The New Year is here with us and it is great to see everyone upbeat and ready to start the journey. CTC family has not been left behind and their excitement cannot be hidden as they enter the hallways and clean up the dust that accumulated while we were on break. All I hear as I write are songs and new year greetings among our staff and tons of hugs and good will wishes for this new year.
We are thankful to be alive and with another opportunity to serve the community here in Maai Mahiu. The challenges are many that are facing this community but it is always a joy to see their faces radiant with joy and full of hope that tomorrow will be better than today. I just smiled when someone said to his friend "May your troubles last as long as your new year resolutions" What a challenge. I would want my troubles to go away but I would love to keep my new year resolutions.
We had a great back to school get together with our youths on the 1st. They are thankful for the safe environment that CTC has created for them as they contemplate and discuss about life issues and the opportunity to address them and also nurture their talents. It was great to hear them share their aspirations and dreams knowing the limitations that surround them. It was also sad to hear very young kids remember to pray for peace as they recount the crime and violence that they encountered in 2008. It sounded like yesterday for them and traces of trauma were visible as they shared their stories and their hopes.
We are thankful that we could be of help to the few that are coming to us, but there are many more who say that tough life has driven some to crime, drugs, alcoholism just to mention but a few. There are tons of opportunities to serve here and friends are welcome to join us in any of the programs that we are running here so that we can tap the potential that lies here with these great people.
Best wishes for the New Year to all of you our friends. Stay tuned in.
From
Jeremiah Kuria
"He who tip-toes cannot stand; he who strides cannot walk." Jean Bruyere
1 comment:
J-
I am glad to hear that you are back and going ahead with full strides.
Terry
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