The truth is that Spirit in Action is bigger than just giving or receiving money. We’re about more than “helping” or “serving.” Spirit in Action is about connecting. Trips and visits like the one that Kathleen King, and Barbara Deal and I took this May-June was about spending time with people. I am more and more convinced that to really know and be known by others, we need to spend a lot time, in different contexts, together. (Left to right) Winkly, Baxter, Matthews, Kathleen

It is with shock and grief that I write this tribute to a dear friend and colleague, Barbara Anne Neighbors Deal, who died on the morning of July 4th in Eldoret, Kenya. She experienced cardiac arrest, while in recovery from surgery in Eldoret in mid-June for a perforated intestine and septic shock. In her last days she was lovingly looked after by dear friends (both long-time and new friends) Samuel and Rhoda Teimuge, Gloria Teimuge, Naomi Ayot, and Amy Rogers. We know so man