Thursday, 19 January 2017

A short reflection - Jan. 14.17

January 14

We have been in Kenya for less than two weeks and we have experienced so much already. I struggle to know how to describe the lifestyle. It’s almost an oxymoron.  It is simple, yet difficult; refreshing, yet heart breaking. The beautiful singing of the THQ choir (as good as any I have heard) with no accompaniment except their voices reminds me that less is more. The site of hundreds and hundreds of shops and markets lining the streets every day inspires me as innovative entrepreneurs make a living with more basic means than I have ever seen. They sell their products from before sun up ‘til after sun down every day in the dry, dusty side lines of the main road hoping to achieve enough revenue to feed their families.  

I have only yet caught a glimpse of life in this land. I have so much to learn. I have a feeling my life will never be the same.


Don’t judge a man until you have walked a mile in his shoes.” (Cherokee proverb)

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