OK Fine. Maybe not murals. But I got to tag along with my new friend Sarah to a village called Simit for a painting adventure. She painted murals. I painted the alphabet, numbers, and anything that required little to no skill.
When I see people like Sarah and how God has given her such a beautiful [Read More…]
Flashback #3 from last summer’s adventures!
July 25th, 2012
My purse was stolen.
In Kenya?
Nope.
But I bet that was your first thought. It would have been mine.
Carmel Valley – – – a well-to-do neighborhood three miles from my house in San Diego. One week before leaving for Kenya someone shattered my car window and snatched my purse while I was hiking at Torrey Pines. I felt violated, frustrated, and overwhelmed [Read More…]
For the observant ones, you may have noticed I switched to Jiggers. I’m still a bit confused by the whole Chigger/Jigger thing but a friend recently told me in Kenya they are referred to as Jiggers. When I searched pub med for a definition, I found this. . . “Chiggers are tiny, six-legged wingless organisms (larvae) that grow up to become a type of mite. Chiggers are found in tall grass and weeds. [Read More…]
In 2012, I went to Kenya for the first time for one month assuming I would get the “volunteer in Africa” bug out of my system and move on with my comfortable life. I helped with a public health survey in a slum and that experience turned my life upside down one slow day at a time. Learn more about Humbled Warrior…
