Author Archive: thegordonsinafrica
Blog, April 30, 2012 – So much work to do!
Blog, April 30, 2012 – So much work to do! Why not build buildings, buy desks, or new uniforms? I guess I believe that if, if you sit a child under a tree, give her an e-reader, and encourage her to read everything on it, her life can be transformed. A new classroom will depreciate over …
Blog, July 9, 2011- Learning, Laughing, Loving
Blog, July 9, 2011 – Living, Loving, Learning We figured the best place to keep the journals until the library is finished was at the Ouko’s house. Later that evening when we arrived home and unpacked them, we opened them to read what the children had written. The stories were extraordinary, candid and revealing. Girls …
Blog, July 6, 2011 – Incredible!
Blog, July 6, 2011 – Incredible! Gussie tells me that I’m totally out of touch (as usual) with what a blog is supposed to be. As you can see from the novel I’ve written below, I didn’t get the fact that blogging was supposed to be a running dialogue. Every minute has been incredible and …
Krazy Koru!
KRAZY KORU!!!! WOW! Hey this is Gussie and I have been given the incredible opportunity to teach in a school called Mnara Primary School in Koru, Kenya. It is about a five minute drive from the Ouko’s home. I have loved staying with the Ouko famly and getting to know them. After ten minutes …
Blog, June 22, 2011 – June On our way!
Blog, June 22, 2011 – On Our Way! We just left Nairobi to fly to Kisumu which borders Lake Victoria in western Kenya. We had lunch today at our hotel (no ox testicles on the menu!) with an old friend, Dr. David Silverstein and his wife, Channah. Twenty years ago, when I told my father …
Weird Eats? I Think Not! By: Gussie Gordon
Carnivore-Yummy!Carnivore-Yummy! Weird Eats? I Think Not! By Gussie Gordon Today was our first day in Kenya after two days of hectic travel. As many of you might know from my mom’s previous blog there was a lot of craziness. Last night after waiting in the airport all day we boarded our overnight nine hour flight …
Blog, June 21, 2011 – AIRPORT SECURITY: FRIEND OR FOE???
Blog, June 21, 2011 – AIRPORT SECURITY: FRIEND OR FOE??? OK. This is one of those moments when profanity seems appropriate but I can’t quite manage to put it in print so just know I’m thinking it but I won’t actually scream it into the computer!! We landed on time at Heathrow and came off …
Blog, June 21, 2011- Life Lessons
Blog, June 20, 2011 – Life Lessons So here goes…my first blog and my official launch into the technology age. I hope you will all indulge me a bit as I struggle to find my voice in such a public space. I guess I don’t know exactly how much to censor. I’ve read about people …
The Gordons in Africa 