Brydie, the director Project Kenya, was here on Tuesday to visit. She was traveling throughout Kenya to see the various project locations and was able to stay in a Ribe for a little over a day. She brought us some goodies so that we could make a Thanksgiving dinner in Ribe!
(picture: Chris & Lesley with Thanksgiving-in-a-box)
One of the coolest things about this celebration was hosting our neighbors and friends and introducing them to our holiday. Brydie made a video capturing all the things for which we are thankful ... I can't figure out how to post it right now, but I'll work on it soon.
(picture: Mophat, Brydie, Judy & her sons, Sophie & Nesta, Virginia, Chris at Ribe Thanksgiving)
The main purpose of Brydie's visit was to help set up the Ribe Methodist women’s sewing project. This was a project that was underway before we came, so her visit was to bring funding and confirm the official launch. We met with about 25 women, had a lunch at our place, and then she took a couple of the women shopping for the first set of sewing machines.
(picture: Lesley and Brydie with the sewing women)
The next day we were also able to bring a donation to the school of 6 laptop computers! Many thanks to Carroll University's IT department for donating these - the teachers and students are ecstatic. We did an unofficial presentation, since we now need to install programs and get them ready to use before the January term.
On Thursday, we were invited to celebrate Thanksgiving again with some American missionaries in Mombasa. There were about 30 people there, including 10 children, all either local church families or American missionaries around the coast area. It was great to meet other young couples and families and we hope to visit them in the future. We enjoyed all the Thanksgiving traditions – turkey, stuffing, pie – while eating outdoors and then enjoying a swim in the pool!
(pic: Chris and friends at ocean-side Thanksgiving)
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