Wow, where to start!? As many of you know we have been in a season of uncertainty for the last 6 months and we’ve remained fairly quiet on the blog. It’s not because we didn’t want to update it but because Niki and I just haven’t known what to post! When your life direction […]
Kenya
You Can’t Change The World
Nope, you can’t change the WORLD… BUT YOU CAN change the world for VIVIAN… …for HOPE… …for PAULINE… …for MICHEK… …for ALMUS… … or for ROSE… “Live simply so that others may simply live.” With the holidays fast approaching I can’t help but recognize that this might possibly be the worst time of year to […]
When Do We Leave?
“When do you leave for Kenya?” That is the most frequently asked question in our lives right now… and understandably so 🙂 And we’re thankful that people are curious!Even our daughters ask and pray daily about our plans to move to Kenya. September is approaching and that was our target for departure. However, there is […]
Moses
Moses, Age 2Belwop Rescue CentreNyeri, Kenya Some of you may recall a blog post from about 2 months ago about Moses, a baby found abandoned near a bush that was rescued and brought into Veronica’s care at the Belwop. You can read that post here: A Baby Boy Well only a few days after that […]
From Our Family To Yours…
By now you’ve probably received our first newsletter from our family to yours!We are certainly not pro’s at this type of thing, but we’re having fun in the process… (click to read more and see pics) Believe it or not that one-page letter took many many hours, several revisions, and lots of input from friends […]
A Baby Boy
“I have called him Moses!” exclaims Veronica. In America this would most likely be the announcement of a proud mother or father over their new baby boy. But this time, in Kenya, it means something very different. This past Monday March 7th, a one-year old baby boy was found abandoned near a bush. So Veronica […]
Immunizations!
This week Niki and I got our first round of vaccinations for our time in Kenya! We’re getting excited to take an exploratory trip to the Belwop orphanage to see what kind of work we’ll be doing when we move over there! Click to see more… I don’t know that we were ready for all […]
Ken-ya-believe-it?
Posted by: Niki Click here to watch a 2-minute video on the needs of Belwop Click here to watch 4 minute video including the heart of Belwop Kenya. Really?! Kenya?… as in Africa? Yip. From Alaska to Michigan to Africa… and who knows where after that… if you’re beginning to think we’ve lost our mind […]
Vote For BELWOP!
Hi family and friends! We all have a really cool opportunity to make a HUGE impact on some orphan’s lives in the next couple weeks! As most of you know Niki and I are in the planning stages of taking our family to Kenya for a year to help the BELWOP orphanage in Nyeri renovate […]