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Friends, I want to thank everyone who made it to the Development Team meeting on January 17th and also thank those who could not be there but joined us in spirit! The meeting was inspirational and, unbelievably, lasted for only one hour! (This may be a sign of progress!?) Anyway,…...

There is a lot of news out of Kenya recently, as many of you no doubt know. It’s difficult to get the complete picture, because live news broadcasts have been suspended, and hard, accurate information is scarce. But this is an overview of what we know at this time, and…...

It has rained just enough to to bring these guys back. Remember them? In general I like them. Not like Gilbert or any other right-thinking Kenyan, fried dry with salt, but in a neighborly way. They’re nice and have good personalities. But, they’re the insect bulls in the china shops.…...

Most afternoons, since the short rains never really materialized in our area, about 4:30, just as the sharp edge of the heat and light of the sun gain some manners, we water the transplanted grass on the dam. The small talk evaporates by the fourth bucket and we settle into…...

Howdy Partners, I hope your frequency of intercession isn’t tied to the frequency of my updates lately. Bad David. But I’m on my way back to CA late tonight and I wanted to give you the Christmas list. Supplicatory stocking stuffers. Here goes. Construction Related: Revising the architectural drawings and…...

Holiday Greetings! Something for the stockings hung by the chimney with care. Tried to post it as a journal entry, which it is, but it kept wriggling out of there and into this Recent News cubbie hole. But now you can find it at: www.rrop.org/journal/ I’m back to CA in…...

Usually on Saturday morning I get up early, crash and bump my way the hour or so to the outskirts of Nairobi to the Indu Farms processing plant to pick up the vegetables for Mary’s place and for the several hundred orphans in Machakos. Then I crash and bump my…...

For some time I have been wanting to find a way to to give some work to the women of the community, with almost no success. Finally something came to me. The structure of the dam is completed, and the bare slopes of it are very vulnerable to erosion when…...

Morning, I know it’s Monday morning for you, but I posted a journal entry anyway, figuring you could absorb the blow, and besides, the internet is working here for a change and I’m making hay while the moon shines (very beautifully here tonight). So double up on the lattes and…...

Well partners, The dam is finished except for some final manual work on the spillway. Some things called gabions. Wire mesh structures filled with big rocks. The rain held off and for the most part the dozer did its thing. A few brief rests while parts got welded. Thank you…...