Hello all from Nairobi, Kenya.We were able to leave Namanga and drive to Nairobi for our flight tonight at 11:59 p.m.  We were not able to go back to Tanzania to retrieve any of our things.  In going over our budgets for the last year, we are spending around $580  to print each trimester of our curriculum. Since there are five trimesters, that is approximately $2,900 a year for printing alone. We also have to print all the materials for the primary school for their national testing and many of their subjects. This cost will increase for 2025 as we have added two new schools to ourRead More →

Our last two weeks in Kenya were amazing.  Each day we drove out from Namonga about two hours to one of our schools or new schools.  The hunger of the people made such a draw on us. Unfortunately we had only  given ourselves a visa for two weeks when we entered Kenya and had to leave on Friday and we were on our way back to Tanzania.  We were only there a couple of days when we realized the election  to make the fill in muslim woman President for the next five years, was on 29th.  We had known it would be highly charged but felt theRead More →

The last two weeks we have been bombarded with school authorities coming for inspections.  The first one was a week ago, with notice the day before that they were coming.  This group is over the Primary School and they always have an agenda.  This year they want the kid’s school registered with the government.  We have a list of requirements to meet their criteria.  First they want a list of all the students, which they already have because of the kid’s testing.  Next they want a five year and a ten year plan for the school.  Next they want a plan for some sort ofRead More →

Last week, while we were in Kenya, a very dear friend went to be with the Lord.  Jarius had graduated with the first class, of the bible School, and had been one of our employees since then.  His first job was to take care of the garden.  He would check in with me every day on his way to work and then say in his gravely voice, “I have to go to my office.”  That is what he called his garden.  In his later years he was promoted to being one of our night guards, but he would still check in with us.  Jarius was very illRead More →

The students have worked diligently for a year and are finally getting their diplomas.  There is no way to describe their excitement.  Just the fact that 96 Maasai students, from deep in the village, have done something many of us never try to do or if we have,  we have taken it for granted.   We are watching a nation of people change before our very eyes.  It may look like we have sent you the second picture twice but they are different.  The “New Rescue Center ” was used as a staging area for the students.  Can you count 96 students there?  The lady inRead More →

We had just sent the money for the walls on the Rescue Center so it was a great surprise to see them already up when we arrived for graduation.  When we finished the foundation for the Multi-Purpose Building we used it for years before finishing it.  So it was a great surprise to see the walls  up and the students preparing for their walk to their graduation in this “almost a building.”  Harry made the forbidden climb to the top of our water tower and took some great pictures.  You can see the new building thru the trees.  It was a great beginning to the mostRead More →

God had told us a couple of years ago that He was going to do a “New Thing…”  It has been far reaching and we are seeing it here in M’Takooja too.  Several years ago we had started taking  girls, that excelled in the Technical School, and moving them on into the Bible School.  Now we are moving 100% of them  into the Bible School.  The majority graduating this year are those girls.  The government is now requiring technical training to go along with Biblical Theology.  They feel that a pastor should be able to support himself because most small churches are not financially ableRead More →

Church leaders that had served under Domenic thirty years ago, College Chancellors, Professors, and Government Officials all gathered with us to confer Domenic his Doctorate Degree.  He has worked hard at educating himself.  He  also has earned two Master’s Degrees and will soon start to work on his third.  In January we will be sending Esther back to school too.  She had earned a degree in elementary education but all her documentation got lost in a house fire and can not be replicated.  Because of new government regulations in both Kenya and Tanzania we need to have everyone working for us to have accreditation for the registration of our schools.Read More →

Domenic reports that the Elephant Fence is working well.  Once they encounter the fence they don’t come back. Now that the compound in Ol’Gulului is secure a garden has quickly grown up.  It provides enough food for all who live there.  Esther reports that now they no longer need to buy any food.  Maybe now they can have a milk cow too. Plans can now move forward in buildng a Rescue Center in Kenya.  Currently 40% of the girls in M’Takooja are from Kenya.  By building a center in Kenya we eliminate the need for a large faculity in Tanzania.  The cost is minuminal compared to building aRead More →

Hello everyone, This letter is to update you on the elephant fence being installed around the property in OL’Gulului. We  just received a picture of the completed fence.  They just sent us a quote for the gate.  They did not include it in the first quote.  So we owe and additional $310.  It is the same as always. When they complete a project, they have to add more money. This fence surrounds the full three acres of our property. Deo, our new Fundi, is in Kenya supervising the installation of the solar power for the fence.  He is truly a blessing in the work there. ServingRead More →