Archive Tag: Kenya
Kenyan For Earrings
A Bridge For Cows & Miracles
We walked for a mile or so from the Compassion project on jagged roads made of red clay. Down a steep hill to a small metal home. And met “grandmother.” She told us her story: Her oldest daughters skipped town and left grandmother with five grandkids and one daughter of… Read More
Kenyan For Grocery Store
Seeing Is Believing. Believing Is Changing. Change Is Contagious.
I sponsored my first child in college. A few months later I got a letter in the mail telling me that child was “no longer in the program” and asking me to sponsor another. I was a cynical immature college student and that one letter gave my inner skeptic everything… Read More
Good Neighbors Don’t Pray
Your neighbor is startled awake in the middle of the night by an odd sound. He runs to the window and sees flames coming from the house next door. Your house. He darts from his bedroom, sprints out the front door and toward yours like a good neighbor should. But… Read More