Archive for October, 2008
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Posted on 23. Oct, 2008 by Lutheran World Relief.
A creepy thought shook me as we four-wheeled our way shillings paid, through stark safari dust in Tsavo West Park. Why must you deride us, recusant rock hyrax, perched high, peering insouciantly, but not near our rainbowed hopes, our tourist dreams invested to roam as you, lilac-breasted rollers, clad full in seven colors, as you [...]
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Water and Praises Flow in the Makueni District
Posted on 20. Oct, 2008 by Lutheran World Relief.
I can’t figure out a way to mute my emotions. Today was simply a highlight of my life. Sixty percent of Kenya’s population lives in rural areas and half of these citizens have no access to an improved water source. For this last-mile community, hidden in the high hills of the Makueni District, water flowed [...]
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A Lesson in Irrigation from Esther
Posted on 20. Oct, 2008 by Lutheran World Relief.
Esther Mambua. If you look closely you can see the black hoses applying drip irrigation. I learned a water lesson today from Esther Mambua, a spinach and kale farmer, as we visited LWR’s partner, the Kyeemwea Irrigation Water Project. Of the two ways of getting water to a crop, drip irrigation is preferable to sprinkler [...]
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Two Bishops, One Mission
Posted on 20. Oct, 2008 by Lutheran World Relief.
In the same way that the LCMS and ELCA work cooperatively in the mission of LWR, so does the ELCK and the KELC. The headquarters of these two Kenyan Lutheran church bodies provide, predictably, space for administrative offices to support the focal mission of their churches, the promulgation of the Gospel and the care for [...]
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Standing Again with Annastasia
Posted on 20. Oct, 2008 by Lutheran World Relief.
On the drive to the LWR office here there wasn’t much detectable to me that was still broken down from murderous election violence that rocked this nation just nine months ago. The Nairobi staff meeting convened with David Rotich and Grace Gachoki, and was courteously chaired by Annastasia Katunge Mulwa, LWR’s Kenya country program manager. [...]
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Fortifying the Future
Posted on 16. Oct, 2008 by Lutheran World Relief.
Like all Lutheran World Relief staff who must travel the world where we work, I sometimes hate being away so far and for so long, from family and from the office—though with Jeff Whisenant holding down the helm at LWR, we’re steered well. The time away is redeemed, however, by the promise of fortifying our [...]
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Through the Dust in Addis
Posted on 16. Oct, 2008 by Lutheran World Relief.
My two days of participation in this consultation in Addis Ababa had that distinctive LWR worldwide feel. Occasional blog commentator from our partner Lutheran World Federation, Department of World Service, Eberhard Hitzler—assisted by St. George (smile)—provided me with surefooted hospitality. Presenters from the Global South, the Americas, and Europe gave papers and engaged in edifying [...]
