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New Life

Looking out over ‘my’ three-acre property here above Lake Naivasha, my daughter and I recently recorded the sighting of three juvenile Greater Spotted Cuckoos. It had been many years since I’d seen one out on the dirt road to the Maasai Mara. Being avid birdwatchers –...

Prince Paul of Yugoslavia

Prince Paul of Yugoslavia

Going through some dusty mission archives last week, I found a note on some old committee meeting notes that Prince Paul of Yugoslavia visited Kijabe in 1942 and donated 500/- to the work of Africa Inland Mission. Prince Paul of Yugoslavia? Some quick internet...