Day 13: Reflection with the directors and surprise visit from table banking trainers...

           Today the team had a meeting with the board of directors for Solidarity House and many points where discussed in regards to many of projects and locations the team visited during in the duration of the stay. In the meeting many points where raised and ideas to work on and moving forward plans where created to aid the discussion process. It was very successful and some structures where put in place in order to aid the implementation of the new ideas. 

           The team where then having a relaxing evening before they received a surprised visit from the table banking trainers who came to show their appreciation and say their vote of thanks to the team... It caught everyone off-guard. They also thought is was Uba's birthday today which was a day ahead nonetheless the team where still very happy to have them around as we sat around tables and enjoyed each other's companies.  

After Sleeping Suzy joined us, Pamela restarted her speech and then they started the surprise gifts...

The gifts kicked off with Pastor P, Fiona and Tope...

Then they moved on to Mario and Suzy, Osase and the Birthday(to be) boy Uba...

Uba trying to guess his present...

The gathering then drew to a close... 

The following was extracted from one of the diaries of a cloverleaf missionary... 

    "Today was really good... The meeting with the board of directors was so successful I cannot wait to come back and see how the proposed changes will be implemented into the committee. I remember Osase almost howling at one of the directors for the answer to her question was rather funny... For some reasons today the arrow root tasted extra sweet... Maybe we are finally getting used to the taste though... 

       The evening was so nice the table banking trainers really blessed us with gifts... It was so good to hear them testify of the good things that has happened since we got here and even what is to come from the partnership we formed...  We all really like our gifts and more so the time we got to spend with them... When they were leaving Osase and I went on secret hunt for a mixtape for Uba's birthday tommorow. 

        I really cannot believe we only have one more night in Kenya.... WOW!!!!!!" 

One more post till Kenya 2013 the Journey in Video.... Be on the the look out... 

            See you Later, Blessings from 

          I-Go 2013

Day 12: Visit to Victory women SHG table banking group

Today the team headed out to another table banking group the SHG Victory women...

Breakfast kicked off with Pastor P's bright blue socks

The bus ride 

The women's group was located on the site of a primary school

We watched the banking group in action before we were introduced to the group... 

Mario addressed the group

                      After the team was introduced, the leader of the group talked on how the group works how it was formed and then we headed out and spent some time with the kids before heading back to the center... 

Mario played game of Aye-Aye Captain with the kids 

Back at the center, we had having a relaxing time some went on a walk around the area and they came back with thorns ... 

The team then spent the rest of the evening preparing for the Brainstorm and reflection tomorrow with the board of directors. 

The following was extracted from one of the diaries of a cloverleaf missionary:

" Today was very nice, we are getting so close to the end and well everyone is starting to realise that in a couple of days we wont be in Kenya any more...

Mario's speech at the table banking group was very inspiring the people here must understand that money is not everything Jesus is everything. It was great to see the joy in the children today as we spent some time with them even though they all kept calling Suzy 'Sooo-sie" and apparently Mario means woman in Kimeru.

I am really looking forward to the reflection tommorow, there is much work that needs to be done and the early we set a plan out and commit it into God's hands the better."

See you Later, Blessing from

I-Go 2013 

Day 9: Mario and Suzy join the team

      Today started around 2am and it was time to make that long drive to Nairobi again to pick up the final additions the team:  Mario and Suzy. After meeting them at the airport we stayed in Nairobi for a bit for the now traditional first meal before heading to Meru; of course we advised them not to try the local porridge.

So we started heading back on the four hour long drive to Meru, and we could all tell Suzy was very tired 

On the way we made a quick stop at Mr Mugende's house and met his daughter

Then we headed back again on the road...

It was not long again before Suzy needed a rest break...

So we stopped at a filling station 

Back on the road again

A cloverleaf missionary filling in their journal 

Now Mario was feeling tired 

Eventually we arrived at Meru

We found some Cloverleaf at the centre

We had lunch together and spend the rest of the day integrating Mario and Suzy, while work and preparation for the table banking training workshop began

We went for a swim later all expect Pastor P. 

 The following was extracted from the one of the diaries of a cloverleaf missionary... 

"Today was so FUN, we were all so exicted to meet Mario and Suzy... they fit in so well with the group its like we have known each other before hand. We have nicknamed Suzy- Lucy and Mario had re-nicknamed Uba- Uba kuruba. I remember when we were looking for them at the airport we were playing guess the couple and well we didn't do well until we saw Mario's guitar. On our way to the restaurant at Nairobi we found what we thought was a restaurant but unknowingly to us it was a day club. When we finally found a restaurant the girls experienced using a latrine for the first time in Kenya, we visited Mr Mugende's home quickly before we went back to base at the community centre. So Mario likes to make everyone aware that he is Colombian for reasons unknown but its rather funny. Before bible study we went swimming and well Mario, Suzy and Osase could swim, Uba got the hang of it in the end, Tope tried so hard and Fiona well we all agreed she is a better singer. I-Go voices wrote another song today before Mario joined in with his guitar. Can't wait for Mario and Suzy to have their first Sunday in Kenya... wonder if it will be like last Sunday??? " 

See you later, Love and Blessings from

I-Go 2013