{"id":4314,"date":"2010-07-02T10:23:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-02T10:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/2010\/07\/02\/wod-returns-to-kenya"},"modified":"2021-09-19T01:51:29","modified_gmt":"2021-09-19T08:51:29","slug":"wod-returns-to-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=4314","title":{"rendered":"WoD returns to Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/6536e-img_2884.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/6536e-img_2884.jpg?resize=400%2C266&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">In June I ventured back to Kenya with<a href=\"http:\/\/www.makeaworldofdifference.org\/\"> World of Difference<\/a> for the second time. My first visit was filled with such overwhelming emotions that I had a hard time grasping what I had just experienced, let alone write about it. I hope to do better at sharing many of the experiences I had this time around.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Our t-shirt motto this year was :<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>THE TRUE MEANING OF LIFE IS TO PLANT TREES,<\/div>\n<div>UNDER WHOSE SHADE YOU DO NOT EXPECT TO SIT.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;<i>Nelson Henderson<\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">I also love this :<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;\">&#8220;Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;<i>Ranger Rick <span class=\"goog-spellcheck-word\">Nielson<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: inherit; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">So this year, we continued our work on Isaac&#8217;s and Eunice&#8217;s schools. It was fantastic to see the progress made on what we had accomplished last year ( I guess I was lucky enough to enjoy some of the shade of a tree I planted).<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: inherit; text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: inherit; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I would like to start by sharing with you this little slide show, showcasing many of our team members, our Kenyan friends, and the beautiful children that we are giving a chance, by helping to build schools and provide supplies for them to receive an education.\u00a0 I love Kenya! <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: inherit; text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qul1pqQg6VY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In June I ventured back to Kenya with World of Difference for the second time. 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