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Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Dog with rabies
This dog has rabies and has just bit down on a piece of meat with poison to put it down. When a dog is in the last stages of rabies, it's jaws lock down when it bites on to something. This dog had bit 4 other dogs right before this and those dogs also had to be put down.
Friday, May 1, 2009
The picture of Dollie with a little Maasai girl and her lamb. Dollie wanted to hole the lamb and have her and the girl's picture taken. The little girl was so afraid that Dollie was taking her lamb away from her so after much talk she let Dollie hold it. Notice the tail it looks like it has been dipped in white paint.The 2 nd picture is of the truck and us given out food.
The banner says in Swahili and Maasai hold on to God the Father.
Cathy and James and Paul the donkey,
Cathy rode Paul from town!Dollie, James and Tabula getting ready to
load the truck with all the food from money
given from the people in the states.
THANK YOU
Thursday, April 30, 2009
KMO update 4-28-09
Greetings to all,
Kenya Medical Outreach has really had a full year of surprises and excitement as we walk this journey we are on in Kenya. Back in February we established a wonderful relationship with Operation Smile that has enable several children with cleft lips and pallets to get evaluated and surgically corrected. All of this occurred through agencies being willing to network. According to Operation Smile, it is difficult to get the information out to the people in the rural areas, so KMO volunteered to post the information posters in Narok South and North to encourage people in healthcare areas such as dental offices, doctors offices and hospitals to refer these children to a city called Nakuru where a medical outreach was to be held to repair the cleft lips free for the children. This sounds so easy for parents to get the children to the evaluation site, but many face challenges of no money for transport or many are afraid of the unknown involved in the surgical process, so sometimes the child has no way to receive treatment.
One story that relates to the above is parent seeing the problem of a cleft lip as a priority for the surgery even though we actually had a 13 year boy with a cleft lip cleared to go for an evaluation and the parents refused to let the child go even though the child wanted to go have the procedure done. So thankfully a neighbor volunteered to not only cover the cost of transport to the evaluation site, but accompany the child as well. As it turns out, the boy was evaluated and the cleft lip was repaired and Operation Smile said now let him return to his village and be a testimony of what can be done to help people with this condition. Also the boy said he could not wait to get back to his village and tell everyone including two others with cleft lips how easy it was to get the area treated. So hopefully the two others that did not receive treatment this time will so in August.
One family had 3 children with cleft lips and all three were evaluated and surgically repaired within a weeks time and went home. As they boarded the public transportation one said he could wait to get home to show people how good he looked. Please realize that here in Kenya many children with this condition are killed at birth, abandoned or the parents have no financial resources to have the corrective procedure done so the child usually dies some time after birth depending on the severity of the condition or they are ridiculed and ostracized by the other children and community as well. So these children have been given hope in the change of appearance and a big boost in self esteem.
Then the next great adventure was involvement in donkey rescue. Here in Kenya, the donkey or punda as it is called in Swahili, is a major work animal, but unfortunately ignorance, abuse and lack of fundamentals on adjusting the work load of the animal cause many avoidable injuries. So in mid March we rescued a donkey that had over 17 noted injury sites and brought him to our house to recover. The local District Vet Jerry Ole Kina played a major role in treating him and helping counsel us on how best to assist in Paul’s (the donkey) recovery. We named him Paul from the apostle Paul in the Bible because of the many beatings he experienced. Penny and Paul have become good friends especially since Penny provides plenty of carrots, kale, corn and lets him graze any green grass we can find. As a matter of fact, the donkey follows her around like a dog and brays often to get her attention. Valentine the Scottish Terrier senses the loss of attention from her master, so at times we have some competition. Hopefully we will find a good owner and new home for Paul soon since his injuries have just about healed and we are hoping to use the funds from selling him to put in an account for future rescues of animals in the Narok area. We have identified four additional animals that need immediate intervention from the harm caused by the harsh hand of man, so again hopefully we can still be involved in this arena .
As many of you may know that water is a enormous topic of discussion and need in the continent of Africa. Frequently the water is polluted or contaminated so there is major need for intervention not just for accessible water, but for clean water. In January we experience a 75% drop in rain water and this trend continued through the next few months and caused a severe drought in the area. Many cows, goats, sheep and dogs have died because of the lack of water and grass to sustain them. Then the conditions got so bad we appealed to friends in the USA for help to mobilize a food relief effort to cover 4 extremely needly areas in the district. The answer came quickly with many generous donations that allowed us to feed approximately 7,000 people. It was very interesting how God used our past experiences to assist us in moving forward in this big task. At my home church ,New Covenant Fellowship, Penny and I occasionally worked in the pantry to feed the poor and one of our jobs was to line bags up and stuff the bags with the goods and the Africans marveled at what a system we used to expedite the bagging process. Each bag had beans, corn, a grits like flour,oil and salt which should last a family of 7 for 3 weeks.
All the villages we visited the people were so appreciative and some of the children kept asking is this really our food and after answering them several times they finally helped their mother carry the food to the house. One of my favorite stories occur at the 3rd village at the first house we visited. Jerry the Vet helped us with this project too and his knowledge of the back roads assisted us greatly in navigating the area. Anyway we pulled up to this house and Jerry went and knocked on the door and usually the first question that would be asked is how many people live in this house and the woman replied why? Jerry said because we need to know how much food to give you and she just looked at him and proceeded to tell her story. The night before she told her daughter to go to her room and pray because we have been without food for a few days and only God can hep us now. So the daughter did go pray and had a dream that someone came and knocked on the door and said hi I am here to give you food and that is exactly what happened the next day-God heard their prayers and gave them food. A big thanks to all that gave toward the food relief project it was a great help.
In addition to the food relief, our KMO Missions Coordinator Pam Smith mobilized intercessors to pray for rain and pray Psalms 65 over the area and within the first week we had 5 measurable inches of rain in Narok. Some areas such as Morijo are still in great need rain and food and as funding continues to come in, we will give aid to that area. Also we made an appeal to the UN to assist in the areas and we have heard via email from them that aid will come for at least 6 more months.
Another problem in the area was an outbreak of rabies with not just dogs and cats but donkeys too. After talking with the District Vets we discovered that due to a lack of funding the Vets had not been vaccinated against rabies themselves, so through generous giving all Vets were vaccinated and sites were selected to move in and deal with the rabid dogs and do a mass vaccination of animals in several villages. Many people in the area have died from rabid dog bites, so many stray animals have been put down because of this outbreak. So again because of donations, we were or actually you were able to help deal with a real serious problem in the areas. We have many stories of dog bites, but this one seems to be ever present in my memory. A boy got bit by a rabid dog and the family took him to a doctor and then he didn’t get any better. So the father took him to a certain church with the thoughts that the boy had a demon and it needed to be exorcised from him, but prior to taking him to the church he bit every family member. The boy then ran from the area really crazy acting never to be seen again exhibiting extreme symptoms of rabies.
Currently KMO-Narok and KMO-USA are preparing for what looks to be an adventurous undertaking by visiting 3 different sites to do medical and dental camps and a program at one site called Walk with Jesus. At one location called Sakutiek, the people are so excited that we are coming to provide help in so many areas and are gearing up to Walk with Jesus. So please continue to partner in whatever dimension you can by praying or supporting us in these endeavors and thanks so much for all your love and concern for us and the people of Kenya.
Blessings,
KMO-Missionaries
Dollie Sauls and Penny Martin
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Save a life, a cry for help
Dear Friends/Family,
Date:3/26/09
This should be considered a 911 clarion call for help ASAP for some of the people of Kenya in the interior or bush areas. Yesterday while moving two people that we know very well called us distraught and begging for us to help get food and water to the people in rural areas. Before I delve into the request, let me give some back ground information. Prior to going to Israel, Penny and I both have sent emails, discussed on our blog as well as Facebook the severe drought conditions here in Narok and surroundings areas we have visited. Since returning from Israel, the condition is VERY miserable and severe now and not just effecting the livestock, but humans as well. The wheat crop that was planted a few weeks ago has been blown away with the wind and dry soil.
So this is what we would like to do in regards to reaching out to these desperate people and that is to purchase corn,beans and what the Kenyans call cooking fat and give each family a packet of food. This gives a rounded diet of a protein and carbohydrate and sending water trucks to communities that have no water. The packet will last about 3 weeks per family and will provide some relief quickly. You may ask why go through us, well we have a contact who is willing to make sure that we get the food at a fare price, the food will not be resold, and 100% of the funds will be used for this purpose only. John Leshao has donated free use of his lorry (truck), so all we needs is fuel which we think we may be able to get from local councilors and then as you give money to buy the food. At this point, we can’t wait for the government to act we need to move quickly and get these people assistance and show them we are His disciples by our love and care! The government is not acting swiftly or at all to the outcry of it’s people!
Also another ramification of the drought is that after this week the schools both public and private are closing down in the rural areas because of the drought and lack of food. Another topic of interest is that the highlands which is usually cool and has plenty of water has NO WATER!
So here are the numbers- we have 4 villages we are going to focus on in need of immediate help which totals about 28,000 people and the cost for food and water for each village will be about $7,000, so a total of $28,000 is needed ASAP.
To make matters worse we are experiencing an outbreak of rabies amongst not just dogs and donkeys, but humans too as of now 54 people have died of rabies in the Narok district. One graphic example was that a boy got bitten by a rabid dog and then he bit his whole family and then he disappeared. We have talked with the District Vet Jerry Ole Kina who has mobilized 5,000 free rabies vaccines to administer to the livestock and dogs in many of these rural areas. They even went street by street announcing by loud speaker about the vaccination program to get everyone to participate in the program to stop the rabies from spreading and killing people and animals. They are tonight going to diffrent villages were the rabies is the worse and putting down all the stray dogs they can find. We in the USA take this kind of thing for granted but Jerry the vet has worked for 2 weeks to get the government to give the money to do the put down of the stray dogs that carry the rabies. Wild dogs can get so bad with out these controlled put downs that they will dig up graves and eat the dead and attach and kill people. Sadly to say the 7 vets that work in the surrounding districts have not been vaccinated for rabies in several years due to lack of funding. Penny and I have been vaccinated only because we were quicken to do so prior to leaving the USA. So if anyone wants to donate toward this project, designate the funding for vaccines for vets the cost is about $150 per vet. We can buy the vaccine here and Dollie will give the vaccine in three doses.
If you can’t personally donate toward any of these projects, please appeal to other friends and your own vets to ask if they will help. This is not a time to be too shy. I realize that the economic situation is difficult to say the least, but give what you can-$5,$10, $25 or whatever I implore you to help in some fashion. Don’t get me wrong we need prayer too, but the bottom line is we need help for the purchase of these goods.
Please send your tax deductible donation to:
Kenya Medical Outreach
200 Johnson Rd.
Suwanee, Ga
30024
Please designate in a note or on the check which project you want the funding to go towards food and water relief, or rabies intervention.
Blessing to all
Dollie and Penny
Date:3/26/09
This should be considered a 911 clarion call for help ASAP for some of the people of Kenya in the interior or bush areas. Yesterday while moving two people that we know very well called us distraught and begging for us to help get food and water to the people in rural areas. Before I delve into the request, let me give some back ground information. Prior to going to Israel, Penny and I both have sent emails, discussed on our blog as well as Facebook the severe drought conditions here in Narok and surroundings areas we have visited. Since returning from Israel, the condition is VERY miserable and severe now and not just effecting the livestock, but humans as well. The wheat crop that was planted a few weeks ago has been blown away with the wind and dry soil.
So this is what we would like to do in regards to reaching out to these desperate people and that is to purchase corn,beans and what the Kenyans call cooking fat and give each family a packet of food. This gives a rounded diet of a protein and carbohydrate and sending water trucks to communities that have no water. The packet will last about 3 weeks per family and will provide some relief quickly. You may ask why go through us, well we have a contact who is willing to make sure that we get the food at a fare price, the food will not be resold, and 100% of the funds will be used for this purpose only. John Leshao has donated free use of his lorry (truck), so all we needs is fuel which we think we may be able to get from local councilors and then as you give money to buy the food. At this point, we can’t wait for the government to act we need to move quickly and get these people assistance and show them we are His disciples by our love and care! The government is not acting swiftly or at all to the outcry of it’s people!
Also another ramification of the drought is that after this week the schools both public and private are closing down in the rural areas because of the drought and lack of food. Another topic of interest is that the highlands which is usually cool and has plenty of water has NO WATER!
So here are the numbers- we have 4 villages we are going to focus on in need of immediate help which totals about 28,000 people and the cost for food and water for each village will be about $7,000, so a total of $28,000 is needed ASAP.
To make matters worse we are experiencing an outbreak of rabies amongst not just dogs and donkeys, but humans too as of now 54 people have died of rabies in the Narok district. One graphic example was that a boy got bitten by a rabid dog and then he bit his whole family and then he disappeared. We have talked with the District Vet Jerry Ole Kina who has mobilized 5,000 free rabies vaccines to administer to the livestock and dogs in many of these rural areas. They even went street by street announcing by loud speaker about the vaccination program to get everyone to participate in the program to stop the rabies from spreading and killing people and animals. They are tonight going to diffrent villages were the rabies is the worse and putting down all the stray dogs they can find. We in the USA take this kind of thing for granted but Jerry the vet has worked for 2 weeks to get the government to give the money to do the put down of the stray dogs that carry the rabies. Wild dogs can get so bad with out these controlled put downs that they will dig up graves and eat the dead and attach and kill people. Sadly to say the 7 vets that work in the surrounding districts have not been vaccinated for rabies in several years due to lack of funding. Penny and I have been vaccinated only because we were quicken to do so prior to leaving the USA. So if anyone wants to donate toward this project, designate the funding for vaccines for vets the cost is about $150 per vet. We can buy the vaccine here and Dollie will give the vaccine in three doses.
If you can’t personally donate toward any of these projects, please appeal to other friends and your own vets to ask if they will help. This is not a time to be too shy. I realize that the economic situation is difficult to say the least, but give what you can-$5,$10, $25 or whatever I implore you to help in some fashion. Don’t get me wrong we need prayer too, but the bottom line is we need help for the purchase of these goods.
Please send your tax deductible donation to:
Kenya Medical Outreach
200 Johnson Rd.
Suwanee, Ga
30024
Please designate in a note or on the check which project you want the funding to go towards food and water relief, or rabies intervention.
Blessing to all
Dollie and Penny
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Drought causing cattle to starve
These are some examples of the drought that is going on. The cow on the right is in my yard having a good meal the other 2 are on the way to Nairobi from our home in Narok with on vegetation at all. I told Dollie all I could see that they could be eating was dirt. Goats on the left and zebras in the middle. It looks this way everywhere but in my yard. People have no Mazed to eat and water is very low if at all. The people that hurt are the ones in the bush not town people and there are many more that don't live in town than do.
Pray for rain!
Blessing Penny
Abused Donkey found in town
Donkeys are used everyday by most people here in Kenya to haul water pull carts etc. Some people take very good care of there donkeys and some take very bad care of there donkeys. Last night Jerry called and said he saw a injured one in town with a large wound and old wounds and was lame. These wounds were done by a human! He is to bring it to our house this morning to keep it as it heals and is treated if he can find it. Jerry if he can will find the owner and have them but in jail but finding the owner will be hard. The jail time and penalty is not near enough to make people to stop the abuse. THe law needs to be changed and will be hard to do. But I am going to try in time! Jerry is going at it now to try to educate people on proper care and that the animal feels pain like we do. Dollie and I and my dog Valentine are to go to a market that is known for mistreating there donkeys and use Valentine as a drawing card to gather a crowd. They have never seen a dog like here (Scottish Terrier) and then I will do commands on her teaching you don't have to beat your animal to get them to obey!!!! THen Jerry will teach on how to care for you donkey etc.
The abuse is so bad that some people cut holes in there donkeys and stick a sharp stick in them all day to get them to move faster. You can't imagine what all goes on over here with these donkeys! They over load them and beat and beat them to get them to pull what they aren't capable to pull. They don't give them time to feed they work them all day and into the night.The list goes on and on,
Jerry's office doesn't have the supplies to treat it so Dollie and I will use what we have here and give money to help buy what is needed. Medicine's aren't much here in Kenya but we don't have the budget to take care of all the animals here in Kenya. I will send out pictures of it today if I can so you can see the abuse.
Donkeys are very gentle animals and it is sad that people use them so badly. If you want to help send any funds to KMO/ donkey fund/ 200 Johnson Rd. Suwanee GA . 30024. This is tax deductible! Thanks for any help you can give. We are going to try and get some grant money to cover expenses but for now if you could help it would be a great help for the donkey. It takes along time to get grant money.
Thank you more for just reading this.
Pe
The abuse is so bad that some people cut holes in there donkeys and stick a sharp stick in them all day to get them to move faster. You can't imagine what all goes on over here with these donkeys! They over load them and beat and beat them to get them to pull what they aren't capable to pull. They don't give them time to feed they work them all day and into the night.The list goes on and on,
Jerry's office doesn't have the supplies to treat it so Dollie and I will use what we have here and give money to help buy what is needed. Medicine's aren't much here in Kenya but we don't have the budget to take care of all the animals here in Kenya. I will send out pictures of it today if I can so you can see the abuse.
Donkeys are very gentle animals and it is sad that people use them so badly. If you want to help send any funds to KMO/ donkey fund/ 200 Johnson Rd. Suwanee GA . 30024. This is tax deductible! Thanks for any help you can give. We are going to try and get some grant money to cover expenses but for now if you could help it would be a great help for the donkey. It takes along time to get grant money.
Thank you more for just reading this.
Pe
This is a donkey that has been loaded correctly so that it will not get injured. It has 200 pounds of charcoal on it and was making a delivery to our home. Most all people in Kenya cook with charcoal. This donkey is worked hart but not abused, it is owned by a Massi lady and the Massi are known for taking good care of there donkeys.I have added a note about a donkey that Jerry found last night and will keep you posted as we have more news.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Jerry and the company truck
This is Jerry and I (Penny) in front of the company truck that isn't running because they don't have the funding to fix the truck. With such a large area that they need to travel make's if very hard for all the farmers and herd's man to get help when needed.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Happy Church
Happy Church
We were ask to speak at a little church in the area here in Narok called Majengo. We have sense found out that all towns in Kenya have a Majengo and that means the poor side of town. We use to go to the market up there and buy our vegetables and fruits, but stopped because the roads are so bad and it is hard to get to. So to say the least we haven’t been there in a long time and had forgotten how poor there area really is. Garbage in the street (more than the usual for Narok) starving dogs, cattle eating out of garbage heaps over crowded living conditions, kids running around barefoot in the mess.. I think you may get the picture. Cars are rare in Majengo so we had to pay somebody to watch our car while we ere there.
We were happy to be invited and felt the Lord wanted us to do generational repentance prayers with the people. They have 2 services Dollie was to do the first me the second one. She did hers on breaking witchcraft curses and blood covenants because this is so prevalent here.
When we first got there we were shocked at how poor the people appeared to be and how poorly the children were dressed. Some of the children look very malnourished. They were a happy bunch though!
So while Dollie was speaking I keep thinking we have to break the spiritual curse of poverty off these people! Dollie and I talked and agreed so when I spoke that is what I did. It was a very long repents prayer and with it being said in 2 languages and repeated once it seemed very long. The people seemed like they were really leaning in to what they were praying and Sarah said she could feel a lot of relief her self durning the prayers. After that I spoke on maintaining you deliverance and leading a righteous life. A lot of people here in Kenya are saved, but don’t have any fruit and lead very corrupt lives. One of the things on our heart is to help get the Church cleaned up. Being saved is good, but if you have no victory in your walk and can’t overcome strongholds in your life it is not what God intended. Pastors here seem more evil and less trustworthy than a unsaved person.
I just called the pastor to see what fruit if any came from our visits. He was very positive and wants us to come and do a 3 day conference. He said that a lot of people have seen great changes in there lives. PRAISE BE TO GOD! So we are to sit down with him the beginning of April and talk about what and when to speak again.
It is strange that they are so versed in witchcraft and know how to use it and very successfully, I will say, but have know idea how to break it off there lives. Dollie and I were working with a lady that had all kinds of curses on her from witches in her family, but she had know idea what to do about it. We had a great time in the Lord working with her and she was very surprised at how easy and how much relief she found from the simple prayers we did in 2 hours. She needs a lot more work but at least we got her some relief and it was a start.
We pray that Happy Church can grow and prosper in the Lord.
Keep us in your prayers as we go about doing what we see the Father doing!
Penny and Dollie
We were ask to speak at a little church in the area here in Narok called Majengo. We have sense found out that all towns in Kenya have a Majengo and that means the poor side of town. We use to go to the market up there and buy our vegetables and fruits, but stopped because the roads are so bad and it is hard to get to. So to say the least we haven’t been there in a long time and had forgotten how poor there area really is. Garbage in the street (more than the usual for Narok) starving dogs, cattle eating out of garbage heaps over crowded living conditions, kids running around barefoot in the mess.. I think you may get the picture. Cars are rare in Majengo so we had to pay somebody to watch our car while we ere there.
We were happy to be invited and felt the Lord wanted us to do generational repentance prayers with the people. They have 2 services Dollie was to do the first me the second one. She did hers on breaking witchcraft curses and blood covenants because this is so prevalent here.
When we first got there we were shocked at how poor the people appeared to be and how poorly the children were dressed. Some of the children look very malnourished. They were a happy bunch though!
So while Dollie was speaking I keep thinking we have to break the spiritual curse of poverty off these people! Dollie and I talked and agreed so when I spoke that is what I did. It was a very long repents prayer and with it being said in 2 languages and repeated once it seemed very long. The people seemed like they were really leaning in to what they were praying and Sarah said she could feel a lot of relief her self durning the prayers. After that I spoke on maintaining you deliverance and leading a righteous life. A lot of people here in Kenya are saved, but don’t have any fruit and lead very corrupt lives. One of the things on our heart is to help get the Church cleaned up. Being saved is good, but if you have no victory in your walk and can’t overcome strongholds in your life it is not what God intended. Pastors here seem more evil and less trustworthy than a unsaved person.
I just called the pastor to see what fruit if any came from our visits. He was very positive and wants us to come and do a 3 day conference. He said that a lot of people have seen great changes in there lives. PRAISE BE TO GOD! So we are to sit down with him the beginning of April and talk about what and when to speak again.
It is strange that they are so versed in witchcraft and know how to use it and very successfully, I will say, but have know idea how to break it off there lives. Dollie and I were working with a lady that had all kinds of curses on her from witches in her family, but she had know idea what to do about it. We had a great time in the Lord working with her and she was very surprised at how easy and how much relief she found from the simple prayers we did in 2 hours. She needs a lot more work but at least we got her some relief and it was a start.
We pray that Happy Church can grow and prosper in the Lord.
Keep us in your prayers as we go about doing what we see the Father doing!
Penny and Dollie
Update February 28th 2009
Hello to everyone! We have been doing very well. There has been a malaria and typhoid out break here in the town of Narok where we live, but we have not been effected. Sarah and her family have been hit hard with the malaria she and both the kids had malaria, but her husband wasn’t effected.
Dollie and I go on a prayer project with our home church from Knoxville, TN on March 13th- March the 23 to Israel. It isn’t a site seeing tour we are going to pray in certain areas over some issues the Lord has made clear to our pastor. We are flying Ethiopian air lines and we have Shebamiles:) We think that is cute the Queen of Sheba came form Ethiopia.
When we get back, we will move to our new home here in Narok. The knew house is smaller, but we feel this is where we are to go. Pray for us to have a smooth transition.
Tabula is here and is being hosted by a Massi family we know and she seems very happy. She can talk and interact better with them than with us. She will be here in Narok about 6 weeks going back and forth to Nairobi for her implant. She looks very good and will look better when she has teeth on the left side of her mouth.
Some of you have seen on my Facebook that I helped save a cow the other day. So I will tell the story. Around September I had a problem with my chickens and went to the district vet office that is about 100 yards from my house. I have been before and have never been impressed with who or what I saw, this day was different. I meet a very funny, large Massi man that was the vet and came to my house and found the problem with my chickens and saved the whole lot. So since then I only call on him. He was on holiday leave and I had a problem with my chickens and I called him and he came and helped me. He is a very nice man! So the other day Valentine needed her rabies shot update so I went to see Jerry. I had mentioned that she had a itching problem and he said she has parasites that is causing this I will give her a injection. We had tried everything and done everything about this problem and he had the answer when I wasn’t even asking.
So the other day James and I were in town and on the side of the road was a dying cow. It’s head was just hanging toward the ground and it was foaming at the mouth and looked like it couldn’t move it was so weak. Africans aren’t know for there kindness and concern for animals and there was a few hundred people going by doing nothing. I thought on my way home that I would go and check at the district vets office and see if Jerry was there to ask him if he could help. He wasn’t there so I called him and he was in town so I went and picked him up and we went to look at the cow. He got out in no hurry and looked at the cow and walked around it and came to my car window and said this cow isn’t going to die. I said what- its about to drop dead now. No he said it has leaches in its nose and mouth and that is why it is bleeding from its nose and mouth and is anemic that is why it is so weak, but it want die. He said I will give it an injection and it will be better in a few days. So we got in the car went back to the district office and came back to where the cow was.
When we drove up where it had been- we said were did it go? There is a river down a bank where it was standing and Jerry went Oh know! its going to take the whole town to get this cow out of the mud! I looked and it looked like it was in thick mud almost covering his head. James got a rope out of the car and was able to get a hook around its horn and pull it towards the bank so they could drag it out. It wasn’t in all mud it was water with slime over the top that looked like mud. James got the horns Jerry the tail and they pulled this rather large cow out of the water. By the time I got down there to take pictures on my phone they had it out but it looked worse and Jerry said it was drowning because it couldn’t keep its head above water it was so weak. They drugg it as far from the water as they could and Jerry gave it the injection and in 2 hours it was up. Of course the owner was not around and would have never sought treatment. I guess when he came through with his heard and collected that one he wondered how it had gotten better. It was because the white women cared and went to get the carrying vet.
Jerry is wanting to raise money and start a animal welfare type organization to help sick animals and rescue them from abusive owners. The donkeys around here need a lot of help. They are the hardest working animals in all of Kenya and this most miss treated.
My african friends that I told this to said they would have just gone on by and never thought anything, but were very glad that I cared enough to help. It was a big seen in town the white women and the little black dog helping the sick cow. We gathered a very large crowd in just a few minutes:)
We are getting excited about the up coming outreach with KMO coming up in May. We are going to a new site called Sakutick that is around the Narok area. We have found 3 children from there to take to Operation Smile for cleft pallets to be repaired. They are to go in April to have this done. There are a lot of orphans that are living with family’s from parents that have had HIV/AIDs and have died. It is a very beautiful place very green and a lot of grass and they grow potatoes up there. We are to do a walk with Jesus also with about 30 people or more that work in churches and christian organizations. Dollie and I are very excited and the group we are working with are beside themselves about us coming. It is the first time they have had a group to come and do a clinic and dental care with bible teaching.
Keep us in your prayers as we try to do what we see the Father doing!
Dollie and Penny
Dollie and I go on a prayer project with our home church from Knoxville, TN on March 13th- March the 23 to Israel. It isn’t a site seeing tour we are going to pray in certain areas over some issues the Lord has made clear to our pastor. We are flying Ethiopian air lines and we have Shebamiles:) We think that is cute the Queen of Sheba came form Ethiopia.
When we get back, we will move to our new home here in Narok. The knew house is smaller, but we feel this is where we are to go. Pray for us to have a smooth transition.
Tabula is here and is being hosted by a Massi family we know and she seems very happy. She can talk and interact better with them than with us. She will be here in Narok about 6 weeks going back and forth to Nairobi for her implant. She looks very good and will look better when she has teeth on the left side of her mouth.
Some of you have seen on my Facebook that I helped save a cow the other day. So I will tell the story. Around September I had a problem with my chickens and went to the district vet office that is about 100 yards from my house. I have been before and have never been impressed with who or what I saw, this day was different. I meet a very funny, large Massi man that was the vet and came to my house and found the problem with my chickens and saved the whole lot. So since then I only call on him. He was on holiday leave and I had a problem with my chickens and I called him and he came and helped me. He is a very nice man! So the other day Valentine needed her rabies shot update so I went to see Jerry. I had mentioned that she had a itching problem and he said she has parasites that is causing this I will give her a injection. We had tried everything and done everything about this problem and he had the answer when I wasn’t even asking.
So the other day James and I were in town and on the side of the road was a dying cow. It’s head was just hanging toward the ground and it was foaming at the mouth and looked like it couldn’t move it was so weak. Africans aren’t know for there kindness and concern for animals and there was a few hundred people going by doing nothing. I thought on my way home that I would go and check at the district vets office and see if Jerry was there to ask him if he could help. He wasn’t there so I called him and he was in town so I went and picked him up and we went to look at the cow. He got out in no hurry and looked at the cow and walked around it and came to my car window and said this cow isn’t going to die. I said what- its about to drop dead now. No he said it has leaches in its nose and mouth and that is why it is bleeding from its nose and mouth and is anemic that is why it is so weak, but it want die. He said I will give it an injection and it will be better in a few days. So we got in the car went back to the district office and came back to where the cow was.
When we drove up where it had been- we said were did it go? There is a river down a bank where it was standing and Jerry went Oh know! its going to take the whole town to get this cow out of the mud! I looked and it looked like it was in thick mud almost covering his head. James got a rope out of the car and was able to get a hook around its horn and pull it towards the bank so they could drag it out. It wasn’t in all mud it was water with slime over the top that looked like mud. James got the horns Jerry the tail and they pulled this rather large cow out of the water. By the time I got down there to take pictures on my phone they had it out but it looked worse and Jerry said it was drowning because it couldn’t keep its head above water it was so weak. They drugg it as far from the water as they could and Jerry gave it the injection and in 2 hours it was up. Of course the owner was not around and would have never sought treatment. I guess when he came through with his heard and collected that one he wondered how it had gotten better. It was because the white women cared and went to get the carrying vet.
Jerry is wanting to raise money and start a animal welfare type organization to help sick animals and rescue them from abusive owners. The donkeys around here need a lot of help. They are the hardest working animals in all of Kenya and this most miss treated.
My african friends that I told this to said they would have just gone on by and never thought anything, but were very glad that I cared enough to help. It was a big seen in town the white women and the little black dog helping the sick cow. We gathered a very large crowd in just a few minutes:)
We are getting excited about the up coming outreach with KMO coming up in May. We are going to a new site called Sakutick that is around the Narok area. We have found 3 children from there to take to Operation Smile for cleft pallets to be repaired. They are to go in April to have this done. There are a lot of orphans that are living with family’s from parents that have had HIV/AIDs and have died. It is a very beautiful place very green and a lot of grass and they grow potatoes up there. We are to do a walk with Jesus also with about 30 people or more that work in churches and christian organizations. Dollie and I are very excited and the group we are working with are beside themselves about us coming. It is the first time they have had a group to come and do a clinic and dental care with bible teaching.
Keep us in your prayers as we try to do what we see the Father doing!
Dollie and Penny
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
update February 17th 2009
Hello to everyone,
We have had some great news, our work permits have been extended for 3 more years. We go to Nairobi to pick up the paper work this coming week and renew our drivers license’s. It is hard to believe that we have been here over a year this past December. We have learned a lot while being here mostly the hard way, but God has always showed Himself strong even when we were fighting against him. We sure have had much opportunity for character building and I wish we had always passed the test, but I guess we have passed more as we have learned and died to ourselves. So much for that, we are people growing in Christ like all of us on this walk.
Tabula is coming this week to stay in Narok and start the trips to Nairobi. She will have to go to Nairobi each week to have a permeant implant made for her mouth. This will take 5 to 6 weeks. The young lady that is the interpreter is Massi and Tabula is to stay with her durning this time. She is the lady we took for surgery back in September and she stayed with us a month getting her strength back form the surgery. Last time she didn’t want to go home and we had to get very firm with her. It’s not all bad she is a funny lady and can be very pleasant. But we have been advised not to house people we are working with in our home. So we are taking this to heart and she will enjoying being around people she can talk to. I will attach a before and after picture on here if the internet allows. and if not, I will post them when I get to Nairobi were we can find high speed internet. So be looking for the pictures.
We have made a decision to move from where we are living now to a smaller place with less yard and up keep.. As you may know, Kenya is one of the most corrupt countries in Africa and that is saying a lot! So, due to some questionable decisions on the land lord’s side we have decided to move and will be in the new place in April. Pray that all goes well durning this transition. Yes we will be taking some of the chickens and all of the turkeys. We are eating one turkey this weekend for a birthday celebration and so he will not be here for the big move. We have given half of the chickens away and plan on giving more away and taking only a few favorites. They had gotten out of control in numbers so it already seems a relief to me to have less!
Dollie and I will be helping start a prophetic school in Nairobi and it will be starting in April. We are excited and have seen the hand of God and give us favor in this area. Please pray that it will go well and we will serve up a lot of good things for them to eat from God’s banquet table.
Dollie and I made a video of Leonard and I can’t seem to get it on to the blog. I have sent it out by e mail and posted it on Facebook, but if you haven’t seen it and would like to please email me at pennyinkenya@gmail.com and I would love to send it to you. Thanks to my dad I got a great new video camera for Christmas, so I hope to be able to send a lot more moving pictures for all to see.
Our team is coming on May 23 through June 6th there is still time if anybody wants to sign on and come with the dental, medical and spiritual outreach. We would love to have you join us, contact me at the above email address and I will get you in touch with the people state side that set it all up. We are going to 1 new area and we are very excited to be working with some orphans and seeing a new area of Kenya that KMO has never been to.
Blessing to all
Penny and Dollie
We have had some great news, our work permits have been extended for 3 more years. We go to Nairobi to pick up the paper work this coming week and renew our drivers license’s. It is hard to believe that we have been here over a year this past December. We have learned a lot while being here mostly the hard way, but God has always showed Himself strong even when we were fighting against him. We sure have had much opportunity for character building and I wish we had always passed the test, but I guess we have passed more as we have learned and died to ourselves. So much for that, we are people growing in Christ like all of us on this walk.
Tabula is coming this week to stay in Narok and start the trips to Nairobi. She will have to go to Nairobi each week to have a permeant implant made for her mouth. This will take 5 to 6 weeks. The young lady that is the interpreter is Massi and Tabula is to stay with her durning this time. She is the lady we took for surgery back in September and she stayed with us a month getting her strength back form the surgery. Last time she didn’t want to go home and we had to get very firm with her. It’s not all bad she is a funny lady and can be very pleasant. But we have been advised not to house people we are working with in our home. So we are taking this to heart and she will enjoying being around people she can talk to. I will attach a before and after picture on here if the internet allows. and if not, I will post them when I get to Nairobi were we can find high speed internet. So be looking for the pictures.
We have made a decision to move from where we are living now to a smaller place with less yard and up keep.. As you may know, Kenya is one of the most corrupt countries in Africa and that is saying a lot! So, due to some questionable decisions on the land lord’s side we have decided to move and will be in the new place in April. Pray that all goes well durning this transition. Yes we will be taking some of the chickens and all of the turkeys. We are eating one turkey this weekend for a birthday celebration and so he will not be here for the big move. We have given half of the chickens away and plan on giving more away and taking only a few favorites. They had gotten out of control in numbers so it already seems a relief to me to have less!
Dollie and I will be helping start a prophetic school in Nairobi and it will be starting in April. We are excited and have seen the hand of God and give us favor in this area. Please pray that it will go well and we will serve up a lot of good things for them to eat from God’s banquet table.
Dollie and I made a video of Leonard and I can’t seem to get it on to the blog. I have sent it out by e mail and posted it on Facebook, but if you haven’t seen it and would like to please email me at pennyinkenya@gmail.com and I would love to send it to you. Thanks to my dad I got a great new video camera for Christmas, so I hope to be able to send a lot more moving pictures for all to see.
Our team is coming on May 23 through June 6th there is still time if anybody wants to sign on and come with the dental, medical and spiritual outreach. We would love to have you join us, contact me at the above email address and I will get you in touch with the people state side that set it all up. We are going to 1 new area and we are very excited to be working with some orphans and seeing a new area of Kenya that KMO has never been to.
Blessing to all
Penny and Dollie
Monday, February 2, 2009
A visit with Leonard
Penny and I went to see Leonard at Mercy Clinic in Olmekenyu last Thursday and had a great visit. Leonard is the 12 yr boy who has TB and as a result the disease caused him to suffer an eating a way of his nose and vocal cords. For those of you who don't know his situation, he took a hit to the face by a ball and then came in to contact with Tuberculosis while in a local hospital. His parents had tried for 3 years to get the correct diagnosis and treatment,but failed with the existing health care system in a rural area. So KMO and it's partners combined together with prayer,funds and some determination to finally get a diagnosis for Leonard. Leonard has been on TB medication for 4 months and will continue to take medication for 2 more months. During the visit, Leonard teared up and shared with us he is back in school and has experienced some improvement with his vocal cords. Hopefully Leonard will get a skin graft to make a nose for him after completing the TB drug regime. He had not been in school because of the shame of the disease for 2 years. We can't wait for the team to see him that saw him last year and see how good he looks.
The next day we went to the home of a North Carolina missioner family that we had meet in Narok. They live at the Masi Mara game reserve gate that we go through every year. It is Travis and Laurie Sawyer and there 3 girls Sarah, Summer and Savannah and another on the way. They are with the African Inland Church (AIC). It was good to be around people that sounded like me. Country! They are a very sweet family and he can work on anything and has such a supply of tools like we had never seen. He has a Chevrolet truck that they shipped over with 3 years worth of parts, 2 4 wheelers. They have a big time. There view was unbelievable, they sit on a hill over looking the game reserve and you can see for miles.
There smallest one Savannah is 1 year old and isn't used to seeing white people. She keep running from us and crying. I thought that was so funny we are used to the african children that don't see whites crying but I would have never thought of a white child doing it. There are 3 families that live there on the compound. We meet 1 of the of the other families they had been there for 12 years and had 4 children they seemed to be around the ages of 14 to 6.
It was good to see how they all lived. Travis and Laurie use solar, wind and generators to run there place. They brought all there appliance etc with them from the states. We were advised not to and for us I think we made the right decision. They live in the bush and we live more in town. He helped us with KMO's generators and was a great help. We had lunch with them and ate American food sloppy joe's with homemade rolls, and fried potatoes. That was so good for me. When there families come I think they bring a lot of food items with them.
Travis talked of a medical clinic way back in the bush built by a retired dentist that looked like a dentist office in the states. The man that built it wants 12 dentist to sign up for 1 month a year and come back that same month every year. They had very nice looking places to stay and high tech equipment. He had pictures of it.
We had a very good visit and am sure Dollie and I will be back to see them again and we have invited them to come and see us. We learned a lot more of the cultural every time we run into Americans that have worked here for years. Good information. They have been here 3 years and will go home on the 4th and then be back for 3 home on 4th.
Thanks for all your prayers and taking your time to read our updates.
Blessing to all
Penny and Dollie
Friday, January 23, 2009
A week in Kenya
Hello everyone,
I hope you are all well and staying warm I know Penny and I are staying warm here in Kenya. This week has been a week of challenges to say the least. Monday it started off with Penny and I leaving for Nairobi and just outside the town where we live we had a blow out ,so both of us put our muscles together and managed to remove the tire and then a maasai man showed up on the scene and finished the job. After that we went back in to Narok and were in the process of getting the tire repaired, so we would have a spare because you never go without a spare tire here for obvious reasons and then received a call from our guard that our power had been cut off. So we called our landlord who came to the power company and remedied the situation. So after that we had our power on with in the hour-thank God.
While in Nairobi the both of us got a GI bug and have had intestinal cramping followed by diarrhea, so lomotil has became a great friend. But then the water company failed to pay their light bill, so the water supply to the whole town was stopped until terms can be negotiated and we have no water to flush the commodes or shower. So out of the trials one becomes more thankful for what you have when something is stopped or removed and it is astonishing how selfish we humans can be in a given situation.
It has rained here for 3 days this week and we are very grateful for whatever comes to the ground, but I am not sure if the other drought stricken areas have received any relief,but will keep you all posted when I talk to John. We have also asked for food relief from friends in high places to see if we can get some corn for Morijo,so be in prayer about all of this please. I read in the newspaper that the government has offered to buy the starving cattle in the area, but again I not sure if the people are willing to sell their cows even though they are gaunt.
Please keep us in your prayers we are in the middle of a confidential project and have been really busy and we need God's favor,so again continue to pray and we will release news as soon as possible.
Love Penny and Dollie
I hope you are all well and staying warm I know Penny and I are staying warm here in Kenya. This week has been a week of challenges to say the least. Monday it started off with Penny and I leaving for Nairobi and just outside the town where we live we had a blow out ,so both of us put our muscles together and managed to remove the tire and then a maasai man showed up on the scene and finished the job. After that we went back in to Narok and were in the process of getting the tire repaired, so we would have a spare because you never go without a spare tire here for obvious reasons and then received a call from our guard that our power had been cut off. So we called our landlord who came to the power company and remedied the situation. So after that we had our power on with in the hour-thank God.
While in Nairobi the both of us got a GI bug and have had intestinal cramping followed by diarrhea, so lomotil has became a great friend. But then the water company failed to pay their light bill, so the water supply to the whole town was stopped until terms can be negotiated and we have no water to flush the commodes or shower. So out of the trials one becomes more thankful for what you have when something is stopped or removed and it is astonishing how selfish we humans can be in a given situation.
It has rained here for 3 days this week and we are very grateful for whatever comes to the ground, but I am not sure if the other drought stricken areas have received any relief,but will keep you all posted when I talk to John. We have also asked for food relief from friends in high places to see if we can get some corn for Morijo,so be in prayer about all of this please. I read in the newspaper that the government has offered to buy the starving cattle in the area, but again I not sure if the people are willing to sell their cows even though they are gaunt.
Please keep us in your prayers we are in the middle of a confidential project and have been really busy and we need God's favor,so again continue to pray and we will release news as soon as possible.
Love Penny and Dollie
Settling in
Hello to everyone! We have had a harder time settling in and have been under the weather the past few days. We are feeling better, but a little weak after experiencing a GI bug.
The big news in Narok is that the water company hasn't been paying their Kenya power bill, so the power company turned the power off so there has been no running water in Narok. That doesn't bother everybody because everybody doesn't have running water but we do! Can't flush the commode, wash dishes, shower etc. They are working a deal to get it back on and a muddy trickle started today. We will see what happens. We will go to the river tomorrow and get water if we need to and I will video it and send to everybody. I want to borrow a donkey and get the water like the locals do:)
We are to try and see Leonard next Thursday they called to set the time so we hope we do get to see him. We did hear that the family has not been tested and we will try to encourage that.
The grounds at the clinic looked really good and there were daisy's and other flowers growing around the bunk houses and I regretted not taking a picture for all of you to see. I will next week if I remember the camera:)
Thats it for now.
Blessings
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Friday, January 9, 2009
We are home in Narok
Hello to everybody, we are home safe and sound! We had a great time in the States and wish we could have visited with more of our friends and family, but we did the best we could with the time we had. Sorry if anybody felt left out that was not our heart. God guides our steps and we tried to do what he had us to do.
We spoke at NCF in Knoxville and Rockwood United Methodist and had a great time and felt well received by both churches.
We just got back from Nairobi taking care of some business and getting our internet up dated in hopes of keeping in touch easier on this side. It seems to be going well as of now, but this is just the 2nd day. I'm going to stay hopeful! We have heard that Tabula is doing well and we are in contact with the doctors to set up the last phase of her surgery by getting her implant made. We have heard that Leonard is taking his medicine that he is to be on for 6 months, so that is good and we hope to get up there to check on him in the next few weeks.
All our pets, chickens, dog Valentine, cat Anna were glad to see us. Poor Valentine was sad when we left yesterday to go to Nairobi James said she sat by the gate all day waiting for me. She thought I had left for 2 months again.
We are starting the planning for the May 23 team trip and if anybody is interested in going let us know or check out Kenya Medical Outreach web site. As of right now they have a low cost ticket that would make your trip a little less expensive, but you would need to act fast. If you e mail me I can give you Sheila Williams phone number if you need more questions answered.
It is very dry here and we are hearing that there is no water in many places. We are hearing that springs that have never been dry have dried up. We are going to check in to this better and see for ourselves, but things look grave for the rural people in the Rift Valley. We have read in the paper that food prices will go sky high by June. We did hear that there is one place that people are standing in line for 24 hours waiting to get water, but as I said we want to check it out and not go on rumors. If it is as bad as we think, we will try to do something but we will let you know later. We are to meet with a councilman in the Rift Valley to find out what the government is doing and try to push them into doing something. That will be a long shot here in Kenya!
We ran into a young man that is from Robbinsville NC that lives not to far from us and is with African Inland Church. He has his whole family here and is expecting another child. We had a very good time talking with him and are hoping to go out and visit with him and his family. They live at the gate at the Maasai Mara that we go through every year if anybody has been with us you might remember that area. It was good to talk to somebody that sounded like me. "Country" He has a lot of knowledge that Dollie and I can glean from him because they have been here 3 years.
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