So before we took our 29 hour bus travels across Kenya and into Uganda.  We had to take a matatu from our apartment to the bus station in down town Mombasa.  The matatu’s stop and go and there is a…

One year my Dad for his birthday or maybe for Christmas was given the Planet Earth DVD series (or at least I think thats how it came to be at the Boyer house…) I grew up watching all kinds of…

So it turns out when you come on a trip like this your own team becomes one of your biggest ministries.  There are now 11 of us here in Kenya together and one of our teammates is back in the…

   All laundry is done by hand here.  It’s just how it goes… and I actually don’t mind it at all (which is funny since doing laundry at home with the nice easy machine has always been one of my least…

There is an American couple who live here in Mbita, JP and Jesse, and JP works here at the base and Jesse works at a local school.  They have a son Abram and a little daughter Merci.  Jesse is expecting…

Tuesday we had as a whole team a day of solitude. Anyone who knows me well will not be surprised to hear that solitude is not my favorite. I love being with people which is exactly why it’s so important…

Here in Africa everyone is always ‘fine’.  As you walk down the streets you hear shouts from people of all ages, “How are you? And they usually respond “I’m fine!” before you even realize where the question is coming from. …

When I was in Mexico our leader Tag talked to us about expectations. He warned us to not expect anything when we came to Africa because expectations lead to being disappointed and to miscommunications… trips like this don’t tend to…

Late last week Paul asked me if I would be willing to go over to one of the neighboring schools to help take photos of the kids to send to each one of their sponsors.  I was so excited from…