KENYA : Oct 22-2023
I had it announce the weekend before I left that I was visiting Kenya. This time I left earlier than I always leave for November. The ongoing school trimester has with the students will mark the end of our old system of learning in Kenya. They will take their final public examination at the end of this October. Most of the schools here hold a prayer day for candidates and we invite their parents and other parents who may wish to join and visit their children that day. I had worked out with the school that this day was Saturday October 21 and so I arrived on Oct 19th. after 13-hour of nonstop flight from New York to Kenya and then a two-hour drive to my hometown. I rested well on Friday to be ready for the eventful day. Many parents came to join us in prayer, and some brought success wishes cards and decorations for the candidates. As you may have seen in pictures, we had over 300 people in the school compound. After Mass and a brief speech, we let the parents visit with their children and they were all over sitting in family groups sharing meals they had brought.
Among the visitors were 5 of our former students who came to visit their siblings and were very happy to see me and to let me know how the fared on after leaving our school.
The coming week I will be at the schools as we keep encouraging our candidates, and the ongoing students who will be taking their end of the year exams before leaving on Oct 27 for a long break. Keep us in our prayers.
Fr. Symon
