FRANCIS MBUVI Reports

Greetings,

The two new students, Peter and Mary, are doing well and are loving being in the farm. We are going on with classes and the masonry students have also had their lessons started. They say the stones are very heavy, and Wambu says they are determined. I hope we will have a good number of them love it so that they will use it to sustain themselves.

The team is doing well and they send their greetings. In the farm, victor is trying and working hard. I think with time we will see lasting improvements. The boys have not moved to the new dorm yet, Wambu says some doors and plumbing still need to be done and also he must install the tank. The salon training area at the skills centre has also not been occupied and Robin is working on the final touches.

Most of the sign boards have been installed as you advised and the two remaining will be done this week. Some areas still need painting like the girls' doors and the new dorm and the garage gate. All the others in the list that Darlene gave me are done.

A follow-up
I did ask Jane to follow-up with Dennis Baraza, the street guy who had a broken hand and we prayed for him during the last week before you all left. She reports that on the 2

8th of July, that evening, Baraza was brought to the MITS Eastleigh Center in critical condition. He apparently drank rat poison because he felt he was a burden and his chances of recovery were low. The team there rushed him to Kenyatta Hospital where he was treated. He was discharged a few days later. She said they are trying to locate him so that they can offer him the operation option and check on the prices too. Keep him in your prayers and the team as they try to help him and others on the streets. The picture is of Dr. Chad, who worked a medical campaign on the streets in July, inspecting our street guy.

The VBS was good and Joel Njue says they had an average of 87 kids daily.

John Wambu has gone to the Lands today to check on properties.

Mbuvi.