Day 2: The Work Begins in Earnest

  Day 2 in Kenya proved to be just as wonderful as Day 1!  The majority of our time was spent working on our peace projects working together and alongside the women of Amani.  Please enjoy the following photo summary of our day!  Also, please continue to pray for our team--your prayer matters!  See our prayer points at the end of our post.

Peace Projects

 Jennifer is incredibly skilled in so many ways!  For this peace project, she led Janice and two of the Amani women in reupholstering a chair for the Amani office.  Nelly (top left) helped to remove the old upholstery fabric while keeping it intact to use as the pattern for the new covering. Stella (bottom right), learned how to sew piping and was able to start a fun "extra" project that we will share when done! ;) 

Kaija and Jessi worked on the Amani swatch board. The Amani women create many of their own fabric designs using various techniques such as screen printing, Batik, and embossing.  Using these fabrics, Amani creates a new line for each year.  You see a snippet of the 2021 line in the above photos. Kaija's amazing handwriting caught the eye of the director of fabrics and she was asked to recreate the entire board! Jessi has become the "official" photographer for Amani while here; her photos will be used in future Amani blog posts and on their website.



Charlene, Christian, and Holly spend the majority of their day creating an herb garden as well as constructing a landscape install near one of the bathroom areas.  The fruits of their hard work will be used and appreciated for quite a long time to come!

Delphine working the long arm quilting machine.  The fabric she is using is one that was designed by the Amani women. 

Team lunch!  The Amani Cafe has the most delicious salads!

Prayer Points

• Pray for our continued health; specifically, that our fearless leader, Melanie, would continue in strength and energy. 
• Pray for each of us as we give our transformation presentations; that we would share what God would have us share.
• Pray for Kaija and Jessi as they work at the Kibera slum school a few days before the rest of us join them.

Thank you for your prayers!