Karibu...

Karibu, friends. Welcome to my first official blog! As you likely know, I am headed to a small village in western Kenya shortly and I've gotten a fair few requests to try my hand blogging. I can't make any promises but I figure it beats mass emailing and I can get more photos (my preferred means of communication!) in this way too.

I'm keeping this brief for the moment as I continue on my farewell tour of the States! (Photos to follow soon.) But for now, below is a photo of the wacky, brilliant, incredible people I will be with pretty much 24/7 until next April.  I might as well admit it now...I love them!  They are a fabulous mix of smart, kind, strong, deep, quirky people (many of whom are most excellent at hilarious impersonations) and they are willing to pack it all up and move to a little village on the Kenyan-Tanzanian border to empower local leaders to find innovative, sustainable, low-cost, high-impact solutions that will lead their communities out of poverty and transform lives forever.

R to L: Me, Naruth, Matt Lineal, Rebecca, Janine, David, Jennifer, Matt Lee & Thomas

I am sure we will have many stories to tell over the next few months!  Thank you for being interested enough in the journey and the mission to have a look from time to time and please keep me posted on your journeying as well. Lots of love to you. -j