Today is our last day in Chuka. We are meeting more field children at Kirubia for a morning of VBS, crafts and recreation time. Some of these children and their guardians walked more than 1 hour to get to Kirubia. We had a great day with the children. It was great seeing them smiling and hearing their laughter when we played the "over and under" game with a beach ball and when we played the "sitting game" and we all fell over on the ground. The laughter of these children is music to your ears. After our time with the children, they received their bag of food that will last them for 3 months. They were truly grateful for the food.
We left Chuka and headed to Tumaini. We went around Mount Kenya and stopped at Spinners and Weavers, a place established to help battered women. Basically, the women are taught spinning and weaving skills so that they can better their lives. It was amazing watching these women spin the yarn, dye it, and then weave the yarn into beautiful scarves, rugs, shawls, place mats, sweaters, etc. We got to shop and boy, did we buy!!! After leaving Spinners and Weavers, we crossed the Equator. Group picture time there. An hour later, we finally made it to The Tumaini Children's Home. It was late when we arrived and supper was ready for us, so we did not get to spend a lot of time with the children. However, we knew that tomorrow would be a big day with them. We have the opportunity to walk to school with them, but have to get up early because they leave for school around 6:15 to 6:30. Hopefully, we will get a good nights rest......
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