Yesterday was an amazing day! I went to the Cottonwood Country Club to talk to the Murray Rotary Club. I told them about my book and then introduced two very special guests who talked about Koins for Kenya. I finally got to meet Bret VanLeeuwen, the founder of Koins for Kenya. We have corresponded through phone calls, and emails but never officially met. I also got to meet Mr. Anthony Yama, who is the Koins for Kenya co-ordinator in Africa. It was amazing to hear about how bad it really is in Africa. They have had a two year drought and so they haven't been able to grow any food. They have been surviving on corn donations from the U.S. He said the women walk about five miles to get water which is shared with their animals as well as what they use to bathe in, and to drink and cook with. It was sad to hear that the infant mortality rate is very high there. Bret told about going to visit a family there and he didn't see the youngest daughter named Hope. So he asked the mother where she was and was shown a rough grave where she had buried Hope a few months before after she died from dysentery. It is hard not to feel gratitude for our way of living after you hear a story like that. Many of the Rotarian members bought books from me and I'm excited to donate a portion of that proceeds to Koins for Kenya to help with their amazing cause.
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