More Pictures!

Sherri · #1 07-27-2008, 02:30 PM

Ok, sorry if you're bored, but I actually did have a request for more Africa pictures. So here goes.....

These are homes and businesses that were owned by Kikuyu tribe members who were in the post election violence riots. They were burned by members of the opposing tribes. The other two are pictures of a tented refugee camp for some who still don't have homes to return to.

Sherri · #2 07-27-2008, 02:32 PM

This lady won a bicycle that we gave away at the conference. She hugged the bike, shouted and ran up & down the aisles singing, and just had a good old time over a bicycle. I sat there and wept as I remembered three nice cars sitting in my driveway at home!

AmazingGrace · #3 07-27-2008, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Sherri

This lady won a bicycle that we gave away at the conference. She hugged the bike, shouted and ran up & down the aisles singing, and just had a good old time over a bicycle. I sat there and wept as I remembered three nice cars sitting in my driveway at home!

Keep them coming but wow! This one touched my heart!!! Oh how blessed we are!

Sherri · #4 07-27-2008, 02:36 PM

Here are some typical western Kenya homes. Anything west of Nairobi gets progressively poorer. Some of our pastors live in the little "bomas" which are the round huts with the thatch roofs that I just love.

Sherri · #5 07-27-2008, 02:38 PM

More from the conference:

Sherri · #6 07-27-2008, 02:40 PM

Pastors' conference...

Sherri · #7 07-27-2008, 02:42 PM

Shops (dukas) in Kenya:

AmazingGrace · #8 07-27-2008, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Sherri

Here are some typical western Kenya homes. Anything west of Nairobi gets progressively poorer. Some of our pastors live in the little "bomas" which are the round huts with the thatch roofs that I just love.

Love em!!!!

Cindy · #9 07-27-2008, 02:48 PM

Do they have classes like we do. High, middle and low? From very rich to very poor. Are most of the people y'all minister to very poor?

Sherri · #10 07-27-2008, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by cneasttx

Do they have classes like we do. High, middle and low? From very rich to very poor. Are most of the people y'all minister to very poor?

They basically have very rich and very poor. The very rich are high governmental officials, which are notoriously corrupt and accept bribes for everything and then there are several British left over from the colonial days. There is quite a lot of wealth in Mombasa which is on the Indian Ocean side, but I've never been there. It's predominantly Muslim.

If you go west from Nairobi, most of our churches are located between there and Uganda, but we have four in the Sudan desert region of Kenya and several across the border in Uganda. All of our pastors are very poor, except one who is in the Sudan region. He is a school counselor and she is a teacher, but compared to the U.S., they are still very poor. A teacher may make $35 a month or so. The average yearly income in Kenya is about $300 and the prices are so high right now because of all the violence that took place. There's a real food shortage so the prices are horrible. Honestly I don't know how they survive.