Talley's African Tidbits: Assorted Pics and Thoughts

Victor Otieno posing over the okra we picked from the farm.

So let me begin by saying it is wonderful to be back in Nairobi, Kenya working at MITS. I love the staff and kids, their willingness to be loved and changed by God and just the heart for service that all of them have. I am happy to be writing to you and i hope to be more responsible in taking pics and keeping you updated on a day to day basis on the happenings at Made In The Streets.

In the first pic we have Victor Otieno hovering over the okra that he and i had just picked. We also had picked a bucket of tomatoes and some cucumber that i did not get a picture of. Victor is one of our farm managers at MITS and does an amazing job managing our acreage and rotating the crops between maize, kales and an assundry of vegetables. He is also an amazing basketball player and works with me as we bang away on the boys teaching them the finer skills of playing basketball.

Angie teaching the Intermediate class

Another pic of the Intermediate class

In the next six pics, you see students at the learning center in their different learning level classes (intermediate, middle & advanced). Students are divided into their classes based on their educational levels, test scores and on their English ability. Since i have been gone for five months, many of the students that i became familiar with have since moved on to different skills at the skill center. We have also accepted many new students as our older students graduated and found attachments in the city. So in many of the pics you see there are many new faces of kids who have not been long off of the streets.

And finally in the last picture, you see a sampling of a typical meal that we eat at MITS. This meal is made up of ugali (think corn meal mush), eggs and kales. Wahome (our literacy center chef and boys dorm supervisor) and his crew cooked an excellent tasting meal that we all consumed in no time. Wahome cooks lunch for about 45 people everyday, all the time.

These pics are all just a small sampling of the day to day things occurring at MITS. Every day that i spend here is a blessing because i get to witness firsthand how God is changing lives and using people everyday to share his love. I pray that any of you that are reading this blog that you will one day have the opportunity to see the work that is happening at Made In The Streets.