I couldn't sleep one morning a few days ago because seagulls were screeching or squawking incessantly at about 5 a.m.
I went out doors and took these photos. There were far more than a couple sea gulls but they were flying so fast! I hardly had time to capture them in flight.
Also I noticed that overnight the blossoms had sprouted from the tree buds.
Within a few short days of taking these photos, the blossoms are almost fully mature. It is rather early for this to happen. Several weeks to0 early.
You can see the fuzzy shapes of birds in the sky.
How is the weather where you live?
Hope to see you around in the blogosphere soon :-)
Photo Credit: Mine ~ Sunset from downtown Vancouver hotel one summer night
I am keeping busy and still behind schedule. So many things to do but not much get up and go to do them. I will get there just a bit slowly it seems.
I wanted to thank those of you who prayed and those of you who gave to help the young Kenyan mother who lost her baby at 31 weeks. If you are new to my blog or haven't visited in awhile, you may read the story here. A few blogging friends and I have been trying to help the young mom get out of hospital. Other friends in Kenya have also held two fundraisers but the mom remains in hospital.
Yes! She is still there. In Kenya you are not allowed to leave hospitals until you have fully cleared the bills. This bill was very high and we haven't quite managed to clear it. But it is much closer than it was to being cleared and fortunately for this humble family they have had outside support as well as community support. I'm sure it makes the load of the hardship a little less heavy.
Please continue to say a prayer for this mother and her young family. As you can imagine, it isn't good to have had to be in hospital all this time. She should be with her family members all of whom live two hours away. She has a husband and another child who need her and they need to grieve together as a family. Sadly, she was in hospital when her unborn child was released for burial.
I had another friend contact me last night for prayer. His mother-in-law (MIL) went missing when she went to try and seek medical help as she wasn't feeling very well. I think she was probably a bit delirious and lost her way somehow. My friend and his wife live several hours away from this woman and her husband. So I prayed and they prayed. Thank God the MIL was found today. She is now in hospital being treated for typhoid. Typhoid is a very serious disease and hopefully she will fully recover with the help of medicine.
Today many around the world are celebrating Valentine's Day. I hope you all have a blessed day and that you a get an opportunity to show your loved ones (or they you) just how much they mean to you.
A life worth living is one filled with faith, hope and love.
We never know exactly how long we have left here on earth or what tomorrow holds.
Today we may have abundance and tomorrow we may have lack.
Today we may have beautiful shelter. Tomorrow we may lose our home due to man made or natural disaster.
Today we may have health but tomorrow we may get the dreaded news that we are sick.
Today we may have a wonderful job. Tomorrow we might be redundant and given the "pink slip".
Today we may have loved ones all around us. Tomorrow something might happen to one of us.
Today we may enjoy reading, writing or crafting. Tomorrow we may lose our sight.
Today we may enjoy hearing and watching television, talking on the phone, listening to music. Tomorrow we may lose our hearing.
Today we might have hope and opportunities, something to give us faith in the future and love in the meantime. Tomorrow these might not be present.
Today you may be able to share your good abundance with others. Tomorrow you may need them to share their abundance with you.
~~~~~~
Even a bag of seeds is so precious. Especially to a small, barefoot child a half a world away who has never had a chance to go to school, who sleeps on a dirt floor, who doesn't know the security of clean water to drink, or a meal every day to fill his empty belly.
He clutches tightly to this donated bag of fertilizer that his mother will plant in hopes of keeping her children fed.
Photo Credit ~ Jonah, Missions of Hope, Kenya
Let's live a life of gratitude daily for the things many of us take for granted.
If you are reading this, or know how to read, you are one of the many blessed of the world's people.
"Sympathy is no substitute for action."~ Dr. David Livingstone, missionary to Africa
I wanted to share this really cool giveaway (from Joy) and a craft exchange with fellow crafters.
Its being organized by blogging friend Joy, a talented crocheter who lives in England.
The poster says deadline is February 14, 2015 but Joy has extended the deadline to February 20th to allow all you crafters time to participate.
Please read how it all works at Joy's blog here. You have a bit beyond February 20th to get your craft item ready for shipping. I know I like to receive something from another crafter far away. It's almost like Christmas :-)
Wow, what a great singer. I think it might be his wife singing with him on the track at the link provided.He's got a very interesting personal story if you have time to watch youtube videos.
Photo Credit: From Sir Elvis Facebook page
Remembering
Lake Elementaita, Kenya. So very beautiful there.
Beyond Marigat Town going east without roads. I found it very beautiful in the back country.
Having refreshment in Marigat, rest stop before long journey ahead. Nice around these parts but so very dry and difficult to travel.
Post 1 Post 2 Part 3
- Update: The young woman who lost her child at 31 weeks in utero is
still in hospital. Though she is now well enough to be released, in Kenya
mothers are not released until they are able to pay the bill. Please
continue to pray for this need to be met in full.
~~~~~~
I have a song I wish to share with you today. The song was written by John Legend.
I've never been a huge John Legend fan but I absolutely love this song because of the emotion in his voice, the words of love and his simple but powerful piano stylings.
In case you haven't heard the song before, I post it here for your listening pleasure.
I dedicate this song of love to all those in Kenya whom I have met and those I have yet to meet.
It may seem strange to dedicate a personal love song (written by John
Legend for his wife) to a country and her people. But when I hear the words "I love all your curves
and all your edges", I think of Kenya in all her brilliant, glorious,
natural beauty. As a country, she has so much to offer the world both in her amazing,
abundant geography and wildlife, and also in her people.
You just have to
travel there to see and experience it for yourself. I've now met many people who have travelled to Kenya and all have been touched and impacted in a great way by the country.
At the same time,
Kenya has many edges: tribal strife, rampant corruption, overwhelming
poverty to name a few. But I believe that there is still much to propel the country forward. Kenyans believe that too.
