Category Archives: English

Bride and Groom

This is Veronica. She is the bride and she is 25 years old. She finished her high school and she went to beauty school, in both cases, with the parish’s support. She has a 2 year old son from a … Continue reading

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Nelly, the Widow

Nelly, the lady who took me to the wedding (you will hear about the wedding in another post), is a hard worker. She has a shop in town in which she sells oil, cookies, candies but the main product is … Continue reading

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Lolua

Today is my first day in Lodonguoke. My night was ok. At the beginning I couldn’t sleep well because the bathroom has a window but not glass so and I was afraid an animal would get in even if I … Continue reading

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Trip to Lodonguoke

Today was a travel day. We woke up in Barsaloi very early in the morning. We left town at 6:20am to Maralal. The trip was 2 hours. Even though it has been raining, the rivers were ok and we were … Continue reading

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Tuum Workshop

Today I had a workshop with the women of Tuum. Unfortunately, this is the only workshop I am going to have here :(. In the afternoon we are leaving to Barsaloi to sleep there and tomorrow early in the morning … Continue reading

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Inauguration Celebration

I am in Tuum. This is a small city two and a half hours away from Barsaloi. We are here (meaning the priests and I) because they are going to inaugurate the new parish’s house of Tuum. The bishop is … Continue reading

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Meeting with the Samburo Women

Today the workshop was in the Government Dispensary in Barsaloi. The women who were there were the traditional women with necklaces around their neck. The age were some young, like the one in the picture 18 years old, and others … Continue reading

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Blessings and Leadership

Today, during mass the principal of the primary school introduced the students that just finished 8th grade to bless them. Primary school goes until 8th grade and secondary goes until 12th grade. These students are going to take the public … Continue reading

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Workshop with the Elders

I did not have a very good night in Lowa. I was scared of every small noise because I didn’t know what kind of animal it could be (maybe a fly, a cockroach, bats or something else) so I couldn’t … Continue reading

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Going to Lowa

Today in the morning, I went to give my workshop with the beads women. They are busy because they are making some bracelets for Father Memo, who is going to give some of them in a seminar promoted by the … Continue reading

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