Browsing Archive: April, 2011

Gazette Article. Fort Wayne, here we come.

Posted by kristin on Monday, April 25, 2011,

Clean water, school aid among goals for Saturday 6K at IPFW

Stefanie Scarlett | The Journal Gazette

A villager in Kenya collects water from a well provided through the group Come Unity.

When Kristin Scott walked miles with women to gather water in Africa, she was shocked by what they found.

The river water typically would be dirty or cloudy with silt, she says. But they filled their water jugs anyway, because it was the only option.

“We take for granted that we turn on our tap a...


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faultless religion

Posted by kristin on Monday, April 11, 2011,

If i were to ask you, what does pure faultless religion look like, what would you say?

 I went to Kenya in 2007.  I met Edna.  She was four and came to school every day crying.  She pee’d her pants.  She never said much.  One day when the teachers I was working with wanted to take me on some home visits, I agreed.  Edna had not been in school that day.  Soon we approached her tiny home.  Her father was there.  He apologized that Edna wasn’t in school today.  It was because she didn’t hav...


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