{"id":1513,"date":"2014-01-20T10:35:18","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T10:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/?p=1513"},"modified":"2015-01-15T19:38:24","modified_gmt":"2015-01-15T19:38:24","slug":"last-sunday-at-kikambala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/?p=1513","title":{"rendered":"Last Sunday at Kikambala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our last Sunday in Kenya was spent at Kikambala. For once we made an early start and were at the 7am Mass (which starts at 07:30). There were thanks to us for raising the money to roof the house (and more), and exhortations to the parish to dig deep to finish it off.<\/p>\n<p>The main items remaining are floors, decoration and louvres. The ceilings are now complete throughout.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_00052.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1514\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_00052-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0005\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_00052-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_00052-190x126.jpg 190w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_00052.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The wiring is complete, but switches and sockets need to be fitted.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_00073.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1515\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_00073-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0007\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_00073-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_00073-126x190.jpg 126w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_00073.jpg 664w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The youth were prettifying the grounds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0022.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1516\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0022-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0022\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0022-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0022-190x126.jpg 190w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0022.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And the choir were meeting<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0026.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1517\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0026-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0026\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0026-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0026-190x126.jpg 190w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0026.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Team Youth<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0052.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1518\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0052-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0052\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0052-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0052-190x126.jpg 190w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0052.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The ladies were preparing a feast for lunch<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_00621.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1519\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_00621-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0062\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_00621-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_00621-190x126.jpg 190w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_00621.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And washing the vestments<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_00651.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1520\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_00651-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0065\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_00651-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_00651-190x126.jpg 190w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_00651.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_0067.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1521\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0067-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0067\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0067-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0067-190x126.jpg 190w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0067.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile we walked to the beach and sat under a tree, letting the world pass by.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0086.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1522\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0086-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0086\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0086-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0086-190x126.jpg 190w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0086.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hello Mr Crab<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_00991.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1523\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_00991-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0099\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_00991-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_00991-190x126.jpg 190w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_00991.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_0111.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1524\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0111-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0111\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0111-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0111-126x190.jpg 126w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0111.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_0114.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1525\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0114-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0114\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0114-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0114-190x126.jpg 190w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0114.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We walked along to Sun&#8217;n&#8217;Sand Hotel for a drink<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0120.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1526\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0120-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0120\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0120-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0120-190x126.jpg 190w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0120.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_0122.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1527\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0122-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0122\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0122-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0122-190x126.jpg 190w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0122.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Back at the church, lunch was served and we sat with the youth<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_01451.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1528\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_01451-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0145\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_01451-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_01451-190x126.jpg 190w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_01451.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then Jacob drove us to the beach as the tide was returning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0153A.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1529\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0153A-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0153A\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0153A-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0153A-125x190.jpg 125w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0153A.jpg 663w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Posing girls<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0167.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1530\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0167-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0167\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0167-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0167-190x126.jpg 190w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0167.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While we drank our post-swim drinks we saw a lot of birds in a nearby tree, Suddenly they all flew out&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0181.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1531\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0181-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0181\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0181-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0181-190x126.jpg 190w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0181.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_0183.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1532\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0183-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0183\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0183-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0183-190x126.jpg 190w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_0183.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our last Sunday in Kenya was spent at Kikambala. For once we made an early start and were at the 7am Mass (which starts at 07:30). There were thanks to us for raising the money to roof the house (and more), and exhortations to the parish to dig deep to finish it off. The main&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/?p=1513\">Continue Reading Last Sunday at Kikambala<\/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":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kikambala","radius"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43dbc-op","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1513","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=1513"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2068,"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1513\/revisions\/2068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}