progress at Gentle Bells

My parents and a friend came to visit this past week.  My dad learned from his last trip that traveling to Kenya for a weekend is not the brightest of ideas, so they were here about six days.  It is always great to have folks from the US visit, and of course, having my parents here is extra special, and I'm so glad they could come!  But they weren't here just to see me. They were coming to check on the progress of Gentle Bells, the school down in the valley that they've been supporting for the past two years.

The school has vastly improved in the last two years.  It has gone from small, mbati (tin) building on a teeny plot of land to a 5-classroom stone building on 5 1/2 acres of land!  There's still work to be done - beginning a "shamba" (garden) so the school can grow its own food, and making a proper soccer field, etc. Still, this is a vast improvement.

Forgive all the pictures. It was hard to choose just a few.

 new school

 admin building

 in a classroom 

 They must have known I was coming: teaching about proper care of teeth and seeing a dentist!

 Since the area is so poor, the school provides lunch to all students every day

 it is hard not to fall in love with these faces

 boys will be boys: lunchtime soccer game!

football at the foot of Mt. Longonot what could be better?

It is pretty exciting to be a small part of the changes of this school.  We have come from so far and still have vision on going further in time.  We can clearly see how God has provided for the expansion of the school. As usual, His hand is on everything.  This year, 150+ children are enrolled in the school, which means that they're getting a solid education and two meals a day.

Come visit sometime!