The Women

The women we worked with in Kenya are incredible.  They were all volunteers - and they all showed up every day in exchange for waiving some of their children's or grandchildren's school fees. 

On Thursday we began chipping out the old floors and the old mortar from the front of the  building ( without safety goggles) and the women worked as hard as the men,

We called ourselves the Bucket Brigade as we spent a lot of time hauling buckets of sand and water and ballast and rocks to the classrooms.  Never heard one complaint or bad word.  They went and got water from  the stream and they carried it back on their shoulders or their heads.  I never quite got the hang of that.  They sang and worked and cleaned and spoke softly and smiled and put their hearts and souls into Unity Center School.  We were blessed to have them on our team.

                         Sarah and some of the wonderful women of the bucket brigade.

 This is a "before" picture of the school kitchen.  Definitely needed an update. And a whole lot of love!