New Classrooms Completed

We are expanding!!!! Well, yes, sort of growing but really just improving the current classrooms for the disabled children. Basically, we are taking one of the larger rooms we currently use as a store room and turning that into a classroom. And one of the dukas (shops) next to our current office vacated recently so we took over that and converted a huge room to a classroom. The previous two classrooms were great but small. The children were cramped. Now they can spread their wings and create more havoc. CTC has not given up the smaller classrooms though. What we have done is convert one into Mama Peter's (the malaika kids cook) kitchen. Currently, she is cooking in a side little alcove on the ground. No doors and not sanitary enough for the children. We were originally limited on space so we made it work but now even Mama is moving up :) The other old classroom has been turned into our new store room.

As many of you know my Bro, Luke, is in Kenya visiting and has been a rock star. He's been helping with any task put in front of him. The big challenge for the two of us was to get the new classrooms painted and ready for the children who return on Jan. 5th. It took a few days to get it complete but with Luke's great help painting we were able to complete a few days ago. The large wall hangings you see in the pics are the same as I wrote in a recent blog. They were donated by SEP (Special Education Professionals) and made by the fathers and mothers of the children. They look fabulous now with newly painted walls. I'll be updating with pics soon of the children using the new classrooms.

Personally, completing jobs and having a visual outcome to look at really does make work here all that much more enjoyable. Every day for me seems to be another adventure and rewarding experience. To be able to work along side my brother was a blessing. And to know our work has really nothing to do with us, nor benefit us personally in any way is .........Well you know at XMAS when you get a gift it feels one way. Wonderful, sure. But to give a gift. Now that is something COMPLETELY different. To watch a loved one open a little treasure from you and see the reaction is something special There is a deep, pure loving feeling that comes from giving. And I know Luke and I surely felt this during our painting expedition. I just hope the children will enjoy the rooms as much as Luke and I did to prepare them.

Until next post............