{"id":704,"date":"2014-07-27T18:54:03","date_gmt":"2014-07-27T18:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maishaproject.org\/christmas\/?p=704"},"modified":"2018-03-05T18:54:48","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T18:54:48","slug":"live-from-kenya-week-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maishaproject.org\/christmas\/live-from-kenya-week-7\/","title":{"rendered":"LIVE From Kenya — Week 7"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The summer is coming to a close, and it\u2019s time to say goodbye\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

As this is almost the final blog, LIVE from Kenya, I\u2019m sad to say my time is running out.\u00a0 How has the summer flown by so fast? It seems like just yesterday, I arrived at Maisha to a beautiful opening ceremony, and now,\u00a0 \u201cThe Goodbye Song\u201d is being sung.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The last week at Maisha has been one to remember.\u00a0 I was down for the count the first few days, being sick in bed with a bacterial infection, but nothing seemed to slow down at Maisha while I was gone!\u00a0 The second team from my home church, Vintage Church, in Edmond arrived anxious to get to work.\u00a0 Darrel Haley, leading this trip, was glad to be back for the second summer in a row, bringing his family and many friends to accompany him on this journey.\u00a0 This was also a sweet reunion, as one of my best friends, Lyndsey Mackown, made her first journey here, after falling in love with Maisha at last years \u201cLight the Future Gala.\u201d<\/p>\n

As they were here, the team especially enjoyed their time working in the slums.\u00a0 Almost every day, members would journey out and hear the stories of the Maisha clients, and read verses to them while encouraging them and sharing the gospel.\u00a0 At one point I heard Brandi Yates say, \u201cI went in expecting to encourage them, but instead, they encouraged me so much more.\u201d<\/p>\n

While they were working hard in the slums, we are happy to say that the rest of the team was back here working hard on the completion of our new toilets. They are all painted with a fresh coat of white, and almost ready to be opened!! We are so excited for all the kids, and currently in the process of training them on how to properly use a bathroom, seeing as most of these kids have never used a flushing toilet before.\u00a0 We would like to thank Vintage for helping fundraise a great portion of the money for these new toilets.<\/p>\n

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Along with the slums, a few members of the team had a passion for cooking and working in the kitchen.\u00a0 After working with the widows in the kitchen for several days, we hosted a party night to thank all of the widows for all of their hard work.\u00a0 They made a Mexican meal for all of them, set up the dining hall real fancy, and even bought them all flowers and escorted them in.\u00a0 They ate and enjoyed the night, and then danced the night away until they couldn\u2019t dance anymore.\u00a0 We are so thankful for teams that come in, and encourage the women of Maisha.\u00a0 No one deserves to be waited on more than these hardworking women!<\/p>\n

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As they left for their safari, we were very sad to see them all go.\u00a0 But as Darrell reminded us, \u201cWe are not saying goodbye, just see you later!\u201d\u00a0 With those words, I want to thank you for keeping up with The Maisha Project this summer.\u00a0 Before I leave, I will post one final blog, documenting all the big changes that have happened this summer.\u00a0 Keep a look out for Live From Kenya – The Final Blog.<\/p>\n

The Word of the Week is\u00a0CHOO<\/strong>\u00a0which means toilet in Kiswahili, an important word to know in any language.\u00a0<\/strong>Enter the Word of the Week Contest by taking a brief survey and entering this week’s word at\u00a0http:\/\/survey.constantcontact.com\/survey\/a07e9e3jmdwhvzne3c8\/start<\/a>. This is your final chance to win Maisha swag in the Word of the Week contest so enter now! A grand prize winner will be drawn from all entries for a special secret prize.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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