RVA has an extensive outreach ministry within Kijabe and beyond. Saturday, September 29, was one of the organized outreach opportunities in which students could participate. Many staff members and students ranging in ages from five to eighteen contributed their time and talents. Lily and Silas baked cookies and delivered them to children on the children’s [...]
Entries from September 2007
September 17, 2007
Photos! Finally!
All the students at RVA use www.facebook.com to communicate with everyone on the planet. I had never even heard of the site before coming to Kenya. I assume it’s a cleaned up version of myspace.com because it makes it through the RVA censorship program, unlike Flickr, which must have something objectionable somewhere, making it a “banned” site. I’m [...]
September 14, 2007
Africa’s Paths
I’d forgotten how fascinating the footpaths of Africa can be. In North America, the land of the car, the cement sidewalk, and the paved bike trail, footpaths have all but disappeared. But here, people walk. They walk everywhere. Sure, they’re happy to hitch a ride in a car when they can, or they might spend [...]
September 12, 2007
School
Mine and Silas’s school started two weeks ago. My teacher, Ms. Alpheis, is a lot of fun. We play tons of games and have a sticker chart that if we fill it we get a prize like sitting in a poofy, comfy chair for a week or having an ice cream party. We also have [...]
September 10, 2007
Dear Aunt Carolyn,
Thank you so much for encouraging me with your note! You are a Rocking Dorm Mom! I love you and your family so much! You are all a huge encouragement to us girls!
love ya! love Sierra
We’re crazy busy with the dorm (room inspections, dorm inspections, devotions, dorm treats, dorm meetings, band-aids, Ibuprofen, antihistamine, tears, more [...]
September 1, 2007
Quotable Quotes
Lily: “We’re studying European Geometry! It’s so cool!” (not to be confused with European Geography, which is what they’re really studying! And I think it’s so cool that Lily thinks it’s so cool.)
Silas: “Why is there more dirt in Africa than in America?” (You would not believe how dirty this kid gets every single, solitary [...]
