Safari Nzuri – East Africa

Greetings, dear friends and visitors.   After all of the activities with the Mission Boat, I had a day off on Wednesday, 9/19, while Bishop David went to his office to get some administrative work done.    I relaxed at the Kodia home with other family members and shopped for equipment with Lynnette and Laura.    Since their house is right in downtown Kisumu, it was easy to walk to the city center and shop for computer items we need at the college.   I picked up a computer monitor with HDMI output, which we will need for the server PC setup.   I also got some replacement keyboards and mice for the student workstations.   In dusty environments, as they have here, eventually, they need some replacements.

On Thursday, we had a busy day visiting three schools sponsored by the diocese.    The three schools are:

• Majengo Mixed Secondary School.  (1000+ Students)
• Nyamira Girls High School. (2300+ Students)
• Ramba Boys High School  (2200+ Students)

I spoke to the students at each school and, hopefully, inspired them to continue working hard on their studies and deepen their relationship with God through Jesus. As you can see in the listing above, I spoke to over 5,500 students at all three schools. At the girls’ school, in particular, they covered a large area of the campus.    It was a privilege to share my story and my faith in Christ with them.

At each school, I also visited their computer training centers.   In each case, the I.T. staff expressed their greatest challenges.   At each school, the challenges included the need for more workstations, lower heat production from the computers, reliable electric power, and networking with high-speed Internet.   I spoke with them about Thin Client computing, which we employed at Bishop Okullu College.    Thin Client computing would satisfy all of the issues they spoke of, including being able to run from solar power and batteries, as we have done at the college. 

Friday was another off day for me. That was welcome, as Thursday was a long day with three school visits and driving around the area.   I got a lot of consulting work completed for my customers back home in the US.   

I’m grateful to the Lord for the time and resources to be here in Kenya (and Tanzania next month) and be available to our friends here to help in any way that I can.   I appreciate your continued prayers as I continue on the journey. 

Asante Sana Bwanna Yesu.

Bill Schrull