed some of the malnourished babies and give them all water. Here are some of the images from that eventful day.

All the kids gather around to get medicine. Many of the kids would try to get multiple because they thought the more the better but it was just anti-worm medicine so more in this case made really no difference but they wanted as many as they could grab all the same.

Matt was helping get the kids water because many times they do not get well water.

We had a fun game of Chase the Masungu (white person) and Chris ran for his life

We also had a nice little dance party.

These were all the ladies that lined up for the medical clinic