Phil and Dalene Hamer: First day in Kitale

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Thank you for checking out our blog! Stop by regularly and keep up to date with what we're up to! Here we will be sharing our adventures, heartaches, insights, challenges and probably really random stuff. Phil is a filmmaker with a gift of storytelling. Check out R4P.co to see more of what he does. And Dalene will be writing most of the posts! Ha! We have a passion for bringing awareness to injustice, and spend our days learning and contemplating how to empower the voiceless. With our family and friends, we work through Until Then to help street kids, and are continuously seeking relationships with organizations and individuals who we can join arms with. We hope you enjoy our blog!
Dalene and Phil

Thursday, November 11, 2010

First day in Kitale

Today was our first day in kitale. Saw a few old friends and started finding the equipment needed for our well project. I went out to the Mattaw Children's Village (the group we are doing the video for) a few times picking up kids and taking them to the drs. here are some pictures from today...

Starting to shop for supplies for the well in town...

Lucy from Mattaw. She is 5 years old but looks like she is only 2 because she was so malnourished as a baby. She loved playing games on my phone and looking at pictures of herself.

Found the best shoes ever- i'm assuming these shoes are named after the famous Phil Hamer... they didn't have my size, but my new mission on this trip is to buy a few pair.

Hey Aaron- saw a patagonia sticker on a truck in town...

more to come tomorrow... if you haven't checked out UntilThen.org or Freewaters.com yet, check it out for more info on what we are doing. Freewaters sandals will be available in February.

We are having a fiesta tonight, nothing like Mexican food in Kenya...

Phil