Getting Ready to Go! SHAFFER GOES TO KENYA 2012!! Well, this is the beginning of a very exciting journey. Shaffer kids collected over 80 bags filled with school supplies, flip-flops, and t-shirts. Over $800 was collected to provide school uniforms for Ronesa’s children, and help pay their school fees. The team has all their shots, malaria […]
Jambo Everyone! June 21, 2012 Well, Andrea and I have just completed our first amazing week here in Kenya. We are having an amazing time, but don’t pretend ourselves into thinking that our head and our hearts are in the same place. One can prepare themselves as much as possible for Africa, but the reality […]
Hello Everyone~ June 28, 2012 I hope this post finds you all happy and healthy……..something we’ve learned here that we take for granted for sure. It’s been another amazing week here in Kenya. Andrea Bratis is now safely home and boy do the kids at Ronesa miss her! Deb Gardner and our husbands have joined […]
Zanzibar ~ July 10, 2012 Jambo Friends, I hope you are all doing well and especially hope the heat and fires in Colorado are starting to dissipate. It’s a very strange thing to see our state on the front cover of the news on the other side of the world. You’ve all been in my […]
I hope this posting finds you all happy, healthy, and enjoying your summer break! Can’t believe it’s already mid-July, but also thankful that I’ll be coming home soon! The Phillips family has just finished their time in wonderful Maasailand before heading off for Switzerland to finish up their world tour! I think I can speak for […]
Home at last………July 20, 2012 A typical day in Nairobi….no traffic laws but NO rode rage either! Andrea posing with Solomon, the boy who is her son Jamie’s Pen Pal! On our way to deliver the goats and chickens to a Maasai widow….chickens in the bag!! The Phillips family resting at our favorite giraffe lookout…….yes, […]
Hello Everyone~ June 30, 2012 We are back in Nairobi tonight after a wonderful 3 day Safari in the Maasai Mara! It was a fantastic time and despite less animals this year, we had several unbelievable moments with some of the wildlife. We saw lots of elephants, gazelles, Water buffalo, giraffe, impallas, etc…..but the most […]
Regina, Isaac, and Julius standing in their new home! Jambo Friends, Well, a lot has been happening this year with Ronesa, and the entire Olosho-Oibor Village for that matter. The photo above is the most recent picture of the orphanage that is coming along nicely. We hope to have it built by the time we […]
JAMBO FRIENDS! The big day has finally arrived! The first team (myself, our kindergarden teacher and her husband, 2 Vision Photography employees and their friend) is heading to the airport soon with our 300 lbs of school supplies, uniform donations, as well as the many donations for goats/chickens/and cows! We are so fortunate to be […]
Supa (hello in Ma language) everyone! I have made it back down to Nairobi after our first week with our beloved Maasai friends! It has been an absolute whirlwind since getting here, and it’s hard to believe that each day seems to top the day before! Everyone is doing great adjusting to the culture, food, […]
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