As I'm actively fundraising for the long-term, some people have asked for an easy way to see all my photos at once. Here's one round of a number of them. There are still more on the other entries, but here's a quick way to get a bunch at once.
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| The veranda at mealtime |
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| Baby Chris when he arrived, age six months |
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| In Step Academy, kindergarten class |
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| Clinic at In Step - still under construction in June 2013 |
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| High-chair babies at mealtime |
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| Japther |
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| the acacia tree at the center of the compound |
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| Ayub, age seven months here, not feeling too hot! |
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| Chris, shortly after he arrived in June 2013 - still very underweight and malnourished |
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| during a dressing change of Tracy's head - healing from scalp reconstruction surgery is going well |
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| some of the older kids waiting for lunch |
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| "until lunch comes, i think my fingers will do nicely!" |
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| Baby Elizabeth, age sixteen months in June 2013 |
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| Babies Ray and Nate |
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| Baby Elizabeth |
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| Baby Chris starting to put on some weight a few weeks after coming to In Step |
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| I'm holding Austin, who wasn't feeling well one day, here in the waiting area at the Sibanga clinic |
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| James |
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| Dorcas, age 2 |
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| the acacia tree in the field, with the farmland and cow area in the background |
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| what a very light med-pass looks like... usually the plate is full! |
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| Across our maize field and lawn |
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| Tots gathering around outside |
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| Preschoolers in Madam Beth Ann's class |
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| Kids playing in the afternoon |
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| Chris continued to put on weight, but needed a visit to the clinic for malaria |
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| Chris got hungry while we waited for the blood test results |
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| This is Brighton on my back - sometimes it was just easier to get work done with a baby keeping me company |
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| Preschoolers drinking porridge with spinach juice (their midmorning snack - they like it!) |
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| kids waiting for their morning snack |
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| our laundry ladies do a TON of wash each day - all of it by hand! |
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| I took a photo with Edith and Peris - they really get a kick out of seeing themselves in the camera |
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| They sure are happy! |
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| Brighton wasn't feeling well on this day and had a bit of a runny nose too. |
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| Me with Brighton and Elizabeth, waiting to go to the clinic |
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| Storm in the distance |
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| Baby Lavender, July 2013 |
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| She was so tiny when we got her! She didn't eat well and had been sick for the whole two months of her life already. |
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| Chris continued to eat like it was his job, and put on weight nicely |
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| God really has a flair for evening artwork. |
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| Edith with Baby Adam |
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| The kids love to pose for pictures. |
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| Cynthia and I waited for lab results at the clinic. |
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| In the afternoons during rainy season dark clouds come in and open up the sky like a faucet. |
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| flowers on the compound |
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| This is the x-ray lab at a local outpatient clinic - one of our boys (in the corner) needed a belly x-ray and Ray and I took him here on a friday afternoon. |
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| Me and Ray with the 12 older boys |
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| Got baby Chris to smile! |
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| This was the day we got Lavendar - I was giving her a first look once-over |
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| Rachele took this of Brighton and me. He was sick this day and had a high fever. |
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The view driving through town on a friday evening
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| Beverly drinking juice (with an ice cream mustache) at the happy birthday celebration |
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| Rachele with Japther |
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| Abraham at happy birthday sticker time |
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| The kids doing sidewalk chalk and stickers at happy birthday |
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| the kids gathered around when i took a photo of a heart someone drew... |
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| and this one too! |
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| these kids love to pose for photos! |
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| Joy (she lives up to her name) and Ronnie |
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| Brighton was feeling better, and got stickered all over! |
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| Eliza, Veronica and Benny taking a break from chores with the cows to pose. |
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| Rachele with Victor, 4 days old here, when we picked him up at the children's office |
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| Man, he's sweet! |
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| Baby Victor again |
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| Tracey needed her head dressing redone (for her scalp reconstruction surgery)... Ray wanted to help her feel more in-community so he put on a dressing-cover hat too! |
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| We all remark on how well Chris has put on weight. |
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| There is beauty seen from every corner of the compound |
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| Another beautiful morning |
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| Baby Adam loves to snuggle, and climb on me sometimes |
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| Poor Baby Nate was sick this day - it took us a while to rock him to sleep. |
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| Abraham, the charmer :) |
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| He's my little man! |
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| I don't think I was feeling too well this day... but it shows how with a baby strapped to your back (kenyan style) it's easier to get through a day of work |
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| Michelle, my sweet little princess |
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| Today was Philip's turn to be sick - we're waiting at the clinic |
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| All it took was a day or two of malaria shots for that smile to come back! |
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| Tracy feels so pretty with her lovely dress and Canada sticker on her new head dressing. |
