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| Lets start the service with dance and joyful song |
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| There has to be baptisms |
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| Only 13 today! |
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| There is always laughter |
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| Gifts have been presented to Pastor Festo and Rev Mkali |
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| The 5 hour service is over and we wait to greet the members of the congregation as they leave |
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| Keep singing |
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| Our cheeky children |
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| The end of a beautiful day |
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| The children awaiting our arrival for the celebration |
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| An awning erected to keep us out of the sun |
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| Celebrations must include music, dance and song a member of the GoGo tribe leads the choir |
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| The GoGo women entertain us |
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| Unveiling the plaque on the Chitemo school |
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| Presenting some of our school children with achievement certificates |
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| The very young are part of the musical entertainments |
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| The drums are an important instrument when creating music |
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| And he has his whistle! |
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| Presenting the handover certificates to Bishop Jacob Chimeledya |
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| Teachers present me with a gift of material for a skirt |
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| Trevor is presented with his robe! |
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| Chris is presented with a Maasai robe and staff |
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| Now it is Rebecca's turn |
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| More song and dance |
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| Our five teachers, Ruthu, Elizabeth, Mika, Hagali, & Selina |
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| No it is not the Bishops turn to sing - he is addressing the people about the future |
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| Some final words |
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| Bishop Jacob presents me with a certificate of appreciation |
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| A child of the future |
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| Preparation of food |
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| Boys from Compassion International presented with full football kit |
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| Its raining what a suprise! |
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| A clean classroom to welcome the children |
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| Can I go to school? |
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| The children that capture our hearts |
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| Some of our school children |
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| Who needs a shopping bag? |
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| Rev Baraka,Maasai Anglican priest who leads the work with orphans. his wife Ester and son Matthew |
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| James Maasai leader presents Chris with a goat a great honour |
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| Presenting us with Maasai robes and bead work |
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| Maasai home |
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| Head Maasai woman |
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| Maasai |
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| A beautiful Maasai child |
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| Maasai elders
SEEDS is hoping to continue to work with the Maasai people to enable them to have the funds to send the orphan children to school. The people are very poor and live in a very challenging area with no water bore-holes only what the river provides when there is water. When the river dries they have to dig down 40 feet or more to find water that is unclean and often leads to water related diseases. We have given some water filters to help with this problem. There is often great hunger because of lack of crops and SEEDS have donated funds to buy grain. We hope that we can find sponsorship for the children to enable them to attend school and through education have hope for the future. The people are working hard to help themselves but need a helping hand until their situation improves.
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