Simple Joy Saturday

My Kenyan friend, Pastor Jonah's auntie is ill with a form of nose cancer and requires surgery. Since they are humble villagers the cost of the $900. Canadian/US required for the treatment is astronomical and beyond the means of individual villagers.  So they held a Harambee on Saturday (Harambee is a Kenyan tradition of community self-help events, eg. fundraising or development activities. Harambee literally means "all pull together" in Swahili).

Here are photos of the Harambee.  You can see they went into the night with the fundraiser even though it was raining. These gentlemen are counting the funds.

Here is auntie addressing the participants.

I was pleased when I learned they raised $400. of the $900 fee required.  That is less than half of the total required but is a significant amount of money for those that only earn a few dollars a day.

Please pray that this family would be able to raise the rest soon to give this auntie the best chance at successful surgery. Thank you.

 Thank you to Jan of Australia for creating the Simple Joys meme.
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Flight Paths: Skywatch Friday ~ May 14, 2010

The following photos of flight paths were taken at different times of the day. The first one was taken at around 3:00 in the afternoon. There was a buzz on the streets and lots of hustle and bustle. I paused to view the sky.

The second photo was taken around 6:00 in the morning. I so seldom get to see the sunrise so this was a real treat.

I love the stillness of mornings, don't you?

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