Change of plans

We're in Kisumu and have had a wee change of plans. We had expected to be here for 4 or so days but after one day yesterday with 3 grannies and some locals, it is a challenge to find where the hope lies. Understandably, life here in an urban centre is complex - poverty, disease, corruption and all sorts of things make it hard to capture the grandmothers' voices. They are less forthcoming.

BUT WOW, now that we've seen this, we can really see that there is so much hope in the village! The contrasts are amazing - the people there ask for so little and we feel that our help on behalf of our friends and family is so worthwhile there - it really is.

Having susie with us (our resident granny) has been awesome. She is a rockstar. And felix is very knowledgable about the local ins and outs. He is great at cautioning us on what to do and how to be. We dont want to offend people or cause problems anywhere.

So right now we're bound back for the village - Kimberley (from Canakiwi) has kindly offered to support the building of an acerage for all the village women to work on to buld a sustainable existence for the farm. So with that news, we will take ourselves back and build it with them.

Keep the emails and support coming - these people are truly worth it!!!

Lotsa love us xx