When we leave we will miss....

The beauty of the sky, clouds and bright sun mixed with Mt. Longonot.  Cool evenings at 50 degrees and cool days at 78 degrees - if that, make for spectacular weather that has aided in the enjoyment of this trip!

The utter beauty of this backyard and the peace & quiet that can be found there. Knowing that just through those two wooden doors a hot meal awaits all who walk through them.

The front yard's full view is a site to behold! From it you can enjoy your morning chai as the birds chirp and a mild breeze whisks through...or watch the children play basketball.... or see visitors approaching down the private dirt road...all behind the safe gates.

A sign of hope, of love, of laughter and of faith!

 

Our home-away-from-home! Our nightly retreat area to regroup, recap, pray and worship in. Our gathering place.

Our eat-in kitchen area....A table large enough to hold all 11 of us comfortably at breakfast time simultaneously! All the ladies want a table this size in their homes. Today, it served as a wrapping station and held 40 packages given to the 40 older children as gifts from their sponsors. It was Christmas in July!

Maai Mahiu......home to NV, Rift Valley Fellowship church (RVF), CTC (Comfort the Children), the IDP Camp currently called Vumillia  (by its elders) aka Mwangaza (by its youth) and the Trans-African highway that runs through it. Can you believe we visited them all?

The bumpy road that leads from the highway to Naomi's Village is super fun to travel down via a taxi motorcycle called a Piki. LOVDED riding with this " motorcycle gang" from Texas.

A village where hope is rising, faith in Jesus is increasing; where real community is happening while amazing Perseverance (Vumillia) and bright Light (Mwangaza) co-exist.

A very strong, humble, godly man - an elder in Vumillia/Mwangza - Joseph, who allows us into his home which Habitat for Humanity built. Grateful to know him, his story and his love for the word & God.

 

 

A wonderful IDP Camp tour guide, historian, story-teller and comedian! Joseph!!

 

Grandma Jen! That 88 year old lady of Vumillia Village has the strongest grip and handshake I've ever experienced. A man! What a wonderful smile.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AND LAST but not LEAST.........

 

 

 

When we leave we will miss the little smiles, tears, hands, feet, faces and personalities of all the children who captured our hearts at Naomi's Village.