Michael McCranie goes down to work at Daylight

Michael has been busy at Daylight from day one he arrived. He has joined hands with the Daylight Staff on the day-to-today work activities, and that way has helped get a lot of things done. He got trees seedlings that were eventually planted on the Daylight compound, met with the family that Daylight is acquiring land from ( Mzee Chemonges and family), and most of all, helped get Michael's family and Daylight a dairy cow.... check out the following pictures:-

Michael at a local tree nursery to purchase seedlings for Daylight 

Michael examining a wellspring at Daylight property

Michael and his Kenyan friend posing  for a photo against building logs got from Kitale town

Meeting with Mzee Chemonges and family concerning the Daylight  property 

Shipping a dairy cow to Daylight that was just bought by Michael for Daylight

Michael with a rope  in hand ( that was used to tie up the cow)  and ready to present it  to Angelina as a way of handing over the cow to her and Daylight.....how else could one package a cow for presentation?... welcome to Pokot, Kenya, for this is how....

Angelina registers the dairy cow gift with fun and fanfare

got it!

Asante sana ( Swahili), Sorow nyo wow ( Pokot), .....for "Thank you very much...."

Michael and the Kimpur's family posing for a photo with the Dairy cow at the background

                                

McCranie at the New Daylight grounds

For sometime now, Daylight Children Center and School has been meeting in a borrowed facility at the Baptist church in Kapenguria. However, some property has been acquired and the children's home will soon relocate to the new site. This new grounds offers ample space for dormitories, classrooms and playgrounds as well as some room to help sustain the school through agriculture and livestock production. Michael played a pivotal role in the acquisition of the grounds. And we are all grateful and excited to see him visit. This was his first time a see this firsthand. The following pictures were taken during his visit to the children's grounds - check them out:

......the property is really spacious.....and already a few structures are up and running

...this little dude seemed to thrive on the lush vegetation

taking a bird's eye-view of the place....for it is set on hill!

....this is it!

...a completed children's toilet/restroom on site

an aerial view of the Margie Smith's House....it's construction is in progress

Michael being shown a stack of newly made bricks.....more bricks are still in the work, and about 100,000 are planned for

Michael at the brick making facility, which is in the back corner of the property....it is a big operation!

Drogba, a Daylight staff, readies a brick mold for Michael to set up....

Michael setting on the ground a fresh brick from a mold ( it is how bricks are made here, rudimentary but it still works)

Michael making an inscription on a brick he just set up.

Michael planting a tree on the property

the new plane needed water....upfront.

All is well that ends with a word of prayer, thanksgiving and praise to the lord

Michael McCranie at Daylight, Kenya

Today, Michael McCranie, a Board Member, was at Daylight, Kenya. He spend the better part of the day with kids. He gave candies, played and had fun with the children. He also helped to serve children's meals. The following pictures tells how the day went:

Big smiles for Michael....come on in, the children's beaming faces could tell

Up close and candid....Michael giving candies to the kids who had stood in a single file...

Yes!

Giving meals to the kids

the children having their meals in the open space in the compound

 this is it...

Michael among the Daylight family...