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Honorary Grandson I have an honorary grandson whose name is Josiah. When he was 9 years old he went to Kenya with his parents on a Houses with Hope Mission trip with their church. The first day their team was in Kenya, they built a house......
Downtown Building “Farmington art gallery owners invest in new downtown building” by Mike Easterling, Farmington Daily Times discusses our future office space! Farmington art gallery owners invest in new downtown building FARMINGTON – Karen Ellsbury and her husband Patrick Hazen are well-known local artists and......
Downtown Building “Farmington art gallery owners invest in new downtown building” by Mike Easterling, Farmington Daily Times discusses our future office space!...
Step of Faith On October 27 I took a step of faith and strapped a Jerrycan on my back, like girls in Kenya and throughout Africa have to do everyday to fetch water for their families. This kicked off a 15 City journey across the......
United for Kenya When I strapped on a Gerry can on my back on October 27 in New York to begin a 15-City trek across the country to raise funds for water projects in Kenya, little did I know it would spark a Movement…United for......
Water Pumping This is Tina and Shane and I met them recently on my “Walk + Water.” Tina related an extraordinary story with me that all her life she has had a recurring dream that she is in Africa pumping a manual water pump. When......
Jambo in Dallas The moment I heard Ronna Jordan say this words, “The moment I stepped off the airplane in Nairobi and took my first breath, I remember thinking…So this is what it feels to be home,” I knew I had to do something for......
San Antonio What’s black and white and runs on two wheels? Ronna on a scooter in San Antonio! This Christmas season, I decided to trek across the country informing everyone I can about our efforts to bring life-giving water to Nyando. Check it out; you......
Fab Four Today’s adventure on my “Walk + Water” Campaign ended with four lively, delightful women who were born and raised in Kenya: Dorothy Oyewoleturner, Phyllis Likimani, Florence Nyoike, and Lynn Wagesa Anderson. Having received advanced degrees from the University of Texas they now live......
Giving Tuesday Remember the Alamo…and remember tomorrow is Giving Tuesday. We ask that you please give a generous gift to Houses with Hope…Facebook will match every dollar and every dollar will go to build houses and provide water to 300,000 people in Nyando, Kenya. Thank......
San Antonio Hey all you San Antonians, on Giving Tuesday I am going to walk with my water container at the Riverwalk and would like to invite you to join me. For those of you who work, meet me at Starbucks in the Hyatt Regency......
New Light Baptist Wasn’t speaking anywhere today, so I decided to go to an African American church in San Antonio on my Walk for Water with Hope. Ended up choosing New Light Baptist for a very unspiritual reason. I’m a night owl and they had......
Water with Hope Dinner Want to thank Henry and Terry Clarkson for hosting a “Water with Hope” Dinner and inviting their wonderful family and friends. We had a great group of beautiful people whose generosity and support is going to be a tremendous blessing to......
A Thanksgiving to Remember A Thanksgiving to Remember Since I am on my walk for “Water with Hope” across the country this is the first Thanksgiving I have not been with family, and the first one without my mother. It was a little sad, but......
Back on the Trail After taking a week off, I will be back on the trail again for my walk for “Water with Hope.” The goal of this is to provide clean water to the 300,000 people of Nyando, Kenya where we build houses. The......
A Blessing Bracelet A blessing bracelet… If you have ever stayed in a hotel in New York City you know how outrageously expensive they are. When I was there recently for the beginning of my journey across the country for “Water for Hope,” I found......
Mr. Alvarez People I have met along the way… From time to time I will be sharing some wonderful people I have met on my “Water for Hope” journey across the United States. George Alvarez is one of them. George is an amazing young man......
Urgent Care Visit Ending up in Urgent Care is not exactly a great way to start a trek across the country to raise funds for water in Kenya but it’s not serious..UTI…easily treatable with an antibiotic. The doctor and her assistant were very impressed with......
Water with Hope I’ve seen this a thousand times and talked about it for years…girls with water cans strapped to their backs hauling water for their families. They walk miles every day at great peril, unable to go to school and get their education for......
Prime Minister I have heard about the great legendary Kenyan Prime Minister, His Excellency Rt. Honorable Raila Odinga for years but this week got to spend a lot of time with him in the U.S. and will be working closely with him in the future.......
The Hope Vision A few years ago a pastor in Kenya told me a story about a couple who had abandoned their four children. He went on to say that this happens a lot in his country and I asked him “Why?” His answer shook......
Nyanza’s ‘silent’ MP Nyando Member of Parliament Jared Okello is a new rising star in The Republic of Kenya and his style of politics has caught the eye of Prime Minister Raila Odinga who has become his admirer.Okello has established himself as a smart politician......
The Value of $50 $50 a month. It won’t buy much in the U.S. these days…a couple of pizza’s delivered to your door, a few trips to Starbucks, a bottle of water after a work out. In Kenya it’s a completely different story. $50 a......
Charity Water “Selfishness never ends well.” These are the words of Scott Harrison, who before becoming the Founder of Charity Water, was a nightclub and party promoter in Manhattan. He describes this as a time when he was “chasing after models,” mingling with the New......
Storms For months I have been booked on a flight from Albuquerque to Raleigh to meet the Prime Minister of Kenya, His Excellency Raila Odinga and Honorable Jared Okello at Duke University for lectures, and then fly to New York for The Global Summit at......
A House without Hope In August of 2000 I stepped off an airplane at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya. As I took my first breath of African air I will never forget thinking, “So this is what it feels like to be home.”......
