You may remember a story I shared a couple months ago about a brave 12-year old girl that IJM represented. An edited version of the story was included in a Kenyan publication called Kweli Magazine. If you’d like to see the original story, you can read it here: The Story of a Little Girl.
As I’ve already gotten to share with some of you, the new set I wrote for a Kenyan audience went well; and I look forward to telling the story of how it all aired on [inter]national television! In the meantime, though, I still want to document the process of getting together that set — in …
Episode 3 of Where I’m Not is also posted. In this Episode, I convince Doug to back off kindergarten graduations, but generally agree that there should be no pomp and circumstance until high school. But I mean c’mon — this is adorable: I talk about struggling to support my wife during her pregnancy while being …
Some of you may have noticed that Episode 2 of Where I’m Not was already up when we released Episode 1. Please feel free to check out the Episode now if you haven’t previously. In this episode, I talk more seriously about my fear of dying on the roads here. For more information, you can …
Doug Connolly and I are pleased to announce the release of our podcast: Where I’m Not. The podcast is still a work in progress, but, as the title implies, that’s okay. Right now, the show mostly involves Doug and me talking about why we wish we were somewhere else (me, not in Africa; Doug, not …
I have been working with a Nairobi comedian to get a set together. As we go through the hour-long tape I have, we are slowly discovering that absolutely none of it translates to a Kenyan audience. The conversations we have are fascinating, and involve comments like, “That would work if you relate it to …
I’ve probably mentioned before that I’m terrified of the roads here. In the next 10 years, car accidents will surpass malaria and AIDS as the number 1 killer in Africa. An aerial view of Nairobi, probably looks a lot like an ant hill after you kick it; except there aren’t any of those heroic …
Well, I’m back to blogging. My parents and in-laws were in town so I went on hiatus — partly because I was busy and partly because 50% of my readership was in Kenya (that’s not true: more people read this blog than any other website). If you don’t mind, I’ll just ease back into …
Our parents are in town so blogging is taking a backseat again. But, since they’re here, we’re doing some things we’ve put off for awhile. Turns out, the Museum in Kenya is a bit of a letdown. I did, however, learn some really important things: Did you know that there are some major differences between …
Generally, we only email our updates, but we have decided to post this one. So, if you’d like a direct update on our work and time here, you can click the link below and download our update (6MB, for those, like us, paying by the MB who want to know if it’s worth it). …