{"id":706,"date":"2014-07-29T18:55:01","date_gmt":"2014-07-29T18:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maishaproject.org\/christmas\/?p=706"},"modified":"2018-03-05T18:55:39","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T18:55:39","slug":"live-from-kenya-the-final-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maishaproject.org\/christmas\/live-from-kenya-the-final-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"LIVE from Kenya &#8212; The Final Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Wipe your tears; it\u2019s time to go. Saying goodbye to Kenya.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>As the long-term team spends their final day at The Maisha Project, we are sad to be leaving the place we have called home for two whole months.\u00a0 It reminds me of a quote I read by Miriam Adeney, and she said, \u201cYou will never be completely at home again, because part of your heart will always be elsewhere.\u00a0 That is the price you pay for the richness of loving and knowing people in more than one place.\u201d Every person who has ever had the chance to come to Maisha will verify this quote is undoubtedly true.<\/p>\n<p>This summer has been the biggest summer yet here at Maisha.\u00a0 We are so proud of all we have accomplished with the help of the 6 amazing teams that spent their summer serving at Maisha.\u00a0 Thank you to Broadway Baptist Church, North Pointe Church, Vintage Church, Bridgeway Church, and our independent travelers for making this summer one to remember. As we reminisce, lets take a look back at all the big things that have happened this summer at The Maisha Project.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The REVEAL of the Maisha 2014 Light the Future Choir<\/li>\n<li>Our name change from \u201cMaisha International Orphanage\u201d to \u201cThe Maisha Project\u201d<\/li>\n<li>The building and painting of our new toilets<\/li>\n<li>Receiving our permit to open the Maisha Clinic<\/li>\n<li>Groundbreaking of our new Maisha Academy<\/li>\n<li>Launching The Gospel Project<\/li>\n<li>The first annual Maisha Run For Life Marathon<\/li>\n<li>The successful Maisha Academic Award Ceremony<\/li>\n<li>The distribution of our Solar Lights<\/li>\n<li>Receiving new tables and benches for our dining hall<\/li>\n<li>Using new plates and flatware for the first time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/maishaproject.org\/christmas\/useruploads\/images\/blog\/week_8_a.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/maishaproject.org\/christmas\/useruploads\/images\/blog\/week_8_b.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/maishaproject.org\/christmas\/useruploads\/images\/blog\/week_8_c.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/maishaproject.org\/christmas\/useruploads\/images\/blog\/week_8_d.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/maishaproject.org\/christmas\/useruploads\/images\/blog\/week_8_e.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/maishaproject.org\/christmas\/useruploads\/images\/blog\/week_8_f.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/maishaproject.org\/christmas\/useruploads\/images\/blog\/week_8_h.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We are also proud to say Maisha is finishing building a new toilet in our slums office.\u00a0 Once the construction is finished, we will be launching our new feeding project in the slums.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of this summer, we have also had 17 children become sponsored through Maisha\u2019s Legacy of Hope Project.\u00a0 Although we are overjoyed with this number, we still have around 160 kids left to be sponsored.\u00a0 Please continue to share the word about these amazing children, who still need their education to be funded.\u00a0 If you would like more information on how to help, visit www.maishaproject.org or email Jenny Thibodeau at jenny@maishaproject.org.<\/p>\n<p>As we say our final goodbyes we are grateful for the time that we have shared with all 643 beautiful children, and the relationships we have built with them.\u00a0 Friends, there is nothing like serving here at Maisha.\u00a0 This summer has sped by, and I am heartbroken to be leaving.\u00a0 Thank you for taking this journey with me, and keeping up with all the crazy adventures we have been on this summer.\u00a0 I have enjoyed writing these stories and sharing my life with you over the past two months.\u00a0 If you are not already, I highly encourage every one of you to get involved with Maisha.\u00a0 That doesn\u2019t mean make a two month trip to Kenya. It could mean doing something like volunteering your time to help in the OKC office, sponsoring a child, volunteering to help fundraise for a choir child or finding a Maisha project that you are passionate about.\u00a0 These kids are real. They&#8217;re not just in the pictures, and even the smallest thing you do could change their life completely.\u00a0 Thank you again for following my journey.\u00a0 For the last time\u2014I\u2019m Lauren Hatfield and this is Live from Kenya\u2014The Final Blog.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wipe your tears; it\u2019s time to go. 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