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Jambo Everybody!

Wow! It is cold in Nairobi! Or maybe it just feels cold to me, after being in 90+ degree weather for the past month! I’m sure most of you know that I had the unexpected opportunity to go home for a visit! It was a sweet, wonderful time with my family! I am so proud of our kids and so absolutely in love with our grandgirls! It was nice to hang out with my folks and see my sisters and also spend a little time with Jeff’s family. I got to visit with a few good friends and check in with a few supporting churches. It was a great time, but now it’s time to get back to real life again!

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Photo's!

11 new photo's were added:

Carla!
A new photo of Anthony!
A new photo of Darin!
A new photo of Gloria!
A new photo of Izabella!
A new photo of Meredith!
A new photo of Michelle!
A new photo of Mike!
A new photo of Nigel!
A new photo of Pendo!
A new photo of Sean!
A new photo of Wanjiku!

New Photo'S

5 new photo's were added:

Jeff's Spider Bite!

A new photo of Job & Edith!

NEW VIDEO!

Here is a link to the new YouTube video about the In Step Children's Home. This nearly 10 minute video shows the 20 acres, the beginning of the chicken coop, a lumber delivery truck (oxen pulling a truck bed), the process of prepairing for bath time, etc.

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In Step Children's Home

July 24, 2006

God has decided it?s time to start the children?s home!
But we thought it would be after we built a complex and got all set up and ready. WRONG! God?s ways are not our ways and once again, He?s made it clear what He wants us to do.

Below is a chronological list (left to right) of all the children who have come through our home. Siblings are grouped together.

Brian (Bafo) & Davin	Rehema	Jessica & James	Grace, Peter, Sharlyn & Brian
Mark Steven	Robert	Dennis	Manny
Thomas	Hope Elizabeth	Moses	Elvis
Jeremiah	Kelvin	Cynthia Faith	Amos
Daniel	Teresa	Isaac	Margaret
Samuel	Peris	Naomi	Eliza
Sarah	Mercy	Joy	Eunice
Teddy	Joshua	Paul	Moses Abednego
Meshac	Winnie	Shadrach	Abraham
Brenda	Susan	Levis	Philip
Ruth	Betty	Ronnie	Churchill & Mode
Joseph	Joyce	Fred	Jacqueline
Jenny	Jackson & Rebecca "Honey"	Michelle	Richard
Sylvia	Melissa	Zacchaeus	George
Job	Edith	David Maziwa	Musa
Francis	Isaiah	Melisa Mdogo & Benson	Jonathon
Pat & Van	Ann	Micah	Veronica & Violet
Greg	Jimmie & Nick	Evans	Abigail
Emmanuel	Anthony	Andrew	Nigel & Michelle
Wanjiku	Angel	Meridith Laini	Gloria Neema
Darin	Sean	Izabella	Mike
Pendo

Legal Issues?
What's next?
How Many More Kids Can We Take?
Adoption?

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Spring Protection Projects

Just take a moment to imagine life without clean water. It?s hard for Americans to imagine not being able to just go to the tap and get as much clean, safe water as we want.

Most people here have to walk quite a distance to a water source, usually a natural ground spring. The water naturally bubbles up out of the ground, making a little pond or big mud puddle, depending how you look at it. The ?mamas? take their five gallon bucket or jeri can to the puddle, fill them carefully ? trying not to stir up the water any more than necessary, heave the full buckets onto their heads and walk back home. All day long mamas come and go, taking dirty water home one bucket at a time. At the same time, herds-boys are bringing cattle or sheep or goats to the same water source for a drink. These animals leave behind a thing or two in or near the water?.and here comes another mama to scoop up the water and take it home?.yuk!

Ok. Everybody knows that all you have to do to make the water safer to drink is boil it, right? But did you ever think about what it takes to boil the water? Fire. And fire requires firewood, which is not so easy to come by. When the mamas aren?t fetching water, you might find them out searching for firewood. When they?ve gathered enough to cook for the day, they take it home. When it was pointed out to me that it takes just as much wood to boil water as it does to cook supper, I understood why they won?t ?waste? the wood. It becomes irrelevant that they should boil the water?.most simply won?t.

Why Spring Protection?
How is it done?
Why does the community need to provide some of the supplies?
What is the cost above what the community provides?
Summary for 2005.
Summary for 2006.

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Medical Ministry

What's the story behind the child in this picture?
What is the Medical Ministry?
What can I do to help?
Why money and not supplies?
Summary's for 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.

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