Day 6

Day 6 started off with big loads in the tractor trailer and the truck! What a blessing to have the support of Tom and Bryan's fundraisers to fill the truck and tractor with materials to help build Allan Kipchumba's Kugo and Kogo's new kitchen! So many people in America helped make this happen with their generosity!

Would this load be legal in America to drive around with????!!!

Heading out for a full day of work!

While the men were away the school children finally got to be able to experience the new playground! What fun everyone had! They had watched it being built from the field everyday for the past few days and now they could finally experience all of the new updated and fun new small play area!!!!

Yay!!! So many people can swing now at the same time because everything is fixed and working so well!!

Small swings for the smaller ones! Why swing by yourself when your friend can fit with you on the swing?!

So many little ones lined up to go down the slide!!

Little Boaz said, "take my picture!"

The sandbox! The funny thing was that Lily had to show everyone that the sand was to play in.... once they realized that everyone wanted to take off their shoes and experience all of the great fun of building with sand!

So while the men were away... all of the little ones played and played and played! They did not want to go back to class!

Day 5 continued...

 The other part of Day 5 (Monday) besides the amazing sandbox is that Tom and Bryan went around the community with David and some of the elders to identify some families who needed help with something.

These are Allan Kipchumba's grandparents who live in a mud house. His grandfather had a stroke and Kipchumba's grandmother has been caring for him ever since.

 The grandparents told us they were in need of a new kitchen as it was falling apart and they were having a hard time cooking in there. A very hard living arrangement as the roof was made from plastic tarp and the grandmother had not had the time or energy to keep up with the walls of the kitchen by mudding them because of all of the care the grandfather needs.

 Another house that was visited was a single grandmother was living on her own and all she wanted was a mattress and some blankets.

 So after we had been able to identify some needs and start making a list of materials to help these people God had brought us to we went home to organize and David went out to shop for everything. It is hard to always get the materials you want when you want them. It is a struggle and not everyone wants to see you succeed. So we press forward and pray for the Lord to help us so we can help others to get these things accomplished!

 Yay!!! for an awesome sandbox chock full of amazing sand!

The Lord painted us a beautiful sunset on the evening of the 5th day. ⇱

Day five

I can't remember much of went on Monday because the sandbox was made under the big slides!! Wowow! I didn't see the younger kids the rest of the day because they were having so much fun in the sand! They were using leftover scrap wood, cars, trucks and such out there. What a treat to play in a big box of sand!! It reminded Lily and Levi about the beach!

Lucy and Moses enjoying so much sand!

Kipchumba and Lily making roads in the sand!

Levi coming to a dead end in the road because of where the little ones were.

The tractor hauled 2 trailers of sand for the great sandbox!!

Day 4 (Sunday) a day to rest

 We had church in the same class that we had the movie in the night before.

 Tom brought the message from Matthew 22:37

Afterward the children were asked who wanted a Bible and most everyone wanted a small Gideon's ESV version Bible. What a blessing to be able to put God's Word in all of these little hands!

 After church David took Tom and Bryan to a bridge that the community is requesting us to help them fix. It will be a future project for a future team but now they can plan and get measurements and think of how to do it all with the materials available.

 This is a tree nursery that is right next to the bridge .

The swings are all full and everyone is loving how everything is repaired... especially the tire swing!

 Dennis at the well turning the wheel to get water.

 Winnie Awino and Naomi

What fun to play at the little one's play place! So new and exciting!