BOYES BEST HOMESCHOOL

Mikey and David had a great day with Sam Boyes who is a friend of ours working here with Education for Life. No turkey was harmed in the making of this video...much...

FUN DAY FRIDAY (2nd March 2012) by Mikey

This morning Me and David woke  to a nice sporty day, so at 7:30 in the morning we had our breakfast  then got a football kit on and did some warm ups and stretches and did a bit of football. Then when it was time to start, we were put into groups David in green Me in red now the games had begun I watched the first two races (dressing race and sack race) and then I did bottle filling I came last and so did David then we had a break for 45 minutes. Then we went outside and I played comedy football then it was lunchtime. After lunch I went outside but it was to hot outside so I went back in. The other games what were played were catch the rat, assault course, tug  of  war and balloon basket ball it was really fun but the blue team came first.      

The Adventures of David

Last Saturday David had a really fun day.  He spent the morning catching lizards and crickets with his friends followed by chasing chickens!

The night before I had been reading some stories to the kids in the home and one was about honey.  I asked them if they had tried honey and they hadn't so David Mike and Mweyma enjoyed honey sandwiches!  They loved them!








Later on David made an awesome swing using a coconut branch!  He loved it!

This is him sleeping peacefully after a very happy day.

Sadly on Monday he developed a nasty skin infection with blisters appearing on his leg and on his face.  They were spreading fast, literally appearing in front of our eyes!  As always with kids it got rapidly worse at night and we knew he needed medical attention quick!  There is no 999 to phone here or no casualty to get to quickly but thankfully there is a very lovely Dr in the local village.  It did however mean John and David venturing out in the dark so I was at home panicking that they would be safe!  They had our friend Dennis looking after them and I knew he would take good care but normally here we would never go out after dark.  Thankfully David is now a lot better.  He wasn't allowed out all week which as you can imagine for David was a very big challenge!  It is scary being ill in a foreign place, another reminder of the things we took for granted at home.  However we are so thankful to have good caring friends we can call on and a very good Doctor nearby.

Dream Job 28th February 2012

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It is so hot here, 35 in the shade here today.  When even the locals are complaining it is hot I know I am justified in being a complete sweaty heap!  However life must go on and extreme temperatures can’t keep me away from a day in the office.  If I could have written my dream job

it would have been what I got to do today.  

Nelly is a fab lady here who has worked in the office for many years and does a lot of work with sponsor kids.  She is amazing at knowing hundreds of children by name.  Today I got to join her in an exciting aspect of her job.  We met with children at the school here to tell them that we had found a sponsor for them… what a privilege to give such good news. What an honour to see the smiles that have been brought about by someone somewhere hearing about Tumaini and taking the time to fill out a form to sponsor a child.  Nelly took photos of the children so we can send them to the sponsors. 

It was great to hear some of their ambitions and hear some of their stories.  One story has stayed with me.  I asked each child who they lived with and this particular high school boy told me that he rents a room in the village.  I asked him how he managed to pay for it as he is in school full time so he told me that he sells mandazis (a local cake) at break times.    I tried not to show my shock and emotion.  As an outsider looking in I could rush to say he has nothing, no parents to look after him, no one to cook dinner for him, no one to help with his washing or ask when he will be home.  

However as he talked he wasn’t complaining at 

all in fact he was radiating such joy that it was infectious. He said that when he leaves school he wants to work as a mentor to tell people that Jesus is always there for them. I don’t think I 

could ever tire of a job like that. I feel so blessed 

to have this opportunity.  I am so thankful to see for myself how people’s giving makes a real difference here. I will hold on to the valuable 

lesson I learnt from a high school boy today 

about the joy that no earthly thing can bring.