Wednesday - October 29
Morning came too soon, but with it were sounds of monkeys, rock hyrax and many different species of birds that make complete the tent camp living experience in the game reserve of Maasai Mara.
After an hour drive, by 10:00 we were back in Siana for my first meeting with our coordinator, followed by a meeting with the current and former county councilor. When Josh arrived to discuss the building project, we quickly closed our meeting. Already in that short amount of time I was able to utilize some of the advice of Eric that I had learned the day before. After walking the land, discussions with the elders, councilors and community leaders, preliminary agreements were made. Waiting for that meeting to close, the ladies participating in the goat bank project waited for their meeting. The ladies shared with me of a disease affecting sheep and goats in their area. Already 3 babies and one adult goat has died, making it impossible for another turnover as previously planned in February of 2009. The government is stepping in with free vaccinations so plans were made for all the participants to have their goats vaccinated. In February we will purchase more goats to replace the ones that have died. After a prayer for God's healing hand and blessing upon the goats, we proceeded to our next meeting.
We traveled back to one of the participants home that had been unable to come due to being crippled from polio as a young girl. She is now an old Cocoo (grandmother). In September, the mission trip led by Kim DeWitt delivered a pair of crutches to her, hoping that it would help her walk. However, she reported that she would have to return them as she didn't have the strength to use them. We talked about getting her a wheelchair that she can pedel with her arms, she was appreciative. We requested to see her goat she was given in May. Already the disease PPR has affected her goat and no longer stand. We had a prayer for the goat and said goodby.
When all the meetings were finished, we were sunburned, hungry and tired. It was about 3:30 so we decided to take time for a quick game drive before heading back to camp. It was truly a blessed day from beginning to end. For in the end Marlin saw his first leopard in 19 years in Kenya, and Anne had seen all of the "Big Five" except the rino and much more. God is Good.
After an hour drive, by 10:00 we were back in Siana for my first meeting with our coordinator, followed by a meeting with the current and former county councilor. When Josh arrived to discuss the building project, we quickly closed our meeting. Already in that short amount of time I was able to utilize some of the advice of Eric that I had learned the day before. After walking the land, discussions with the elders, councilors and community leaders, preliminary agreements were made. Waiting for that meeting to close, the ladies participating in the goat bank project waited for their meeting. The ladies shared with me of a disease affecting sheep and goats in their area. Already 3 babies and one adult goat has died, making it impossible for another turnover as previously planned in February of 2009. The government is stepping in with free vaccinations so plans were made for all the participants to have their goats vaccinated. In February we will purchase more goats to replace the ones that have died. After a prayer for God's healing hand and blessing upon the goats, we proceeded to our next meeting.
We traveled back to one of the participants home that had been unable to come due to being crippled from polio as a young girl. She is now an old Cocoo (grandmother). In September, the mission trip led by Kim DeWitt delivered a pair of crutches to her, hoping that it would help her walk. However, she reported that she would have to return them as she didn't have the strength to use them. We talked about getting her a wheelchair that she can pedel with her arms, she was appreciative. We requested to see her goat she was given in May. Already the disease PPR has affected her goat and no longer stand. We had a prayer for the goat and said goodby.
When all the meetings were finished, we were sunburned, hungry and tired. It was about 3:30 so we decided to take time for a quick game drive before heading back to camp. It was truly a blessed day from beginning to end. For in the end Marlin saw his first leopard in 19 years in Kenya, and Anne had seen all of the "Big Five" except the rino and much more. God is Good.
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