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Dec 7, 2009, 10:00 pm
This afternoon I will be driving Judy to the airport in Nairobi. She is heading home to the U.S. to be with her family. Judy came to help Kate with the delivery of `Eowyn, and we were so blessed... Comment - Like
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Dec 6, 2009, 10:00 pm
For those of you who missed it on Facebook, Kate gave birth on Saturday to `Eowyn Grey Brooks. Here are the details: `Eowyn Grey Brooks born 6:12 p.m. on December 5, 2009 ... Comment - Like
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Dec 3, 2009, 10:00 pm
Jeremiah 29:11 (NKJV) For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Put aside the context for the moment, and ju... Comment - Like
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Dec 2, 2009, 10:00 pm
“All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Comment - Like
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Dec 1, 2009, 10:00 pm
It was once suggested that we have a thermometer or something on the side bar showing how much money we needed for the month, and how much has come in. I’m not sure I can do the thermometer, for per... Comment - Like
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Nov 29, 2009, 10:00 pm
O.K. so technically Ask Johnny and Kate Week is over, however I have a few more inquiries to answer. Like this one: As individuals, what scriptures have most resonated with your being, and been to... Comment - Like
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Nov 29, 2009, 3:45 am
Today, I noticed that our family was getting sloppy and undisciplined and I started wondering how I could address the situation. Okay, "a lotta bit" sloppy and undisciplined over the week because we... Comment - Like
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Nov 28, 2009, 7:00 am
A tough one: What aspects of Western culture do you hope to share with your girls and which aspects to you hope they don't adopt? I imagine just like medications, sometimes the cures for extre... Comment - Like
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Nov 28, 2009, 5:00 am
Here’s one that is similar to a previous question, but I had some more thoughts to add: Do you ever wish you were living in the US - the easy life so to speak? I think of you with the water situ... Comment - Like
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Nov 28, 2009, 3:00 am
This question is about home: Do you miss the U.S. are you and all the kids ever going to visit the U.S.? Did you find home in Africa. I have only been to Africa one time and I found home there! Miss... Comment - Like
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Nov 27, 2009, 10:00 pm
Our friend James had a question concerning the mundane. Which let me say this about the mundane, it can be a pain in the rear. Especially when it becomes difficult and overly time consuming. All r... Comment - Like
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Nov 27, 2009, 11:00 am
I have a question...What's the baby's name going to be? Kate has been frantic ever since that stick showed two pink lines over the baby’s name. I haven’t been all that concerned about it,... Comment - Like
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Nov 27, 2009, 9:00 am
From one of the Grandmothers during Ask Kate and Johnny Week: Where to start? What do I send Makena, Butterfly, and Emma for Christmas? And Johnny your birthday book will be a little late this year-... Comment - Like
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Nov 27, 2009, 5:00 am
Babu Lonnie, a part of our community, asks this question as a way of participating in Ask Johnny and Kate Week: What makes Babu such a wonderful, exciting, vibrant, colorful compassionate human bein... Comment - Like
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Nov 27, 2009, 4:00 am
Sometimes I wonder if people really understand how slow I am. Which means I talk slowly and listen slowly. I had to read this a few times to get everything to stick in my mind. Great questions, not su... Comment - Like
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Nov 22, 2009, 10:00 pm
I am officially declaring this week to be Ask Johnny and Kate Week. What exactly is Ask Johnny and Kate Week? Glad you asked. Good first question. Simply put this is an opportunity to ask us whateve... Comment - Like
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Nov 19, 2009, 10:00 pm
We now have so much water that the kids can squirt each other. Comment - Like
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Nov 18, 2009, 10:00 pm
“Here is the decisive difference between Christianity and all other religions. Man’s religiosity makes him look in his distress for the power of God in the world: God is the deus ex machina. Th... Comment - Like
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Nov 17, 2009, 10:00 pm
Kate and I went to Nairobi on Monday to pick up a friend, who is here to assist Kate with the delivery of our baby. (Who still does not have an official name. So, Hey Kid, will suffice for now, or the... Comment - Like
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Nov 17, 2009, 7:45 am
We spent yesterday traveling to Nairobi to pick up our friend and midwife, Judy. We are so happy to have her here for the next month. Our little baby is due Dec. 2nd. We are grateful for our safe jou... Comment - Like
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Nov 13, 2009, 10:00 pm
Connie and her mom, Winnie. Winnie is doing much better now, eating and her spirits are high. Our good friend Beatrice, she does the girl’s hair for us, standing ... Comment - Like
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Nov 12, 2009, 10:00 pm
I read the following this morning, and it resonated so much with me that I thought I would share it with you all: To put this in religious language, the above story asks if perhaps the devil, far ... Comment - Like
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Nov 10, 2009, 11:24 pm
Johnny & I would love for you to get to know us. Read about who we are, what we do, what we feel is important, etc... before you ever send us a donation or care package. Spend a little time with us, b... Comment - Like
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Nov 9, 2009, 10:00 pm
A friend made this video about us, and we think it is awesome. So let me share it with you, and please share it with as many folks as possible.
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Nov 8, 2009, 10:00 pm
Last week I attended some meetings that a missionary friend here in Nakuru was conducting. He had some friends from the U.K speaking at the meeting, and since I consider them my friends as well I atte... Comment - Like
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Nov 4, 2009, 10:00 pm
“What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?” Mo... Comment - Like
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Nov 3, 2009, 10:00 pm
This is more of Ben’s report. I am attending some meetings for the next three days, so the changes I talked about yesterday will be put off for a week or so. Visited a number of people living wi... Comment - Like
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Nov 2, 2009, 10:00 pm
Kate and I had a little meeting this morning about the blog, expect some sprucing up real soon. I want to make it easier for people who don’t know us and what we do to actually get to know us and wh... Comment - Like
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Nov 1, 2009, 2:35 am
Our family and I have undertaken to move to Germany and are currently finishing up the 5th phase of the 7-phase plan that takes us from preparing to leave America, over the Atlantic ocean, and on to... Comment - Like
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Oct 29, 2009, 9:55 am
Ok, a couple of people have asked me to share the details of what we did today. I find it difficult to do this because we do what we do out of our love for people and a desire to meet their needs, not... Comment - Like
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Oct 29, 2009, 9:00 am
"A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life."
Muhammad Ali Comment - Like
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Oct 27, 2009, 11:00 pm
Just a reminder how you can contribute to what is going on here in Nakuru, Kenya. Checks can be made out to Kenya Fund and mailed to: 713 West First Street Beaver Dam, KY 42320 U.S.A. or you ... Comment - Like
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Oct 26, 2009, 11:00 pm
Yesterday Kate posted “Lots Going On.” So why do we help these people? It’s a matter of faith and obedience for us. We believe it is the best way to demonstrate the love of God to the world (thu... Comment - Like
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Oct 26, 2009, 2:25 am
There's been a lot of things going on through A Future and a Hope.
Our HIV support meeting was wonderful. We fed over 110 HIV+ grownups and 100 more children (some HIV+, some not). While at the... Comment - Like
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Oct 23, 2009, 11:00 pm
Here’s Kate sitting behind a giant pile of stuff that a certain family in New York sent to us here in Nakuru, Kenya. Trying on shoes at the shoe store, yes we have an actual ... Comment - Like
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Oct 22, 2009, 11:00 pm
I’ve got so many things running through my head and heart right now, that I’m finding it hard to nail just one down for a blog post. Tomorrow I will be at one of our support groups for people li... Comment - Like
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Oct 22, 2009, 2:58 am
"Love your neighbor as yourself" and that means, in the global village, we're gonna have to start loving a whole lot more people. That's what that means. ~Bono Comment - Like
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Oct 20, 2009, 11:00 pm
This morning I was able to pay the last of the school fees for this year, the water bill, and get some much needed maintenance done on the van. I sent the van off with our mechanic friend, George, ab... Comment - Like
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Oct 19, 2009, 11:00 pm
Today is Jomo Kenyatta day here in Kenya, a public holiday. Meaning I can’t go to the bank and pay the last of the school fees for this year, I can’t go pay the electricity bill, and we can’t bu... Comment - Like
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Oct 18, 2009, 2:19 am
playing games: Irene is bobbing for apples
Sarah & Grace blowing out candles
Sarah & Grace, two very happy girls, getting gifts. (Behind them are Mercy (big), Mildred, & Beatric... Comment - Like
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Oct 15, 2009, 11:00 pm
Today is Blog Action Day 2009, and this year’s topic is climate change. How does climate change impact the work we are doing here in Kenya? I mean really is a warmer climate really going to make tha... Comment - Like
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Oct 4, 2009, 1:17 am
Muhammad Yunus has helped millions of impoverished people; ninety-something percent of those helped being women. Why does he focus most of his energy on women, anyway? That's a question I wanted t... Comment - Like
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