Sept. 11, 2009 is fast approaching. That is the day the team leaves for Kenya. I have never been nervous about travelling and working in Kenya before but I am this trip.
There is a severe drought in Kenya and there is a shortage of food. Consequently the cost of food has almost tripled and the average Kenyan can't afford to buy Maize flour, which is the staple in that country. People are dying every day and especially children. That is why I am nervous.
We have so much in Canada. We often eat dinner and then scrape our left overs into the garbage. The children in Kenya could live on our left overs. How will I feel when I am holding a child who is dying of starvation? I don't know but I am nervous.
We will be doing a food distribution in the area where we have done them for the past three years. Areas where there is abject poverty. With the cost of corn and beans at an all time high we can't even afford to purchase what we have in the past and that means we will be feeding a lot less people. It is just a drop in a huge bucket but we can only do what we can do!!
Please remember these children each day and if you have a strong faith pray for rain.
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