Blog 14

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

I have been working on organizing our iBook from our photos so thoughts of our journey are occupying my mind. That brings our fellow travelers to mind also. I have a few things to share.

Shortly after our return, four of us from Kansas City had an interesting lunch and visit with a visiting Kenyan journalist at the Kansas City Star. Samuel Siringi is an Alfred Friendly Fellow who has been working at the Star. He was quite eager to hear our perspectives on Kenya.

We made some presumptions that he would like to see photos (which he was), but we also took the copy of the Daily Nation which contained our picture. He was really thrilled to see the paper and practically devoured it.

Samuel is from the area of Kenya that was most affected by the civil unrest related to the elections. He is enjoying his time in KC. We were interested in his comparisons of life in Kenya and in the U.S. He has been able to travel extensively to get a feel for other parts of the country. He is amazed at how busy we are. 

I haven't read anything that he has written for the Star, but I will pass on anything that might be of interest.

Here is the website for our photo gallery: http://gallery.mac.com/dochs/100116

These are the same photos that were in the slide show with a few additions. We marked them so as to be downloaded by those who would like to do so. We are pleased that our daughter is implementing an Africa theme for a guest room, using the souvenirs we brought her and some prints of our photos.

We have been sharing our experiences with friends and family -- they appear to be interested. You all are probably getting questions also.

I am adding a map scan with our route traced on it, thanks to Br. Chuck. In addition, I scanned in the newspaper article. I will add it to the blog also.

I sent the Lasallian article to Br. Chuck. Haven't heard how that is going.

Kathy O.