DAY 4 - Mully's Christian Family

Yesterday was a long bus day (3 hours each way) but a fascinating trip to Mully's Christian Family, south-east of Nairobi, near Thika at Mutuu. Charles Mulli was a successful businessman whose car was stolen by a group of street youth in Nairobi, resulting in his feeling called to help such youth. The organization, which rehabilitates street youth and other young people at risk, has grown into 5 sites that currently serve over 1600 youth in both formal and vocational education. We toured the home in the morning, including a sophisticated computer managed green bean farm, the products of which they export to Europe as a revenue source, in addition to growing vegetables for the children themselves. We had a box lunch under the trees and heard the stories of 4 youth who had been "saved" by "Daddy" Mulli - very moving experiences. To end the afternoon, we attended a concert by a number of groups of the children (in Swahili) and then had to reciprocate with a performance of our own! David conducted a sing-a-long of "I've Got Peace Like a River", including actions, which seemed to be well-received. We had a number of the Huruma group along with us once again - they actually train youth at the home in both dance and acrobatics twice a week. During the long bus ride home, they taught us 2 songs in Swahili, so we'll have some performance material when we get back as well!