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Acres for Agnes: May 2015
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More visits, March and May 2015. Agnes and I met for lunch in Kitale in March. We also did a bit of grocery shopping, which she carried home in this box. Pope, Tony, and I met in Webuye just before they started the second term of the school year. Zach and Duane at the house. Zach cut his nose the day before, when he fell on some fence wire. God introduced me to Agnes in August 2004. It was three years after he sent me to Kenya and one year after I had my mud hut built in a remote rural village. It is my ...
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Acres for Agnes: December 2013
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Around the house and shamba, December 2013. Duane and Zach absolutely love it when I bring crayons and a coloring book for them! The dog has really gotten big since I last saw it! Agnes making a dress for her friend, Eliza. This is an 'iron box'. Hot coals from the cooking fire are used to make it hot. The sun is just above the horizon on Boxing Day, December 26th. A great start to a new day. Arrowroot is a common staple food in Kenya, typically eaten for breakfast. Seed beds for more kale plants. This w...
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Acres for Agnes: October 2014
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A nice pumpkin from the kitchen garden, October 2014. God introduced me to Agnes in August 2004. It was three years after he sent me to Kenya and one year after I had my mud hut built in a remote rural village. He almost literally dropped Agnes in my lap by having her and Charles (and her three oldest boys) move a mere 30 feet from the door of my mud hut. God cemented a bond between Agnes and I when she went through through labor on a dirt floor on a cold night in their one-room mud house.
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Acres for Agnes: January 2013
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January 2013, Agnes says "Thanks". January 2013, Agnes and her boys love their new home! Zach (just being his cute self). Duane (eagerly planting flowers). Adu (cycling home from school). Tony (just before heading to school to begin his second year of high school). Agnes (checking the 'sukuma wiki' in one of her seed beds). Duane and Zach, with their mom and some of the teachers at their new school. Agnes and me, at the front door of their new house. But Tony had a different idea! It was beyond obvious t...
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Acres for Agnes: December 2014
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A visit at Christmas, December 2014. Duane and Zach love modeling clay. One of Duane's creations with modeling clay. Duane is also quite creative with his own clay, made out of mud. He always loves to show me his latest creations! Tony and Adu show off their strength with their homemade weights. Adu is making ugali, the main staple in Kenyans' diets. It's a thick corn meal mush. Through the ensuing years, God has used my relationship with Agnes to stretch me regarding what it means to truly love someone ...
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Acres for Agnes: February 2013
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February 2013, Continuing to get settled. Duane (red shirt in back) and Zach (brown shirt) playing with neighbor kids. Pope doing the dishes. Agnes (in the middle), with two neighbor ladies, watching a boundary being marked on her land. When the surveyor plotted out Agnes' piece of land, two sisal plants were placed at the corners. Then, the first step in making a straight line is to line up people from one sisal plant to another. Pope, in the red shirt, is observing the fascinating process. He almost li...
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Ministry2Kenya: "Loving my Neighbor": Remembering missionary pioneer, Elisabeth Elliot (1926-2015)
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Remembering missionary pioneer, Elisabeth Elliot (1926-2015). One of the most influential Christian women of the 20th century, Elisabeth Elliot, died this week after a long battle with dementia. Elliot, the Christian author and speaker whose husband, Jim, was killed during their short-lived but legendary missionary work among unreached tribes in eastern Ecuador in the 1950s, passed away Sunday at 88, according to reports. Years ago, when I heard Elisabeth Elliot speak in Omaha, Nebraska, I was absolutely...
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Ministry2Kenya: "Loving my Neighbor": December 2014
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What I learned living cross-culturally as a Christian, written by Cindy Brandt. One of my favorite quotes regarding living cross-culturally is this one by Duane Elmer:. Among the hardest tasks in life is to divest (rid or strip) ourselves of the culture we wear so comfortably.". I think the following piece, written by Cindy Brandt, does a good job examining this struggle:. What I learned living cross culturally as a Christian. What I learned living cross culturally as a Christian. As long as we believe w...
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Acres for Agnes: My recent visit to see Agnes and her boys, February 2014
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My recent visit to see Agnes and her boys, February 2014. Duane and Zach having breakfast before heading to school. On our way to visit friends. Agnes and I always enjoy visiting the Alu family, who live somewhat near Agnes. In the photo are Edgar, Anaya, Agnes, and Mary. The box on Agnes' head was a gift of produce from her farm, for our mutual friends - Bishop and Margaret Wanjala. Beautiful foggy morning at Agnes' farm, located in the Nzoia River valley. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Through the...
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Acres for Agnes: More visits, March and May 2015
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More visits, March and May 2015. Agnes and I met for lunch in Kitale in March. We also did a bit of grocery shopping, which she carried home in this box. Pope, Tony, and I met in Webuye just before they started the second term of the school year. Zach and Duane at the house. Zach cut his nose the day before, when he fell on some fence wire. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Through the ensuing years, God has used my relationship with Agnes to stretch me regarding what it means to truly love someone and...