Today we made a trip into town with Jane Nabruk so we could me with the leader of the women of the Kipsongo slum. A handful of them continue making beaded jewelry which we bring back to the US to help them sell. ALL of the money received goes back to the ladies either in the form of more bead-making material or in shillings so they can purchase food and supplies for their homes. We had planned to take Patricia shopping through the marketplaces as we had on a previous trip but after talking with her, we discovered she could travel to Nairobi and purchase better materials for less money. We purchased a ticket for her and she was on an evening bus, a woman with a mission! She’ll bring us receipts to show us that she used the money as we discussed.
We met briefly with Samwel Wafula so we could discuss his schedule for us on Tuesday. We plan to spend the whole day visiting the orphanage and classrooms under construction, then go and visit the orphans where they are currently staying, and last but not least we will go and visit “baby Ellen”, Samwel’s daughter! It’s humbling when our friends name their children after us.
Justus took us to meet a friend for whom he has written a computer program so we could see a sample of what he is doing with the microloan he received last year. It was quite an impressive piece of programming and businessman who uses it is very pleased with how it is functioning. He told us he would highly recommend Justus to anyone who wanted a similar program.
We finished the day by spending some time with Pastor John Nabruk and his wife. We took sodas together and talked about some of the challenges of being the church when it comes to other believers.
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