{"id":253,"date":"2024-06-29T10:45:03","date_gmt":"2024-06-29T00:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/?p=253"},"modified":"2024-06-29T10:45:03","modified_gmt":"2024-06-29T00:45:03","slug":"goats-and-lake-victoria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/?p=253","title":{"rendered":"Goats and Lake Victoria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Cheryl O&#8217;Shannessy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our last day at Sioport. We started with worship, and then Jeff spoke. While Jeff was speaking, I went with Hezekiah, Paul and Silas to visit their homes and see the goats our Church sponsored. It was a long drive to Paul&#8217;s place, the road turned into a track, and then even to a motorbike track! But we turned into a nice little property. Paul has two goats, a billy and a nanny<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/309e5295-fcb9-4974-8153-110b71137c46-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/309e5295-fcb9-4974-8153-110b71137c46-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/309e5295-fcb9-4974-8153-110b71137c46-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/309e5295-fcb9-4974-8153-110b71137c46-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/309e5295-fcb9-4974-8153-110b71137c46-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/309e5295-fcb9-4974-8153-110b71137c46-1200x900.jpeg 1200w, 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width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/8b06f1d0-b379-49e4-98fd-868bd8b71627-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/8b06f1d0-b379-49e4-98fd-868bd8b71627-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/8b06f1d0-b379-49e4-98fd-868bd8b71627-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/8b06f1d0-b379-49e4-98fd-868bd8b71627-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/8b06f1d0-b379-49e4-98fd-868bd8b71627-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/8b06f1d0-b379-49e4-98fd-868bd8b71627-1200x900.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/8b06f1d0-b379-49e4-98fd-868bd8b71627-1980x1485.jpeg 1980w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/8b06f1d0-b379-49e4-98fd-868bd8b71627.jpeg 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work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After lunch, Deenie, Annette, Glenys and I were invited to meet Pastor&#8217;s wives as they had a surprise for us<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/705be967-bb07-4f1b-8db3-a8f500ee24bf-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/705be967-bb07-4f1b-8db3-a8f500ee24bf-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/705be967-bb07-4f1b-8db3-a8f500ee24bf-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/705be967-bb07-4f1b-8db3-a8f500ee24bf-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/705be967-bb07-4f1b-8db3-a8f500ee24bf-1200x1600.jpeg 1200w, 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We also met Rose and Gift, Ann\u2019s mother and brother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/a5668c81-2450-4b9d-9ee0-c15ceff14790-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/a5668c81-2450-4b9d-9ee0-c15ceff14790-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/a5668c81-2450-4b9d-9ee0-c15ceff14790-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/a5668c81-2450-4b9d-9ee0-c15ceff14790-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/a5668c81-2450-4b9d-9ee0-c15ceff14790-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/a5668c81-2450-4b9d-9ee0-c15ceff14790-1200x900.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/a5668c81-2450-4b9d-9ee0-c15ceff14790-1980x1485.jpeg 1980w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/a5668c81-2450-4b9d-9ee0-c15ceff14790.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/26538c5d-b5ce-4884-af22-f65353aa12b8-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/26538c5d-b5ce-4884-af22-f65353aa12b8-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/26538c5d-b5ce-4884-af22-f65353aa12b8-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/26538c5d-b5ce-4884-af22-f65353aa12b8-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/26538c5d-b5ce-4884-af22-f65353aa12b8-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/26538c5d-b5ce-4884-af22-f65353aa12b8-1200x900.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/26538c5d-b5ce-4884-af22-f65353aa12b8-1980x1485.jpeg 1980w, https:\/\/kenya.gvcf.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/26538c5d-b5ce-4884-af22-f65353aa12b8.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Cheryl O&#8217;Shannessy Our last day at Sioport. We started with worship, and then Jeff spoke. While Jeff was speaking, I went with Hezekiah, Paul and Silas to visit their homes and see the goats our Church sponsored. 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