Thanks for my wonderful Auntie Marianne, the girls at Good Shepherd have new beds. Six spanking new mattresses (still in the plastic). I arrived with Rocky to the normal, overwhelming charge of 23 kids yelling my nick name Muguruki "Mad Man". So fitting huh? Not to diverge. But in Kikuyu that is not a good word. When I say my nickname, which was given to me by the way, the reaction is always the same. First, people have a horrified look on their face as you would never call someone Muguruki as it means the man who is passed out on the street, literally “mad” out of his head. But I love that nickname. I am the only one called that in probably all of Kenya :)
So let’s get back to the fun stuff. When Rocky and I arrived, after the bombardment of kids saying hello, we opened the back door to the truck. The kids went nuts. Jumping around, high fives, huge smiles. They kept saying God Bless. I am sorry Auntie you could not be here in person to see it. As those blessings are for you. I included a few pics of the children with the beds. You can see the happiness. Always amazes me still how such simple improvements can make such an impact on these children. When we put the mattresses in their place the girls immediately jumped to their normal sleeping area. You can see in this pic how joyful the girls are and after I left they just stayed. Middle of the day, no reason to ever be in bed, after at least a half hour, when Rocky and I left, they were in the beds. Giggling, singing and being happy.
I returned a few days later to the same beds in the same positions. The room just looked cleaner, more homely and surely had to be way more comfortable for the girls. Next is the boys. They have the same old dirty mattresses and were pretty bummed they weren’t getting new beds when we came. All comes down to getting the money but that will come in time. For now the girls have a wonderfully clean, soft bed to sleep on so thanks again Auntie!!!!!! Love you.
