The End is in Sight

We finished painting today.  The donkey cart arrived this afternoon with chairs and a tent for tomorrow's Open House.  In the morning we will "kick the boys out of the house" as we prepare for the big event.  The boys have seen us painting all week but really don't know how we are planning on transforming their dorm room tomorrow.   After they are out of the house we will move in to hang new drapes, make their beds with new sheets, fill crates with clothes, towels, wash cloths and toiletries for each and hang their new backpacks on the wall filled with school supplies for each of them.  We feel like this is Extreme Makeover - Kenya Edition.  Move that donkey cart!

Below are a few pictures from the day.

The kitchen at Comet House is modern with running water and electricty, but Sho-Sho still cooks 

in the traditional Kenyan way - over a charcoal stove, propane stove and outside over a fire. 

 The freezer  is filled with vegetables from the garden and fresh milk from Ann's cow. 

Milk is thawed for our morning chai, another Kenyan tradition we've come to love.

Parker got the chance to play a soccer game at the Maga-tuini School, where we built a library in 2011.  Parker was worried that he didn't have his cleats but, as you can notice, most of the boys played barefoot.

Nancy measured the boys when they got home from school so that we could sort through and pick out outfits for them from the clothes we brought for them from the US.

When the boys got home from school, Parker read Dr. Seuss to the boys.  From left to right: Wycliff, Morris, Brian, Parker, Ian, Edwin and Peter.  Joseph was not there as he was attending his grandfather's funeral.

  At the end of the day we visited George and his family.  George is a child we have worked with since he was four years old.  He is now twelve and doing well in school.  He lives with his grandmother, two brothers and three cousins.

We also heard from Koang tonight.  Koang is one of the lost boys of Sudan with whom we have worked since 2008.  He has now graduated from high school and is enrolled in a computer course.  We hope to get to see him this weekend.