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Judy

I just could not believe the great pictures Harrison was sending. It looked like they got so much accomplished with so little money. He wrote a very nice thankyou to Don , me and to all the supporters of Soar-Kenya.Please read on ,and thankyou for your support.

Dear Mary,
What is surprising Mary?All what you see has been done by you,Don and your partners.The land,fencing,the boys house,the girls house,the caregivers house,the kitchen,the pit latrine and the water well were all funded by you.

“How in the world did you accomplish all of this?”

Through the world of Mary,Don and SK partners.

Were still need to accomplish more like the water tank,the childrens home gate,beds,plastering the houses and equiping the kitchen.

All what  surprises you are your own accomplishments.God bless you.
Harrison and Irene

Children getting water from the 40 foot well that Soar-Kenya financed. This is located at the Children’’s Charity Center in Homa Bay. The school and orphanage is run by Harrison and Irene Agonda.

We should all be in for a fun afternoon.This photo is titled “Cool Cats”, and one of the cool cats , Chris has recently returned from Kenya and will show his pictures at our dinner April 11th at noon. Soar will be hosting a freewill offering dinner at the Dane Town Hall, Main St. Dane, Wi. Please join us and see and here about the travels to Kenya.

Dear soar-kenya. Happy new year 2010. My name is calvin jodisi a former student at hopewell high school. I completed in the year 2007. I came to know about soar-kenya for the first time in the year 2007 when maryann hoff and ruth gibbs visited hopewell. They were so caring and loving and was always ready to listen to students stories even though sometimes some stories sounded boring but they were always ready to listen. They had a big heart for us and they always smiled. I remember before maryann and ruth went back to the U.S.A they took us to the game park, it was my first time to be at the park. It was so exciting to spend the whole day at the park. During 2008 january when we had the post-election violence in our country and many people people died. I was almost affected but the security was increased and hence i stayed safe. the members of soar-kenya especially aileen and maryhoff was always there to encourage us. It was the most wonderful thing to know that someone cares for you. This same year is when aileen promised that she could support me with my collage education. It was quite amazing how this could happen since i did not know aileen and even i had not written to soar-kenya for any support. I just thanked GOD because i knew it was His divine connections. Aileen also informed madam nelly and Mr. Kahendah about it and they were happy about it too. I was able to join one of the collages here in kenya. The collage is. KENYA POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY COLLAGE. i am taking. DIPLOMA IN ACTUARIAL SCIENCE. Aileen pays for my collage fee and darleen johnson from california pays my accommodation fee, it is quite expensive but i know they does it out of love. I sometimes wonder how my life would have been if i did not know about soar-kenya, since i am an orphan maybe i could not have anyone to support me through. i will be going back to collage for the start of my second year and imagine what aileen has already sent the collage fee. I will make sure i post to you all my results as soon as they are out. I would like to thank Mr. Kahendah and madam nelly for their love and also thank maryhoff, aileen and entire soar-kenya team for what you are doing in kenya. Thanks for the big heart you all have. I would like to pray that the LORD may richly bless you in the year 2010. May you all have good health and always stay safe. Thank you all and thank you for your support and prayer. Love you so so much. Calvin. Kenya.
Calvinscooly@yahoo.com
Calvin Jodisi

Dear Mary,

I miss you and i wished you were here with Chris and Rene. that was so much fun! they were at the orphnage every day. Played with the kids, sometimes made us breakfast/ lunch and helped with laundry, cooking and other house chores. I wished you could do that with me as we gossip a little and share about life! I am happy with what i am doing and i just want to talk about it. I have 6 babies now. As i told you before, Mary and Steve left. The court got them relatives to live with. i have a beutiful 7 year old christine and her brother kevin who is 10 months old. they were left at a police stations gate by their mother and in a small paper bag they had, a suicidal note was found. The police have tried to trace her ever since dead or alive without any luck. I got a court order to take care of them. They are the sweetest babies. Its so nice to hear them call me mama. Its the greatest feeling. I am glad they came my way coz all they needed was love. From what i gather from Christine the mother mistreated her so much. You cant imagine that at her age, she can even change diapers, clean a baby and even feed them. She is too responsible for her age. Well, i am trying to slow her down now. I want her to play and be the kid she is. tommorow i take her for an interview at a nearby school. She is supposed to join class/grade one. She is bright and i hope she fares well at the interview.

Nicky was also attached to us by the court. He is 5 years old. With a 3 months old baby, they were rescued by a neighbor when the mom tried to strangle them. She was arrested and is still under police custody. The baby was taken to a different home. He will also be joining nursery school. I cant wait to take them to school in the morning and sit to do homework in the evening. Its a huge responsibily but i am ready for it.

The other new baby we got is baby Steve. We let him stay at the hospital because he weighed 1 kg and we didnt have an incubator in the house. They kept him until tuesday when he weighed 1.8kg. He is so tiny and cute. The mother tried arborting him several times then starved herself hoping to kill him but un/fortunately the baby survived. She fled from the hospital immediately after giving birth. We have him now, the little bundle of joy. He keeps me smiling. I have told you about Chris and Alice. They have grown so big and healthy. Well, we have lots of pics now and i will try to upload them for you. Rene created a facebook page for us. Please search Nellie’s orphanage on facebook.

I got the money, thank you so much. We did a lot of things with it i will send you a breakdown and receipts. The only thing i couldnt do was cement because that was taking up the whole amount and more so we opted for the garden , kitchen supplies and salaries. I will attach receipts. I want to be as open with you as i possibly can and i promise to account for every coin that is sent my way. I need help….my babies do and i will do anything to make sure that i do not compromise transparency and accountability. That 500 was of great help around here and i can never thank you enough. Sorry we couldnt get some bowls because i used up all the money and when Chris tried to he couldnt get nice ones. My guess was that it was festive season and most suppliers were home for xmas.

I have a lot to share with you. My new years resolution is to communicate more often. I will also try to update the facebook page as often as possible.

I hope you are well and in great health. Lots of love to Don.

Love you always.

Nelly

I am always so pleased to report that Soar-Kenya had a very good year considering the downturn in our own economy. I would like to thank every contributor, whether it was a task you did or money you handed out, it is really appreciated. I will give a more detailed account but this is a quick snapshot of the year and where it was given out. Donations totalled 20,331.00.
Hopewell Highschool received the most with 13,050.00. The money went for such things as fencing,land purchase, new simple kitchen,seeds, supplies,uniforms,electric bill,electric post,landscaping the library,trees,field trip to University,new sleeping pads for the preschool,continueing education of our 4 college students.
3500.00 went to Childrens Charity Center in Homa Bay. The money used for ,digging a well,hospital bill for child with aides,food,seed,ducks,Christmas party for the orphans.
900.00 went to Pauline from Barut Primary. Pauline has a feeding program at the school. She attempts to feed the very poorest students with this money.
Burgeii Environmental group-1610.00 sent for membership into their group,fencing,trees purchased,4 water tanks, food for a Christmas party of Community groups.
other
500.00- Vaccines for TB and refrigerator for storing them at the dispensary
300.00 Continueing education
100.00 school fees
400.00 Robert for planting and caring for trees
400.00 Alfred -director of Hanford high for his management class and seed money

Alice K. Shee: Thanks

Today at 8:21am
Where did the year go? Suddenly it is December……again - and we realize that with giant strides we started in January and within a blink of an eye, 2009 is on its back!

A big “Thank You” to you, for the huge impact you had on my life this year. Especially for all the support I received…….without you, I’m sure that 2009would have been extremely boring.

From my side I wish you a magical Festive Season filled with Loving Wishes and Beautiful Thoughts.

May 2010mark the beginning of a Tidal Wave of Love, Happiness and Bright Futures.

And to those who need someone special, may you find that true love

To those who need money, may your finances overflow

To those who need caring, may you find a good heart

To those who need friends, may you meet lovely people

To those who need life, may you find GOD

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year!

THANKS FOR BEING THER E

FOR ME IN ALL AVENUES OF

MY LIFE

YOU HAVE HELPED IN MY GROWTH

“You can dream,create,design and build the most wonderful place in the world….but it requires people to make the dreams a reality.”