Joy Town

Our first week in Kenya was quite a whirlwind.  After getting over jet lag, which I'm not sure has actually happened, we began the week at the hospital visiting with patients and moms, playing checkers, making origami, and just hanging out helping them pass the time. On Thursday, we had quite a treat as we were able to catch a ride to Joy Town. Many of you are familiar with Joy Town. It is a Bethany Kids' boarding school for handicap children located near Nairobi. They board and educate over 300 children. We arrived and went straight to their physical therapy room. Never have I seen such happy faces. 

 We were then taken on a tour of the facilities.  We were able to visit classrooms and dormitories. The amazing thing is they only have two washing machines.  That's right.  They have over 300 children and only two washing machines.  Imagine having all those soiled clothes and sheets every day and only having two machines.  Sadly, everything doesn't get washed as quickly as they would like. The staff there seems to be doing the best with what they have, but they need more machines. I'm going to start praying about this one.

The most jaw dropping thing we saw was the children moving from one area of the facility to the next.  There are lots of hills there and most of them are in wheelchairs.  They worked hard on these hills.  As one of my children used to say, "These hills are heavy!"  We couldn't resist helping them - you couldn't have either.  Just take a look for yourself.  Notice the smiles at the top.

This is Rosemary. 
She has worked here for 20 years.