Signing Off

We have been back in Seattle for just shy of two weeks.  Much has happened both here and in Kenya that reminds us our lives are but a brief interlude of time.  Love fiercely and without restraint.  I hope you have enjoyed our adventures retold.  Here are a few more snippets....

Holly celebrated a birthday while we were in Thika.  In the true birthday spirit she bought mattresses for Edith and all the kids.  It was fortuitous that they share beds because the Land Cruiser was fully loaded on the way back.  I cannot begin to explain the jubilation at the sight of her gifts but can tell you that they all woke late the next morning.  . 

The Doctor is in

Medical care is an all to rare and expensive commodity in the bush.  I had a consistent clinic schedule upon my arrival...tooth abscess, diabetes management, prenatal care, epilepsy, asthma, trauma, wound care, malaria just to name a few.  Medications are few and far between.  Our goal for 2014-15 is to open a medical clinic in the Thika bush operated by Kenya medical providers.    I'll be talking with a former classmate of mine Jesse Rohde whose Foundation has constructed a similar clinic in Ghana. 

  

Last Nature Shots--Fourteen Falls -- Thika, Kenya

 Pineapple, the King crop, of Thika.   Trivia--It takes 18 months for the fruit to reach maturity.  

 Carpets of Tea

We said Good bye that afternoon to Edith, Antony, Feri and Fundi Minor.  Hugs all around.  The kids were at school which was a good thing.  Edith's question--"When are you coming back?"  followed by "Don't forget us."  How could we.  They are a part of us! 

We are entwined with the mission of one man's heart--Flow of Hope.   

To our parents, Bob & Sally Reeves and Barbara Weitensteiner: 

We love you and thank you!