I got a list from OUCOM with more details about supplies.  Most of the new additions are supplies that only medical professionals can donate, but please check the list and see if there is anything (over the counter or medical) that you could donate.  I have to carry a crate that measures 63 inches (length + width + height) and weights 50 lbs or less.  That is going to be a big crate that can hold a ton of stuff!

I got to hear Dr. Bonyo’s personal story at my meeting on Saturday.  Dr. Bonyo is the founder of the program.  He was born and raised in Kenya.  He watched his mother die of malaria and his 1 year old sister die of dehydration.  In order to go to school you had to have shoes; he couldn’t afford them.  When he was at the market one day he was asked why he wasn’t at school.  He replied that he couldn’t go because he couldn’t afford shoes.  The man in the market told him that he should go study with a professor.  He told Dr. Bonyo that it would be a long walk- which was harder without shoes.  He walked miles and miles over a mountain to the next village.  A family had no extra food to offer him, but they were able to give him some milk and a floor to sleep on for the night.  The next day he again walked miles and miles to the other side of the mountain and met the professor.  He did so well that he got a scholarship to a boarding school.  He did so well at the boarding school that he was accepted into the University of Texas at Arlington.  After working for a year and a half and saving for a plane ticket he flew to DFW with only $10, the clothes on his back, and a blanket.  He complete his undergrad degree, then went to medical school.  Now he is fulfilling his promise to himself to serve the people of Kenya, and I am so grateful to have a part of that.