News from home

I got news from home today. They said that it was sunny and warm and that my community has a university college now. Everyone is excited ( I am excited too) at the prospects of a high institution of learning with endless opportunities of education, jobs, housing, road network, telecommunication, medical facilities etc etc! I cannot imagine my little village with such a privilege of a university college! At last my community will be saved millions of Shillings ( Kenyan currency) of travel and other financial costs in seeking high education outside of Kisiiland. Although this is national university and everyone is welcome, my town gets to enjoy the privilege of hosting it. Education and favorable climatic conditions are great treasures for Kenyan people.With a good weather, rather, favorable climatic conditions we are assured of food production and security. The 31+ million Kenyans depend on agriculture for their national economy. So, year in year out the same issue, "the harvests." You see, where I come from we depend on the sun and the rain for apples, corn, vegetables. We depend on their natural movement from the sunny to the rainy periods. Of course, the dynamics are not as simple as that, they are intricate given that the rain varies in amount and space. The same could be said of the "amount" of the sun. And so, my people keep adjusting to these climatic conditions to make their lives comfortable. As you might guess, adjusting has its dynamics too. More often than not, they are too complicated for one person to accomplish. That is why for us it takes the whole village to raise a child. On this note then my community is very excited to own for the very first time, a university college not far from my mother's home in Kisii town. Kisii town is on the western part of Kenya, not far from lake Victoria, about 100 miles from Kogelo village, president elect Barack Obama's Father's home. And so, you see the news from home about the weather and school are real and special gifts to be grateful about this season of The Good News of Divine Love that we enjoy with family and friend from far and near. MERRY CHRISTMAS!