FAB (Friends Across Borders) is a program sponsored by Maryknoll Lay Missioners that provides an opportunity for people to travel to countries where MKLM live and work.
The purpose is to expose the travelers to a different culture and life style and see first hand the work we are doing.
I am the FAB coordinator for Kenya and work with Cecilia in New York. Basically that means I work with her making all the
travel arrangements, housing reservations, meals, and schedule. I don’t have to do it all alone. Curt is the Mombasa coordinator and he has been a huge help.
This year the FAB group had 12 participants: 10 newcomers to Kenya and 2 former lay missioners that have lived and worked here as in-country guides. Four of the group were from Edmonton, Canada, two from Miami, two from Wisconsin, two from Minnesota. This time they were all retired people.
They came to Kitale first spending five days here, four days in Mombasa and the final three days on safari. We scheduled visits to all our ministry sites as well as some historical and cultural tours. I’m afraid the only pictures we have of them were during their visits to John and my schools. I thought you might enjoy.
At Weaver Bird they stopped by the Form IV classes to wish them luck on their upcoming KCSE exams, visited John’s Form I and II classes and chatted with his YCS (Young Catholic Student) group. The highlight of that visit was visiting the school kitchen.
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At St. Monica’s they attended Mass and then took tea with my Form III East class. They are the girls that I am homeroom teacher for. The girls were thrilled to be able to have buns as a special treat. The visitors enjoyed being able to talk to small groups of students to learn more about the Kenya way of life.
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