I spoke with our daughter Julia last night. Their trip to Rwanda was an incredible success and they’ve now begun their work in Kenya. One of the concerns we face each time we go to Africa is what we’ll do if someone gets sick… it happened in Rwanda and the someone was my sister Kathleen. She was able to get medical treatment in Kigali but unfortunately was forced to cut her trip short, returning to the US with her husband, leaving her children, now adults, and Julia, behind. Pray for her continued healing. Pray also for Phil, Erica and Pat, who I’m sure are each worried about their mom in the midst of being excited about their work in Kitale.

Sad news was that David, owner of the camp we’ve stayed at in Mariche Pass, while working in W. Pokot, was killed in an auto accident recently. Hard to imagine that with all the miles we log on our freeways each day, while David’s working a lifetime away from the nearest freeway or traffic jam in one of the most remote places on the planet, could die while traveling around Kitale. He and his wife Hadat have always been gracious hosts and welcomed us in whether we had reservations or not; their generosity to so many will not go unrewarded.

David was very good at sharing the stories of the wilderness over a cup or chai late into the night or a bowl of ugi in the morning. He had ventured into a desert region and set up his little outpost as an academic research station used by universities and educators from around the world. In an area with almost none of the creature comforts of modern society he had created a little oasis beside the river that enabled groups like ours to work on the edge of a frontier that would have been otherwise completely out of reach.

It wasn’t modern… not by a long shot… the only electricity during dinner, from one small generator and that only when they had diesel. Oil burning lanterns were left each night at the doorstep of thatched huts we slept in for those willing to brave a walk in the dark to find an outdoor latrine, (David’s advice was to stay as close to the hut’s step as possible after dark and just go!). And wonderfully powerful cold water outdoor showers, in the midst of the desert, shaded by giant acacias filled with monkeys, curious and laughing from above.

In February of this year we were there during a wind storm that blew lanterns and anything else not tied down clear out of the grounds… fortunately there was only one other guest and all was well. Last October we received over two inches of rain while we were trying to sleep… the most they’d had in decades in their parched part of the planet… and our thatched roof leaked life a sieve. David greeted us in the morning with a smile, fresh from measuring the new rainfall and checking it against records, anxious to share the blessings. Rain in the desert can save entire communities.

Every visit to Mariche Pass held adventure and David helped make each of them possible. It’s going to be a much lonelier planet without him on it. I was fortunate to not just know him, but to call him a friend. He extended his arms to strangers, developed pre-school programs for tribal children, facilitated the building of medical clinics and schools in rural villages that had never received modern medical support and so much more. He was well known, well loved by people in the region and by those of us who travel to lonely places in Kenya and he’ll be greatly missed. Please keep his wife Hadat, the staff of Mariche Pass, his son who’s traveled from England to help in this time and all those they employed, educated and undergirded with their work in your prayers.

Characters: David was definitely one of them and Kenya, as well as the world, has lost a bit of its character with his passing.

I’ll miss him.

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