Our Travels

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When 181 miles is a long trip.

Thursday, February 20, 2020 We traveled 181 miles from Kikuyu to Maua. It took eight hours including lunch and rest stops. In the US it would take about 31/2 hours.  There are several reasons why. People in the way. Animals and carts in the way. Motorcycles in the...

MOU Meeting

MOU meeting Tuesday, February 18, 2020 This isn’t all that exciting but it is important. We meet with the administration of each hospital once a year to review our working agreement (Memorandum of understanding or MOU). We met this morning at Kikuyu. I am happy to...

Settling in

Tuesday, February 11, 2020 Getting settled We arrived without problem last night. It does take awhile to get through immigration. Today, we got organized and set up a couple of meetings while we are here. Tomorrow we will visit the disabled children’s center in...

Kajiado and the National Health Insurance Fund

Wednesday, February 12, 2020 Today we traveled about 2.5 hours to Masai Land. Kajiado Home for Disabled is a home for disabled children. Many have CP, and some have deformities requiring surgery. Some of the children are permanent residents, while others stay there...

The Indian Ocean

An awesome weekend. We are waiting to Kikuyu. We had a wonderful relaxed weekend. The Indian Ocean is as beautiful as anticipated. Tomorrow we will go to church with some long time Kenyan friends Peter and Margaret and have lunch. For the evening we are teaching our...

It is about who we serve.

Liz and I are leaving for Kenya on February 9. The major event while we are there will be the ground breaking for the new operating rooms at PCEA Chogoria Hospitals.