Newsletters

March 2021 Jambo

March 23, 2021

Jambo everybody! I hope this finds you all happy and healthy! Here at the children’s home, we are doing well! Malaria cases have been few in number, although as we wait for the rains, that is likely to change. We are starting to have a few sprinkles here and there, but the real rains haven’t yet come. All of…

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January 2021 Jambo

January 18, 2021

Jambo everybody! Happy New Year! I hope your year is starting out well! Despite the craziness of the world these days, I have made up my mind that I am going to have a great year! I am going to trust God to sort this mess out and bring His justice to the world! This does not mean that…

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December 2020 Jambo

December 22, 2020

Dear Friend, As you may know, Mama Carla is spending December in the United States with her family for a much-needed break so I want to share a mini-Jambo letter with you in her absence. Babu Jeff and missionary, Beth Ann, have been sending updates from In Step! Luci, the fundi (Swahili for seamstress), has made new pajamas for…

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November 2020 Jambo

November 7, 2020

Jambo everyone!Wow! November! It’s weird how fast this year has flown by, despite its challenges! It has been a year none of us will ever forget and it’s not over yet! A few days from the time of this writing, I will be in Washington State! I got up Monday morning, inspired to start making…

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October 2020 Jambo

October 13, 2020

Jambo everyone! I hope this finds you all doing well! I have been enjoying seeing fall pictures on your Facebook accounts, especially from my friends on the East Coast! Someday, I will visit that part of the country during the fall season! Here, it’s still raining! Seriously! It has been raining for about a year,…

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September 2020 Jambo

September 11, 2020

Jambo everyone!I hope you are all doing well and getting ready for fall! Here, it is still raining! The flowers are beautiful, but everything else is a big, fat mud puddle! Nothing is changing. Every day is the same. I guess I’m getting a bit stir-crazy! LOL! I’m hoping to get to the U.S. in…

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August 2020 Jambo

August 14, 2020

Jambo everyone! Here I sit, outside in my new favorite place, a wonderful patio under the bougainvillea trellis, listening to birds, drinking a cup of tea and enjoying the slight breeze. Let’s see if I’m able to focus enough to get you guys updated! This patio was a gift from an old friend of Jeff’s. I have…

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July 2020 Jambo

July 17, 2020

Jambo everyone! I hope you are all doing well and enjoying your summer! Here, it is still cold and rainy with lots of MUD! There is no such thing as a clean floor right now, especially when a Great Dane lives in your room! LOL! We, like many of you, are still living Groundhog Day. School remains closed,…

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June 2020 Jambo

June 16, 2020

Jambo everyone! I hope you all are happy and healthy, enjoying nice weather with family and friends! Here in Kenya, we are doing well! The kids are still home from school. The rains have come, giving a huge sigh of relief to the farmers, while at the same time causing floods that are leaving people with nothing! Isn’t that…

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April 2020 Jambo

April 15, 2020

Jambo everyone! What a weird time, huh? I hope you are all staying healthy! It’s such a strange thing for the whole world to be going through something together! I mean, this is not a typhoon in the Philippines, or a tsunami in Japan, or famine in Ethiopia, or war in Congo, or a hurricane in America, or…

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