From Kenya — Blog — Journey with the Starks

We had a baby at a Kenyan mission hospital

Our Ezra was born in October of 2022 in the same Maternity ward that I have worked for the past 2 years at Tenwek Hospital… Kevin asked me to recall the event here on the blog to showcase the Tenwek Maternity process. I am writing this in the only way I know how to write these days, through dictation software.

Moselle Writes, Hospital Life, From Kenya, FamilyKevin StarkFebruary 8, 2023Maternity Ward, Pregnancy, OB/GYN

Stark book list of 2022

Kevin Writes, Family, From KenyaKevin StarkOctober 13, 2022books, lists, reading, family

Parenting in Cross-Cultural Catch-up Mode, Part 2 – Swahili

Help! We are over 1.5 years into living in Kenya and my kids still don’t speak Swahili. How can this be? My kids attended a Kenyan school.

Part 2 of a 2 part series.

Kevin Writes, From Kenya, FamilyKevin StarkAugust 30, 2022Language, Parenting, Swahili, Homeschool

Parenting in Cross-Cultural Catch-up Mode, Part 1 – Venturing out

Help! My family has been in Kenya for almost two years and my children know less than I thought they would about what life is like for our local neighbors.

Part 1 of a 2 part series.

Kevin Writes, From Kenya, FamilyKevin StarkAugust 17, 2022Parenting, Culture, Kids

Your Tenwek Orientation - Part 2: What is it like to be a patient?

This is post #2 of a series of posts that are intended to help readers be able to parse through the differences and similarities of the Kenyan and US hospitals. This one is all about the patient experience.

Kevin Writes, From Kenya, Hospital LifeKevin StarkSeptember 14, 2021Dr. Life, Kenya, Residency, FYI

Your Tenwek Orientation - Part 1: Understanding the Lingo

This is the first of a series of posts that are intended to help readers be able to parse through the differences and similarities of the Kenyan and US hospitals and how that affects our daily lives. Here goes!

Kevin Writes, From Kenya, Hospital LifeKevin StarkJune 29, 2021Dr. Life, Kenya, Residency, FYI

The plank in the eye of the English Language

Many Americans can identify with a particular experience in their foreign language classes in middle and high school. We spent most of those days in class groaning like an Israelite in the wilderness.

Kevin Writes, From KenyaKevin StarkFebruary 28, 2021language, fun, culture

Video - 1 Second Everyday 2020 pt 3 - September through December

We made it to the end of 2020. Pretty amazing to look back and see what God has done. Check out our video of the last 4 months of 2020, including our transition out of the US and into Kenya. Exciting stuff!

Kevin Writes, Original Media, From Kenya, Family, HMA, Transition, ReflectionKevin StarkDecember 31, 2020Original Media, COVID-19, Transition, Kenya

Life by the slice (pt. 2)

Well, I got tired of posting and checking Facebook all the time, so I stopped posting individual slices for a while. Here are the leftover slices that never got posted.

Kevin Writes, From Kenya, Family, TransitionKevin StarkDecember 31, 2020Family, Kenya, Transition

Catching up with Life by the Slice (pt 1)

We spent our first month and a half in Kenya (relatively) off of social media, making an effort to focus on our family’s transition. That was a very fruitful time for us

Kevin Writes, From Kenya, Family, Original Media, TransitionKevin StarkDecember 28, 2020Transition, Snippets, Family

Sketches from Quarantine in Kenya

We have heard folks from WGM quoting Proverbs 16:9 again and again, “We can make our plans, but the LORD determines our steps.”

Kevin Writes, Family, From Kenya, TransitionKevin StarkNovember 20, 2020Transition, Kenya, Unknowns, COVID-19