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Reminders, Again

Just wanted to share with everyone the many ways you can stay in touch with us. I know I’ve posted this stuff before, but perhaps some new readers don’t know how to reach us.

The easiest way of course is via email. Send something to back2kenya@yahoo.com .

You could write a letter and send via snail mail. Use this address:

Johnny Brooks

P.O. Box 2974

Nakuru 20100

Kenya

I, Johnny, use Twitter:

 

Both Kate and I are on Facebook:

 www.facebook.com/johnnybrooks and www.facebook.com/kate34

If you want to send us money, we do this project full time and exist off of people’s generosity, then you can use one of the following methods:

Paypal. Using back2kenya@yahoo.com

Make check out to Kenya Fund and mail to:

713 West First Street

Beaver Dam, KY 42320

U.S.A.

If all these fail or you just like the phone you could give us a ring. Do keep in mind any time difference there may be between us and you. 011-254-723-687-644

Of course commenting on the blog gets our attention as well.

Happy communicating!

Johnny Brooks

Cool Clip From a Local TV Station Here in Kenya

Sorry didn’t prepare anything for you today, but enjoy watching this news clip. That guy is awesome.

Everything Changes

“Everything changes, nothing remains without change.”

Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta, or the Buddha made this quote. I might add he said it a long time ago, a really long time ago.

It is still true for today. Sitting here in Kenya accessing the internet, I am again reminded that everything changes.

Not long ago the internet was unheard of in Kenya. Then it arrived for the rich. Right now it is still expensive, but the cost keeps going down and down. Eventually everyone will be able to access the internet. Everything changes.

Information can change a people. Exposure to other cultures, ideas, and systems can change a people. Kenyans are changing.

Change is vital. I just hope and pray that in adopting Western ways of life, Africans do not lose their unique African ways. Ways that are well worth preserving.

Johnny Brooks

Reach Out

So you want to email us? Write us a letter? Send a care package? Give some money? Stay current with what is going on? Buy me books from my Amazon wish list? Well this is your lucky day, because I am listing all the ways you can do this stuff:

Our email address is: back2kenya@yahoo.com We check it each and every day, barring any internet outages. This is also our Yahoo messenger ID. Kate is online every now and then with it. Currently we do not have an always on internet connection, so instant messaging is not always possible.

Our postal address here in Kenya is(This address is for letters or care packages. Please do not send any financial gifts through this address.):

Johnny Brooks                                                                                           P.O. Box 2974                                                                                       Nakuru 20100                                                                                            Kenya

If you would like to donate financially to our projects then use the following methods:

Paypal using our email address of back2kenya@yahoo.com

or make a check out to Kenya Fund and mail to:

Kenya Fund                                                                                                713 West First Street                                                                            Beaver Dam, KY 42320                                                                           U.S.A.

I have a Twitter account:

Both Kate and I have Facebook accounts:

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Kate uses Skype:

The user name is PureChristianity

We also send out an email newsletter about once a month or so. Let us know if you would like to get it.

I have an Amazon wish list that can be found here:

 

Of course one of the best ways to stay up to date with us is to keep on reading this blog.

Dropping Babu at Airport

I’m in Nairobi today, dropping Babu Lonnie off at the airport. Will be heading back to Nakuru in the morning. Ali is with me, just hanging out and getting some rest. We plan on eating pizza for dinner and watching an episode or two from House season 2.

In the meantime just a reminder you can follow me on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/JohnnyBrooks

I am also on Facebook, friend me at:

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Kate is on Facebook so friend her at:

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Skype me, Baby!

Recently, our internet connection has gotten quite efficient! I'm not complainin' either! It's awesome. So for the first time, we've been able to use Skype to talk to my Mom and Dad face to face!

For those of you who'd like to talk to us 'in person' without the hassle and expense of coming to Africa, download skype! It's free. The calls are free, too, for skype to skype users.

Go to www.skype.com and just click download skype. It's very easy. Then send me an email letting me know you are a 'skyper' so I can add you to my contacts.

Looking' forward to hearing from you!

~Kate and family

(Ps, my computer died and all of my photos with it. So no picture, folks. Sorry.)

Reminders

Just thought I would remind everyone that we have a web-site at www.afutureandahope.net Be sure to check out the hand made jewelry. Kate and some of the girls work hard on creating the beads out of recycled paper, and coming up with the designs for the jewelry.

Also one of our team members blogs at www.babulonnie.com

I have a twitter account at:  Johnny Brooks

Finally befriend us on Facebook:

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Picture of the Week

Click on the image for a bigger view. This is  a recent Wordle of our blog.

2 Much Junk in the Trunk 4 U?

It's not what you think.  Let me ask you:  Are you a Tree Hugger?  Into Communism?  Fortune seeker?  Treasure Hunter?  Share Bear?  Penny Pincher?  Just too darn broke to buy some of the things you'd really like to have?  Or even, are you one of those Acts 2:44* believers in Christ? 

If you live in America, then you really might want to look into something called "Freecycle."  It really is a place where "one man's trash" just might "be another man's treasure."

In just about every location in America, a person can join this free email group and post things they don't need anymore.  Some else may need it and will come and pick it up.  If you need something, you can ask for it or claim something already listed.  It saves you money, cleans out the stuff you don't need, saves landfills from filling up, and helps all of us live more like a community.  If you are not in America, you might search for a similar group in your own country or even try to start one yourself.

Through Freecycle, I've helped someone get some fencing to keep a pet, helped a man get a ceiling fan he needed, helped two families get things they needed for a new baby, and much more.  See what you can do for God and others through Freecycle.

Here's the weblink to find a group to share and share alike with in your area:

http://www.freecycle.org/

*Oh.. Acts 2:44 "All the believers were united and shared everything with one another." (NIV)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

James Dan (the Pizza Man, as my Dad calls me) of Arizona

Updated Site & Beaded Jewelry is available!

Remember the article about the Beads? Well, I have been hard at it working on putting just a few of the girls' jewelry on my www.afutureandahope.net web site. PLUS, I've updated that site so please check it out!

Click on the 'Jewelry' icon at the bottom to see our 'store.'

Please note that if you want something for Christmas, obviously it will not make it on time! Shipping from here takes 2 weeks or more.

Also, we have over 30 pieces of jewelry styles that I haven't had time to 'crop' and make viewable for the web yet. I will get those up as soon as I can.

~Kate Brooks

Co-founder of A Future and a Hope

Home for orphaned girls in Nakuru, Kenya East Africa