THURSDAY--FEBRUARY 24, 2011

HOME OF BABY CENTRE STACI KETER AND FAMILY

NGATA AFRICA GOSPEL CHURCH NEAR THE BABY CENTRE

DEDICATION PLAQUE NEAR FRONT DOOR

FLOWERS ALONG THE GRAVEL WALK

FLOWER IN NGATA AGC GARDEN

FLOWERS IN NGATA AGC GARDEN

JOHN ENJOYING CHAI TEA BREAK AT 10:30 AM

BEANS COOKING OVER CHARCOAL BURNER FOR BABIES AT BABY CENTRE

LAUNDRY EVERY DAY IS LIKE THIS

ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL KENYAN BIRDS

JOHN BEING WELCOMED BY DR. JULIET WHO TREATS VERY NEEDY PATIENTS

DR. JULIET--MY NEW FRIEND

Today, we stayed to work at the Baby Centre.  Again, we spent time with the babies or working on the fence project.  The Baby Centre is located in the area of Kenya that is very dry.  Many Kenyans need to travel a great distance to obtain water.  Pastor Meshack took Jeremy with him to begin the process of providing a water tank which will hold six thousand liters (1500 gallons) of water for the IDP Camp.  This tank is the same size of tank used here at the Baby Centre.  The process for installation is very lengthy since the source of supplies is scattered around a great distance.  People from the IDP Camp must walk three miles to obtain water.  This tank will provide clean water on site at the IDP Camp.  The availability of the water tank will make it possible for the residents there to have a greenhouse in which they can grow vegetables to eat and sell.  The goal of Pastor Meshack is to instruct the people in the IDP Camp how they can help themselves and not have just handouts.  Everything that the Camp people will begin to do for self-improvement will be constructed for movement during the promised relocation.  The government promises the people things that do not happen.  The people have been in the IDP Camp now for three years.   The wind over the nearly barren hillside is very strong.  We received much dirt and dust in our eyes, ears, noses, and mouths, and of course all over us.  The wind is so strong that it breaks down the tents and weakens and rips the plastic and tarpaulins.  Tonight, as we prepared to eat supper, Staci arrived from Nakuru with a new baby boy.  He is perhaps three weeks old.  The young mother knocked on the window of a couple of women, handed the baby to them, and ran away.  Thank God, the baby has been well fed and is very healthy from all indications.  The police were called and then they called Staci to come to Nakuru to get him.  He seems to be adjusting well.