From field work to family walks. Catching life’s curveballs with grace and the occasional afternoon snooze. 😴 Recently, I drove past House #81 on the UN Crescent Avenue. The Gate is Still Black. Unchanged. But hanging on it now, a bold “To Let” sign. Quietly announcing that the space we once filled with ideas, spreadsheets,ContinueContinue reading “Nine Months In: On Curve Balls, Closed Gates & Carrying On”
Category Archives: Family & Parenting
✨ Faith Milestones – Children’s Church Newsletter (Q3 2025)
🌿 GPT Hebron City, Children’s Church Q3 Newsletter is out!
From babies to Bible studies, concerts to construction, we had it all! 🎶👶🏗️
We celebrated new life. Grew in numbers. Learned God’s way. And faced challenges together, with faith.
Catch the stories, snapshots, and what’s ahead in Quarter 4 in our latest Children’s Church Newsletter 👉 https://wp.me/p6HwbF-2mf ✨
Went Fishing with Dad, Caught a Legacy
🎣 A fishing outing with Dad unearthed a buried family history.
Prison, exile, and a father who grew up like a wild shoot. But against the odds, he raised us with love and grit.
Read the full story here with some throwback photos: https://wp.me/p6HwbF-1Sm
🧬 #FamilyLegacy
#GenerationalStories
#FromShootToTree
#FathersAndSons
#HonouringOurRoots
When Holidays Turn to Heartbreak: Helping Children Mourn
Is it August or Aghast (horror)? Kenya’s roads have became a path of tears.
This blog shares the stories of parents who lost children in tragic accidents, and how they find hope and healing.
Read their journey of grief, remembrance, and resilience. https://wp.me/p6HwbF-2aP
#Children #Grief #Hope
When Home Comes First: Lessons from Moses, Zipporah & Deborah
From a habit I learned from my dad ☕🔥 to a “good” father who forgot his baby on the car roof 🚗👶
Yesterday’s message at Living Waters Chapel – Kamulu with Bishop Warui was a heart check for all of us.
God once stopped Moses mid-mission for neglecting his first ministry: his home.
Key reminder: The family is your first pulpit. https://wp.me/p6HwbF-29U
📖 Exodus 4:24–26 | #FamiliesRootedInGodsWord #FirstPulpitAtHome
The Kimani’s: Our Village, Their Legacy
In 1992, Baba and Mama Jane moved from Eastleigh to our wild, quiet village and helped raise a generation.
40+ years of marriage, five children, and countless memories later, we visited on 2021 to say THANK YOU.
Their story is full of laughter, faith, and quiet wisdom: https://wp.me/p6HwbF-1Pj
#RewritingTheTestimony #VillageParents #Philemon1
Celebrating Baba Kahúra: The Man Who Lit Fires and Shaped Lives
Would you celebrate a dad who was fireworks? 💥
We feared him. He fixed everything. He fathered a village.
In October 2021, we honored Baba Kahúra, with stories, lunch, and tears.
Read the tribute → [https://wp.me/p6HwbF-1Pl]
#FatherFigures #VillageMentors #PressingForwardWithGrace
The Machogus: Multiplication, Patience & Chicken Money
She drilled us in multiplication with a cane 🫣 and modeled faith with her life 🙏🏾.
In June 2021, we went back. Not for math, but to say thank you.
From chicken money in Kisii to a legacy in Nairobi, Mr. & Mrs. Machogu quietly raised a generation.
Today, we grieve 💔. The Machogus were murdered at their Elburgon home. Leaving us a testimony of patience, devotion, and faith.
Read our tribute 👉🏾 https://wp.me/p6HwbF-1Pp
“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted…” (Psalm 34:18)
#WaitPatiently | Luke 2:25
#MachoguLegacy #FaithInAction #GratitudeVisit #GoneTooSoon
When Love Burns: Living Through the Fire of a Spouse’s Mental Breakdown
🕊️ “Till death do us part” sounds noble.
Until you’re hiding (from) knives, dodging fires, and shielding your kids from trauma.
This isn’t fiction. It’s the raw, unfiltered reality of loving someone through psychosis. 💔
A deeply personal story of my dad’s walk through fire. And how he survived to tell the tale.
👉 Read the full story here: https://wp.me/p6HwbF-B