{"id":1337,"date":"2014-01-06T06:45:02","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T06:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/?p=1337"},"modified":"2014-01-06T06:45:02","modified_gmt":"2014-01-06T06:45:02","slug":"kolewa-at-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/?p=1337","title":{"rendered":"Kolewa, at last"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fr Joe works a 3-weekly cycle: Week 1 he says Mass at Kikambala, Barani and Bomani; Week 2 at Kikambala, Vipingo and Kolewa; Week 3 at Kikambala, Vipingo and Shaurimoyo. (<a title=\"Parish Map\" href=\"http:\/\/www.asimons.co.uk\/kenya201314\/Kikambala-map.html\" target=\"_blank\">See map<\/a>).\u00a0So, over the 10 weeks we&#8217;ve been here we should have visited all the outstations at least once. But 3 weeks ago there was no Kolewa mass (the big Legion of Mary event at Vipingo), 6 weeks ago we were in Eldoret, and 9 weeks ago we stayed for Mass in Shanzu. So today was our last chance to visit Kolewa.<\/p>\n<p>We were enthroned at the front!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1338\" alt=\"DSC_0001\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0001-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0001-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0001-190x126.jpg 190w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0001.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The choir were wonderful, no electronic organs, just drums, karamba and voices.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1339\" alt=\"DSC_0005\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0005-199x300.jpg\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0005-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0005-126x190.jpg 126w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0005.jpg 664w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s quite a big, traditionally built, church. The makuti roof makes it the coolest of all of the mass venues, but the dark mud walls and bright sunlight outside makes it challenging for photography.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1340\" alt=\"DSC_0011\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0011-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0011-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0011-190x126.jpg 190w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0011.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0019.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1341\" alt=\"DSC_0019\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0019-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0019-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0019-190x126.jpg 190w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0019.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After lunch we walked to the beach, the men swam, and we took drinks at North Coast.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0031.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1342\" alt=\"DSC_0031\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0031-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0031-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0031-190x126.jpg 190w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0031.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0036.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1343\" alt=\"DSC_0036\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0036-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0036-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0036-190x126.jpg 190w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0036.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0045.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1344\" alt=\"DSC_0045\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0045-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0045-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0045-190x126.jpg 190w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0045.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_00501.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1345\" alt=\"DSC_0050\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_00501-199x300.jpg\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_00501-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_00501-126x190.jpg 126w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_00501.jpg 664w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0065.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1346\" alt=\"DSC_0065\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0065-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0065-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0065-190x126.jpg 190w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0065.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_00701.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1347\" alt=\"DSC_0070\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_00701-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_00701-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_00701-190x126.jpg 190w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_00701.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fr Joe works a 3-weekly cycle: Week 1 he says Mass at Kikambala, Barani and Bomani; Week 2 at Kikambala, Vipingo and Kolewa; Week 3 at Kikambala, Vipingo and Shaurimoyo. (See map).\u00a0So, over the 10 weeks we&#8217;ve been here we should have visited all the outstations at least once. But 3 weeks ago there was&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/?p=1337\">Continue Reading Kolewa, at last<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","radius"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43dbc-lz","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1337"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1348,"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1337\/revisions\/1348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}