Happy Madaraka Day!
June 1st is Madaraka Day in Kenya: Celebrating Kenyan Independence. How appropriate as Tristan and Emma left for Camp Brankenhurst for a week away at summer camp. They finished another year at Rosslyn Academy: Tristan graduated to grade 4 and Emma to grade 2. They are looking forward to their two month break and mommy and daddy are excited to have them home!
We want to thank all of you who have been praying us through the adoption process. On Friday, we made our first court appearance and Sam Mutisiya was appointed Ava's guardian ad litem. In Kenya, no adoption can proceed without the court accepting a Kenyan guardian who looks out for the child's best interest. The next step is a visit from Child and Social Services and a report written by Sam. We hope to be back in court by the fall. Naming the guardian was the first step in the final phase of our adoption. We'll keep you posted as we proceed.
Prayer requests:
~Pray for Paul and Kelly Carline as they travel back to New Brunswick to be with Paul's family. Paul's dad was diagnosed with cancer just a few weeks ago and the doctor is recommending that all his family come home.
~Pray for the Praxis group as they travel completing their last week in Kenya. The four students who have been sick are doing much better.
~Pray for our two Somali friends who have just had baby boys. One of the babies is sick and has been in hospital. Both mothers are doing well.
~Pray for Tristan and Emma while they are away at camp.
(Just a note of interest: Kenya has two official "Independence Days". Jamhuri Day on December 12 (celebrating the Self-Independence of Kenya from Great Britian) and Madaraka Day on June 1 (celebrating when the Kenyan people took power of their own country. Madaraka means "power" in Kiswahili).)
posted by four_kennys @ Monday, June 02, 2008
6 comments
6 Comments:
Do you know any of the workers with other simalr agencys in the area.
Paul Scheible
paulmsign@yahoo.com
Just wanted to say hi and let you know that we are reading this. We always had the question "Are people reading this?" I can assure you that it is worth the effort, and there are likely 100 people reading for every one that comments!
Appreciated the video as well. Good to be able to finally put a few visual images on Dadaab etc.
Michael
Right on Aaron and Family! You're an inspiration. Been thinking and praying for you over the past months. Thank you for your faithfulness.
Jesus rocks!
Hey guys, that is great news about the Guardian! I am so happy for you and Ava...we continue to pray for you daily!
Love you all
Autumn
Hello Kenny's
As the school year winds to a close, I wanted to take a moment to thank you for responding to any and all questions my class had throughout the year. Each week we still check your blog and it has given my students a sense of the cultural differences/similarities we hold with our brothers in Kenya, as well as giving them a sense that they have some connection to the country through you. It has really awakened their global awareness. We are a very small school but with very big hearts. Through the inspiration of the work you are doing as well as the stories I have told about my journey to Kenya my students wanted to do something to help the needy throghout the world. We tried to set something up through the CBM but due to the violence in Kenya this year it was very difficult. We did however raise over $2,800 for the World Vision 30 Hour Famine! My students were very proud of this as we are such a small community. I have been in touch with Patty Card and next year I am hoping to do bigger and better things with this small group of youth who have such a wonderful worldview and desire to help. It is my hope that we can set up some sort of partnership through your work, or the work of Elijah Kitulu (a friend from Mombasa) where we could do some fundraising, send school supplies, send an orphan to school, etc. and through the connections with the CBM we could see this money be put to work and the students could see what a difference they are making. I look forward to the potential of working more closely with you next year!
Once again, I thank you very much for responding to any and all questions they have had throughout the year (We have had several wonderful games of Bao on the playground during recess and lunch the past couple of weeks). You are an inspiration to us all!
Sincerely,
Mr. Hayward
Miramichi Rural School
Hi Aaron and Erica,
I just went back to May 14 to read the article "Shrinking God". Wow what a lesson. I am so glad I took the time. I love reading your blog and check it daily. Sending much love. God Bless. Donnie and Bev
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