Just as they were leaving, the Gift of a huge Greenhouse had just begun to go up, and is now completed. This will, we hope, assist us to grow Tomatoes for us all, and hopefully also some for sale, as part of our Market Garden Project started in 2011 by Daryl. We have not built the greenhouse ourselves, but have had it professionally erected. The deal also includes TWO water tanks.
God is SO good. Tyndale paid for it.
TODAY has been the THIRTY FIFTH Parents & Prize Giving Day of Testimony School - OUR School. We started Nursery School in 1981, twelve years after beginning the first Home. It has been a very busy day starting with me and the Principle, Anthony Ndungu, inspecting the entire School to make sure it was ready to receive visitors. We began at 9a,m. and then at 10,30a.m. the Guest of Honour arrived and we then began the Official Tour to see all the exhibitions of Classroom work, and also the more substantial exhibits mounted in the various Science labs, including home science of course. Finally we arrived at the Director's Office at 12.30p.m. to tuck into the traditional Director's Luncheon. Daryl was of course host, as Director now, and some other 20 or so invited guests sat down with him to partake of the meal together. Esther and I were there, plus Joshua and Miriam Mbithi from Neema, the Guest of Honour, Board Members, Officers from the Children's Department, the School Principal, the newly appointed Primary Headmaster, the Head of Secondary School, our School Chaplain, and Pastor of our Fellowship, plus plus!!
THEN at 2p.m. we repaired to the School Hall for the Concert, speeches and Prize Giving. The day ended at 5p,m, and the RAIN held off except for one short shower. It was a very successful and enjoyable time.
Our Guest of Honour this year was Mrs. Helen Cherambos, Headmistress of Eldoret Moi Girls High School for many many years. She is retired now, but all her children spent time in our Primary School. As Headmistress of Moi Girls she was able to take in many of our Girls into her High School before we had one of our own. The friendship and good rapore between us stretches back to the mid nineteen eighties. A real delight to have her with us. Welcoming her to the podium was one of our long time Board Members and a Trustee, Mr. M. Ali. We have known him since 1993 when we first moved to Eldoret. He was the Municipal Health Officer at the time and he helped us to get approval and registration with the authorities on our arrival in Eldoret. It was a blessing to have him with us representing our Board, and as a long time friend who has walked with us in faith that God provides for us.
TOP the School Choir - Primary kids
MIDDLE - Nursery kids age 4-5
BOTTOM - Primary kids doing a traditional tribal dance. It was full of action, but for me the icing on the cake was the guy on stilts.
The Concert was put on by the students and consisted of items from Nursery, Primary and Secondary sections of the School including choral, dance and speech its. Usually a brief address from the Guest of Honour, and then the distribution of Academic Awards to those who may have earned by the various dignitaries present. Usually nearly ALL parents attend, and it is a highly popular annual event that is looked forward to and enjoyed by all. No Business - just pleasure.AND ALL OF THIS under a cloud of some apprehension. In Kenya for the last ten days or so, one Boarding School after another has had one or more of its dormitories burned down by persons unknown. Students have been involved, but it is also felt that there are other forces involved. More than a hundred schools across the Country have been torched. Fifteen years ago, in the early morning 58 (FIFTY EIGHT) CHILDREN lost their lives when their dormitory was torched whilst they slept!! Can such a thing happen again? THEN it was unbelievably tragic; What would it be to day - does anyone really CARE?
There seems total confusion as to what is going on or why! Students, teachers, Unions and the Government itself all being at odds whilst so far no light is being shed on the situation. Again, this evening the Government has told all Headmasters of Boarding School to remain on campus and NOT to live at home. WE, as a well known school with more than two hundred boarders living on our premises have to accept that we also can find ourselves targeted. None of four boarders sleep alone - we have boarding adult teaching staff with them. We had uniformed Police patrolling our complex during today's Celebrations. Some of these fires have occurred during daylight hours as well as at night. The Country we feel is under attack. Keep us in your prayers.
The Hostel takes up all of the ground floor space; 2 dorms, one sitting/dining. 1 Kitchen, and Toilets and showers for use of up to 20 girls. So far we have 12. Additionally the Lady Warden has space for herself. In all we have spent our of the Legacy left to us by Miss Potts, some six thousand pounds sterling.
We are VERY pleased with it.
There has been a ferocious and thunderous storm of rain going on whilst I have tried to put this together before going to bed. I feel very tired, and have to wake up early to get ready for the morning Fellowship at which I shall be the speaker. We wish you all a safe and blessed week ahead. With all our love
John, Esther and Daryl.
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