Monday Evening 5-18-09

Today was another long,but rewarding day in Kenya. We started out our regular day at nine in the Mathare slums. Of course, it was an anticipated event for Connie and Gary who had never been to the slums before. It was everything that they had heard about their first visit to Mathare. The poverty and stench and the hot sun were all still there, including the wonderful teachers and those wonderful children in such a terrible environment. I think the experience was everything that they had heard about the Mathre slums.
Our next visit was to the Karabungi school and orphange. We must have visited at fifteen class rooms oF young students, who were all prepared to sing a couple of songs and quote some scripture before we could move on to next class. All the children were very glad to see us and they really put on a good show and we really enjoyed them all.

We left Karabungi a few minutes after 4:15 for a 4 PM meeting with the Board of Directors for MCO. After a lively discussion and 5 hours later we adjourned until the next meeting. We got back to our rooms about 9:30 after a long and productive day...after all, this is a large part of why we're here.
Vic Marques














Singing in class




Brother and sister in Mathare.