Another Day in Kenya - Chapter 19 Emma's Garden Rosslyn Academy enveloped us in a safe haven of gentle healing, a tangible experience of God's Presence and tender care. However, between the adoption hearing and the verdict, in early August, the missionary family returned. Once again, we needed a place to live. Through friends of…Read more Another Day in Kenya – Chapter 19 & Epilogue
Another Day in Kenya
Another Day in Kenya – Chapter 18
Another Day in Kenya - Chapter 18 Vindication & Kindness "The Lord God helps me; therefore I have not been disgraced; therefore I know that I shall not be put to shame; he who vindicates me is near." Isaiah 50:7 Only Mwenda and I step foot in the courthouse’s deserted hallways for our third and final…Read more Another Day in Kenya – Chapter 18
Another Day in Kenya – Chapter 17
Another Day in Kenya - Chapter 17 Carried Mwenda immediately jumped in his car and headed across town to where we were staying. As for us, within minutes of hanging up, my friend and driver, Michael, arrived to help us re-locate as previously scheduled. The place we were staying, much longer than originally planned, was…Read more Another Day in Kenya – Chapter 17
Another Day in Kenya – Chapter 16
Another Day in Kenya - Chapter 16 In the Arena “It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by…Read more Another Day in Kenya – Chapter 16
Another Day in Kenya – Chapter 15
Another Day in Kenya - Chapter 15 God's Hands and Feet At that point, with the failure of our second case, no one would have blamed me if I packed up and high-tailed it home. There are some who tell me they admire my courage. But, which is harder – to leave a child you consider to be…Read more Another Day in Kenya – Chapter 15
Another Day in Kenya – Chapter 14
Another Day in Kenya - Chapter 14 Digging Deep Rare are reunions as sweet as the one of March 22, 2005. How and where it took place, however, added a dramatic twist – which seemed only fitting for this roller coaster story. After the wild ride of waiting for paperwork from Kakamega and text updates…Read more Another Day in Kenya – Chapter 14
Another Day in Kenya – Chapter 13
Dear readers, I am an artist and writer who has been profoundly shaped by experiences around the world. Today, I continue a series about adopting two of my four children from Kenya. To start at the beginning, please visit Another Day in Kenya - Chapter 1. .................................................................................................... Another Day in Kenya - Chapter 13 Daily…Read more Another Day in Kenya – Chapter 13
Another Day in Kenya – Chapter 11
Another Day in Kenya - Chapter 11 A Great Exchange Those early days of enfolding Lily into our family were filled with a cacophony of emotion: exhilaration to finally hold my daughter in my arms, exhaustion from single-parenting three kids ages four-years and under, confusion about how to extract Lily from Kenya as interpretation of laws…Read more Another Day in Kenya – Chapter 11
Another Day in Kenya – Chapter 10
Dear readers, Some time ago I began writing an account of my days in Kenya, of how Kenya has changed me forever. I am considering this manuscript a first draft as I both consolidate some previously written and some new passages into a cohesive story. Another Day in Kenya continues today… To start at the beginning, click…Read more Another Day in Kenya – Chapter 10
Another Day in Kenya – Chapter 9
Another Day in Kenya - Chapter 9 Searching for Emma No doubt about it, stepping into that baby ward flooded with memories, bursting with the babbling and innocent beauty of babies, I could not stop my heart from searching for my daughter. The sight of sleeping little girls with intricately braided hair melted my heart.…Read more Another Day in Kenya – Chapter 9
Colleen Briggs Art & Writing 