tumaini complex

4/25/07 -- late afternoon

I almost forgot one of the most important things we did all week. Wednesday afternoon, after our class, we all went out to the new Tumaini Community Center to see what has been accomplished. The guard building and the first large meeting center has been completed -- cost approximately U.S. $100,000. The building is huge and will serve for large meetings, parties and other events. The next building is to be the health center, for the Tumaini children and the community as well. They will not have to be transported a long distance away if they are sick and they will have a nurse to take care of them. There is also to be a study and conference center with rooms for visitors. It is a grand vision but very attainable. The dollars raised in the U.S. go a long way in Kenya. This center will be a very important step for the community and much good will come of it.

We were accompanied by the local Tumaini Board (see above) and you could see how proud they were of this accomplishment. Several of our group were very impressed with this plan and vowed to help with this project. Not everyone is called to sponsor a child. I was again impressed with the integrity and stability of the Kenyans involved with Tumaini in Masii. They are solid gold people...

Rain has been an issue as I mentioned before. While we were there, the clouds turned black (see the background behind Stanley above) and within a few minutes it was POURING! It turned off as fast as it started, but it was good to see the amount of rain that fell in those few minutes -- it was about as much as we have had all winter here in California!