Sunset

She had weird names. Even her english name was a little altered from the norm. She said she was Ugandan. She was tinier than us. We were ten years old and in class five. She arrived a little later than us into the term. On the first day of her arrival, we took her around

The Samaritan Woman

John 4:1-30 Without doubt, this is my favorite story in the bible. Having heard it preached over fifty times in my life, it wasn’t that personal until recently. And that was after Pastor Steve Thuo used it in one of his sermons. First of all, that guy is hilarious. Like he is seriously funny. Listening

Courage. Core. Consent.

I really wanted to pay her fare. I felt like this is the one. But in my mind thousands of questions swirled in between the time the conductor moved from the seat in front of us to ours. Would she accept my offer? How would she take it? Would she see it as a kind

Deep down you know…

There is this fellowship that my church hosts every Wednesday evening. Its actually a bible study. For sometime now,I have been inviting my roommates to accompany me to no avail. So as I was coming back from this week’s bible study,they were sort of surprised that I invited a classmate of mine and he came.

Memories

The road to Naivasha has taken me back to Kinangop. The land I spent six years of my life. Have you ever heard the wind blow? No,not feeling it cold against your skin. Listening to its sound and having to talk louder so that your classmate can hear you over the sound of the wind.

The better life

Being a christian and hopefully a staunch one, telling people about God is one of my calling. And at times,I find myself trying to sell God and His salvation to an unbeliever. A while ago or long time ago(depending on your scale of time) , most of this discussion entailed defending God against arguments that

AS OF TODAY

Have you ever been at a point in life in which you can’t even describe to yourself what is happening? Either to you, in your friend’s lives, in the stranger’s lives you are meeting or even in your country. Everything seems to be changing at a fast pace. Whether that is good or not, I

Hairless

Yesterday a time like this, found me full of butterflies in my stomach. In less than 24hrs, I was going to be hairless. I combed my hair and took its last pictures. But I was anxious. I suspected I would look like a man after shaving. A handsome woman. And so I decided to draw

Nearer my God to thee

Life reflections

Tales from the village

Unsang heroes