Archive for October 7th, 2009

Today was such a simple, yet great day. After our normal morning routine of waking up, eating, and cleaning up, Bre, Alice, and I walked over to Oasis and began our day. Alice helped to take pictures of some of the kids and put those together with their interviews and then input them into the computer. Bre and I each went to different classes and helped to teach. I helped to correct some English (they were working on opposites and the different forms of to, too, and two and when each are used) and then helped teach and correct long division problems.

I have never found teaching to be one of my gifts, but it was so fun to see all the kids participating and getting so excited about understanding the problems and shouting out the right answers.

After class, the kids had break which consisted of us playing jump rope, swinging the kids around, and otherwise just hanging out. It also consisted of Bre accidentally letting out a dog which then proceeded to chase all the kids around while they laughed and screamed until Julius caught the dog and tied her to a stake in the corner of the campus. After that break, the kids had Bible class and during that Bre and I sat and talked with Leila and Manu (Emmanuel) about the cultural differences between Kenya and America while Alice kept on with inputting the children’s info.

After Bible class the kids had another break and shortly after that lunch was served to all the students. It was SO cool to see how efficiently the center manages to feed all these kids.

Look at just this portion of the line for food:

But the entire line was had received their meal in about 5-7 minutes! It was so cool to see this because these are kids who, if it were not for Oasis, would be begging for bread, avoiding beatings from the security guards, and otherwise just trying to get by and stay alive. But at Oasis, these kids are receiving education, vocational training, food, and genuine love and relationships. It is SUCH a beautiful thing to watch and be a part of.

Peter enjoying lunch in his awesome blazer

Michael is digging in to his githeri

After lunch, Bre, Alice, and I walked back home to eat lunch  and rest up. After that Bre and Alice went to Boys’ House #2 to do some tutoring. You can see pictures from that at Alice’s blog. As for me, Alice started a conversation between Geoffrey and me to begin working on designing a new website for Oasis of Hope and so I spent my afternoon and evening working on that. It was so awesome to be able to use one of my God-given gifts for ministry like that. Here is a sneak peak of the up and coming redesign. (You can click on it for a bigger version)

Thanks for reading!

Peace and love,
J