Thursday, October 10, 2013

Last day in Kisumu...bittersweet

Hi everyone a glimpse into my final day in Kenya ... heart is heavy and full but wanted to share some of this day and will add more when I am able to find the words to adequately capture this experience.
Grateful for the journey and know that my life is blessed beyond measure to have been a part of this community and to have met these amazing, brave, strong little souls.

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Goodbye hugs with these special new friends at RingRoad

Cancer Ward at Russia Hospital -
Sweet Lameck, Valery, Austin & Gideon

They loved their new coloring books and SOCKS!

Melvine - She was still in the hospital Wednesday to our surprise.
Discharged but unable to pay their bill, so they cannot leave :(

Life in the Nylenda Slum - final walk about

From a Tuk Tuk to the airport & I'm off
Humbled and blessed by all of your support throughout these past two weeks in Kisumu.
I truly felt your love & prayers across the oceans and it carried us through each day.

xo,
Mandy


"Bittersweet is the idea that in all things there is both something broken and something beautiful, that there is a moment of lightness on even the darkest of nights, a shadow of hope in every heartbreak, and that rejoicing is no less rich even when it contains a splinter of sadness. "  Shauna Niequist, Bittersweet

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