Kenya's Traumatized Children

Despite the temptation of the beach on a summer day, I’ve been revising teaching notes and handouts for a writing workshop I will give in Kisumu, Kenya, in August.  Kisumu is a port city of 400,000 on a bay of Lake Victoria, which lies between Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.  It was the center of violence following the disputed December 2007 elections.  The city’s center was burned, the economy devastated.  Nearly 1000 people died and 600,000 were displaced across the country. The international community brokered a power-sharing deal in March 2008, but there are rumors of arms entering the country in preparation for the planned elections in 2012.

Finding Colin's Home

The suitcases are unpacked; the blisters turned to callus and my body is back on Central Daylight time, but Wales is not forgotten.  I told you about hiking the hills with my friend Liz and the time we spent in Pembrokeshire with the Langham leadership team, but I skipped one very important afternoon.