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Hello Greetings from across the Pond


Welcome to my little place on the planet


Dates for your Diaries

Dates For Fundraiser in England


Hope 4 Help" Fundraiser
"Hearts and Minds

20th March 2010
Hope4Help Fundraiser
Manchester
England


Ticket are 5.00 Should you require tickets and any further information please drop me a note


If you would like to help in any way please leave me note and I will endevour to get back to you


I want to say a massive thank you to the Brothers and Sisters from the 50s Chat room for their support during the last four years. When I have faced many challenges your
prayers and fonts of suppport have been real!!! Hope For Help want to to say a special Thank you Asante Sana to those who have made special donations for our upcoming projects. You know who you are !!I will be be naming you all individually to give tribute to you all .



A LITTLE ABOUT ME
A friend asked me a few years ago what poem if any, told people about me.
I replied Phenomenal Woman by Maya Angelo . My friend asked WHY??? This question made me think. I replied after some thought I heard the poem at a time in my life when I was most confused.My mother had died the year before. My Father had died 6years earlier I was now an orphan aged 26. I had decided not to go to America. (A life long dream)< I moved back to my home town,aften 9 years away. I changed my job,I had ended a relationship.
I did not feel phenomenal at all.

I read the words and it gave me a goal.
I would be A Phenomenal Woman.
So here I am today a Phenomenal Woman
Maybe not in the eyes of anyone else but MOST IMPORTANTLY ...In my Eyes
I look back to the time I first read that poem and beknownst to me
I already was a Phenomenal Woman.
I had endured pain and still do.
I still do not have my Mother or my Father.
I still am looking for that right job
Not much as changed on the outside but inside a metamorphism has occurred
The Phenomenal Woman exists within me.

You asked me if I was ready to tell the world I am a PHENOMENAL WOMAN the answer is
YES YES YES......and I hope the world is ready for me

I felt inspired to respond to Dr Angelou with this poem.

Dr Angelou ..... I thank you.

Did you ever know that your words
Would be the hand of hope for a woman such as me?
Did you ever know that what you saw in yourself
I would one day I see in me?

The phenomenal woman you saw
Not yet grown
You led into the light...
A seed had been sown.

Full of beauty
And boundless love
A relationship with myself
And My God Above

I am still not
A fashion models size
Look at me
See it in my eyes

Its in my smile?,
An idiom I posses
That I share with you
Which makes you protest?

What makes you so unique?
I cannot see
I guess my dear
It is your inner mystery.?

I walk with my head held high
A spring in my step
A heart that is open
To a renewed depth

I thank my life
And what it has afforded me
The love and passion
And for continued persistency


To flower and blossom
Into the woman I am today.
Still looking for answers
Still searching for a way

Looking with eyes open
Searching, with an open heart.
Thank you Dr Angelou
For playing your part.


I am a Phenomenal Woman
Still not grown
Phenomenal I am
Phenomenal Woman
I am
I am.

(Copyright KDH 25 2006?)


Does God Speaks to People ? I know He does ,he spoke to me.

I know that God speaks to people
He spoke to me on the 22nd January 2006... and continues to so every day
Please let me share my story.......
I arrived in Kenya on the 21st January. 2006...
My first trip to Africa. I felt the urge to kiss the ground when I got off the plane ....but I resisted.... also not practical when others are behind you and you do not have hazard lights on your butt.
Sunday morning I woke up with the urge to go to church. I wanted fellowship, however being in a new place I did not know how to go about getting to a service, So I did the next best thing, thanks to modern day technology....I watch church on TV. The prodigal son was the sermon .I am that prodigal son..... Well daughter to be exact...... but you get my drift.
Then I prayed. You do not need modern day technology for that!!!!
I asked God for guidance in my life.
I was quickly approaching my 42nd birthday. I have a wonderful family fantastic friends I have a relatively good job my health is improving. Although I do not have children I have 7 superb Godchildren and even though I did not have that "extra special' person in my life, I was OKAY .
But I knew that God had more in mind for me than to be just OKAY.
I prayed for a direction in my life. I needed a challenge and wanted more but did not know what the more was to be. was it going to be a new job a new man what I asked God what is it you want me to do.
I surrendered my life to him. I really surrendered I did not just say I meant it. I said I would not question what he said I would listen and for a change do as I was told. (For those of you that know me you know that does not come easy to me )
Well within a few hours of my prayer God started working for me.
I met someone who is now a dear friend) who knew someone who took me to an Orphanage and Community School Called Tumaini meaning "HOPE "on the 31st of January ..(the delay was due to a planned safari ...I will share pictures for those who want to see. Safari was Maridadi ( in Swahili this word means beautiful, wonderful lovely etc... )
The school is a "Children Developing Centre" situated in the Kilifi District of Kikambala (about 3 Km form the 5 star resort which I was staying at)
There are 3 'Classrooms? for the 300 plus children. There is no electricity, no walls no roof, no running water...
What you do find in Tumaini is love and happiness. Some of the children do not have shoes, they have little clothes and there are days when they do not eat.
Yes I cried .....not because I was unhappy..... but because I knew that God had given me a purpose .......
The Teachers are all volunteers. All of them are poor, not poor like we know here in the UK ,but poor in terms of material things. What they showed me was what they lacked in material things they had tenfold in dedication, tenacity and great big hearts.
I did not make any promises, as promises can be broken. I just I said I would try to help Tumaini. On the 2nd of February I took some food to the children It was not a great amount but I hope will last them for the next two weeks.
On the same day An elder and pastor of the village, who also acts as an advisor to the school after speaking with me said " from today...the 2nd of February we will call you 'Mama wa Tumaini'...which in Swahili means 'Mother of Tumaini'
Did he know the job that he had given me but I am not daunted So I have 300 children to feed and clothe and educate
I know the children are being cared for there are two young ladies Kristyand Amyare working there right now...God knew I could not leave my children without help.
.....
So why am sharing this with you ....I am telling you,if you truly surrender to God... he answers prayers and he speaks loud and clearly to you. You have just got to listen and to hear what he says.....


I now have a purpose. I have a 'fire in my belly' that I have not felt before.

I am not a 'bible basher' I was brought up in the church .Baptized at 13 left at 16 ....but never traveIled too far from God. How could I? But I would not listen.
I thought I had lived a full life ....
Now I feel full ,but not bloated.


Thank you for reading this
If you feel that you want to help me help My children in Tumaini then please contact me either by email or telephone .Any help is welcome.
It is my intention to set up a charity that will raise funds and help Children We are starting with Tumaini and are collecting clothes ,shoes books and essentials and eventually ...any thoughts and suggestions will be welcomed

Thanks Again

Mama wa Tumaini

I should add this was written earlier this year .
Keep an eye out the website (links below). Regular updates will be posted


I went to a place I had never been


I went to a place I had never been
A place in the sun where I ahd not yet seen
Kenyan beckoned me into its heart.
A place for me to make a brand new Start

Throughout my visit the sun did shine
The earth
The skies
They were mine.
SAFI ALFAJIR meaning Pure Dawn
On the 29th of January was born

A dream from many years ago.
What it was to be I did not know
New Beginnings ?I remember now
But what`it was to be,well I will tell you how.

I am asking for donations,
Great and Small
I am asking each and all

To help me build something
Amazing
First for my children at Tumiani..
meaning Hope
This is only the beginning
I will not limit my scope?..

Of What SAFI ALFAJIRI
Just might do
With the help of all of you
Contact me at the website address
Lets us talk and I will tell you the rest.


www.safi-alfajiri.org

Thank you

Please leave a message in my guest book let me know if you have enjoyed your stay

Stay Blessed
I love this and wanted to share it with you

Desdirata

Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.

As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons.

Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of years,gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul. With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.

Be cheerful.

Strive to be happy.



To You......

You made me smile.

You pleased me

You laughed.

You allowed me to dream.

You made me feel safe.

You protected me.

You counseled me.

You listened to me.

You talked with me.

You admonish me.

You laughed with me.

You educated me.

You encouraged me to be me

What else could you have done.

You did it all because

You LOVED me



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.....................And Just for Fun............
The following are the results of some questionnaires which I completed for fun...Amazing how much they reveal about you....some things not quite correct but interesting anyway.
Enjoy a further insight into me....Now guess which bits are true.

Your Birthdate: January 25

You excel at anything difficult or high tech. In other words, you're a total (brilliant) geek. It's difficult for you to find people worth spending time with. Which is probably why you'll take over the world with your evil robots! Your strength: Your unfailing logic Your weakness: Loving machines more than people Your power color: Tan Your power symbol: Pi Your power month: July

The Keys to Your Heart

You are attracted to those who are unbridled, untrammeled, and free. In love, you feel the most alive when your lover is creative and never lets you feel bored. You'd like to your lover to think you are optimistic and happy. You would be forced to break up with someone who was emotional, moody, and difficult to please. Your ideal relationship is lasting. You want a relationship that looks to the future... one you can grow with. Your risk of cheating is zero. You care about society and morality. You would never break a commitment. You think of marriage as something precious. You'll treasure marriage and treat it as sacred. In this moment, you think of love as commitment. Love only works when both people are totally devoted.

You Are A Good Friend

You're always willing to listen Or lend a shoulder to cry on You're there through thick and thin Many people consider you their "best friend"!

Your Japanese Name Is...

Akina Kuga

Your Dosha is Vata

Creative and restless, you take in all of life's pleasures (maybe a little too much!). You're quick witted and very talkative, but you also tend to have a spotty memory. You tend to get very into ideas, people, and lifestyles... but only for a short time. It's difficult to hold your attention, and you sometimes feel with what life has to offer. With friends: You are very uncomfortable in new situations or with new people In love: You fall in and out of love very easily To achieve more balance: Live in a warm climate and spend some quiet time in nature

You Are Grape

You are bold and a true individual. You are very different and very okay with that. People know you as a straight shooter. You're very honest, even when the truth hurts. You are also very grounded and practical. No one is going to sneak anything by you. People enjoy your fresh approach to life. And it's this honesty that makes you a very innovative person.

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