Watu wana disappear, they are dying for Christ's sake, do what you need to do. ~the wire

Filing

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Me by the grace of Mwene Nyaga.
Valternative celebration
By Mary Ellen Green - Monday Magazine

Published: February 08, 2012 4:00 PM
Updated: February 09, 2012 10:10 AM

Minneh Kamau Bushby created a body map as part of the Exposed Heart art exhibition at the 50/50 Arts Collective, opening Feb. 10.
Mary Ellen Green

Looking for a Valentine’s celebration that deviates from the norm of heart-shaped confectionaries and overpriced greeting cards?

Check out Exposed Heart, an art exhibition exploring the notions of love, passion, sexuality, relationships and identity with contributions from artists from AIDS Vancouver Island, PEERS (Prostitutes Empowerment Education and Recovery Society), Artemis Place, Rock Bay Landing and the Victoria Youth Clinic, at the 50/50 Arts Collective (2516 Douglas).

As a “Valternative” celebration, the opening reception is Friday, Feb. 10 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., featuring music from Hearse, a make-your-own Valentine table, a tickle trunk for dress- up, refreshments and artists.

Minneh Kamau Bushby is one of the artists representing AVI. She and three other women living with AIDS, HIV or HEP C painted body maps for the exhibition in a recent two-day workshop. Of African origin, body maps help the artist visualize and realize how the virus is affecting their body by first tracing their outline, then painting their illness, injuries, support systems and more.

For Kamau Bushby, the result was both emotional and a revelation.

“I discovered I moved on,” she says. This was the second time Kamau Bushby has painted a body map. The first time, just three years ago, the virus was front and centre. This time, it was nowhere to be found. Instead of painting the virus on her body, she wrote “I don’t feel the virus” above it.

Kamau Bushby came to Canada from Kenya in 1996 as a participant in an AIDS conference in Vancouver. She quickly came to Vancouver Island and decided not to go back. Now, as a permanent resident, she has the stability and the support to start living a healthier life and go out on her own.

“I want to be a global speaker. I’ve always spoken about my life with HIV and AIDS since I arrived here in Canada. That was just training. Now the real job is to tell the world about the virus and what it’s like to live with AIDS,” she says.

“Here I can live a normal life, but over there in Africa, it's different.”
Kamau Bushby says he's proud of her body map and she's excited to share it. “The things on there that I'm ashamed of are not as important as the things I want to talk about,” she says.
The body maps are just one part of the exhibition, which was the brainchild of Hermione Jefferis, Health Promotion educator at AVI.

“What makes this exhibition different is that it’s a community collaboration. There’s art from all ages, genders, backgrounds and walks of life,” Jefferis says. M

Exposed Heart

Runs at the 50/50 Arts Collective until Feb. 21. Check thefiftyfifty.net for hours.

Opening reception Friday, Feb. 10 from 7 to 10 p.m.

Photo taken, 2 October, 2011. Kenya, outside Hotel Kipepeo.

Picture dated January 1999 shows 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai, environmentalist and human rights campaigner, carried to the courts after she was beaten by a mob after she confronted private developers that had illegally taken land in the Karura forest.

By Nicholas Soi and Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times Sept 13, 2011 Reporting from Nairobi, Kenya, ...— More than 60 people died Monday in a densely populated Nairobi slum after an explosion and fire caused by gasoline from a leaking pipe...At least 116 badly burned people, many of them children, were taken to hospitals...Children crammed into an informal school nearby were reportedly killed...Two years ago, more than 120 people died ...in Kenya when an overturned fuel tanker exploded.

September 2, 2011, I drafted an email to be sent to five school in Kenya that I would have liked to speak to. Then what? The school teachers are on strike. What bad timing or is it the devil? Of all the time they could have gone on strike, this was the time. It is the thought that matters. Published: September 9 (2011) By Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan teachers say they are ending a weeklong strike that has affected 10 million children.

It would cost between 7 and 8 billion $$$ a year to provide primary education for everyone in the developing world. This amount represents 4 days of global military spending, and 50% of what the USA spends annually on children's toys. Source:Guardian Weekly 1999.

~ If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.~Mother Teresa~ There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread. ~Charles Dickens ~ Hunger makes a thief of any man. ~Pearl S. Buck

On 14 March 2004, I received a letter from Immigration Canada stating in part, "...New information suggests that your application for permanent residence may have to be refused as it appears you are a person described in Section 38(1)(c) of the Immigration and refugee Protection Act. Persons described in this section are inadmissible to Canada. Specifically you are suffering from AIDS. ∞∞∞10/05 - 26/3/11.I've AIDS (艾滋病) and Bipolar.Emuria koliae!願繼續本著愛.們愛你.Adiós. The end∞∞∞

What happened to our receipt of donation to the horn of Africa? I have nothing to hide:)

Ati twaciarirwo tuthiniki...no more! We were born to live.

June 3, 2011
Back from Vancouver...I just found out, my Cholesterol is high. I am supposed to eat more fruit and eat nutritional food. Everything else is fine, my viral load is 43, I used to have 680,000, imagine! Nikuhaturwo ni Mwathani. Three months ago my fighter cells (CD4) cells were at 280 and now they are at 330. That is good news for me. thank you Jesus. With exercise added in there, I will be fine.

May 30, 2011Hi Minneh,

As always, you prepared an informative presentation. For many of the students, the HIV/AIDS presentation is not new information because they study it in lower grades. However, I believe that it doesn't hurt to remind them of the information from time to time especially as they come closer to dealing with their own sexual relationships. I appreciate that you present the information in a very factual manner. What is so compelling about your conversation is that you put a human face on what is a very abstract concept for students of this age. They see that a person living with AIDS is just a "normal" person not a ravaged person living on the streets and easily recognizable as being sick. The rapport you have with the students established through your story, compels them to consider their own feelings of self-worth and responsibility.

I can recall a couple of times when I was in high school when guests came to speak and each of those instances is memorable to me even 40 years later. I believe that you and your story will have the same impact.

Many thanks for the work you do.

Have a wonderful summer, Rea

May 27, 2011Hi, Minneh -

I think you're wonderful.

I've always marvelled at your ability to put the sexual health ideas together with the need for self-respect and then your own story.

The more you do this, the more relaxed you become and the closer your relationship to your audience is.

The worksheet is a good idea and your use of the white board is more and more efficient.

Your next step in working with young people might be a Blog or a Facebook page devoted to your teaching.

Your friend,

-Jake Humphries

People are disappearing, they are dying for Christ's sake, do what you need to do. ~the wire

Today I registered for a self defense course. It will take me three months to accomplish. The days of defenseless sexual assaults and being robbed without a fight are over for me. I have been pushed to nothing else but defending myself. Others will not always be there to defend for me. I am fed up of being oppressed and I am doing something about it. I hope to teach women worldwide what I learn. May 20, 2011.

I want to write to Canadian International Development Agency. I was on EAST AFRICA RADIO USA and it appears nothing has been done about prostitution in Kenya. I was thinking in terms of giving out condoms and having a drop in for the gals as well as a clinic for testing illnesses.~Minneh Kamau Bushby.16/4/11. On April 17, 11, I wrote a 5 page letter to CIDA.

Imagine, Utube said they would remove this video on April 29, 11. My question is why? A walk in the park if you cannot view it there, my beloved made this link...Will play for ever

I want to write to Canadian International Development Agency. I was on EAST AFRICA RADIO USA and it appears nothing has been done about prostitution in Kenya. I was thinking in terms of giving out condoms and having a drop in for the gals as well as a clinic for testing illnesses.

~Minneh Kamau Bushby.

This is Hazel and Peter Francis. I used to clean their house. RIP. There were faithful, they would like me to continue to be faithful. See...that is how I learn. Ancestors.

MINNEH yaa ali madad. July 17. Adventurous. Great sense of humor. Altruistic. Loves to enjoy life. Caring & loving. Faithful friend. Confident personality. Warm and considerate towards people. AIDS told in '93 Bi Polar '99. Am UNDETECTABLE for HIV since'99. I'm glad to know where J(JOB-rip),J,A,P,C & S are. They're reachable again if need be. I couldn't have done this journey alone - Erokamano Enkai Supat, Eyalama noi Ngai! Mbuya muno Nyasae, Orio muno God! Thanks. Mostly, I want to remain faithful to my Man Ryan.

No matter how bad life has treated you , just walk tall with your head high

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∞MINNEH yaa ali madad. July 17. Adventurous. Great sense of humor. Altruistic. Loves to enjoy life. Caring & loving. Faithful friend. Confident personality. Warm and considerate towards people. AIDS told in '93 Bi Polar '99. Am UNDETECTABLE for HIV since'99. I'm glad to know where J(JOB-rip),J,A,P,C & S are. They're reachable again if need be. I couldn't have done this journey alone - Erokamano Enkai Supat, Eyalama noi Ngai! Mbuya muno Nyasae, Orio muno God! Thanks. Mostly, I want to remain faithful to my Man Ryan∞

Aerin
Gerry
Anne
Maria
Jesse
Masibo

They like this photo.

Conversations about the photo...

Pod: i got a giggle out of this one thanks Minneh, poor thing

Linda: AW, poor chicky.

Kamau Bushby: I think it is a courageous one.

Kamau Bushby: Needs to rest up and heal. Take it easy.

∞∞∞10/05 - 26/3/11.I've AIDS (艾滋病) and Bipolar.Emuria koliae!願繼續本著愛.們愛你.Adiós. The end∞∞∞

Before and After - 18 years later.

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First photo, November 29, 92...next photo 2010 and next photo March 19, 2011.

PROPOSAL TO GET GRANT UNDER PEERS HELPING PEERS AS INITIATED BY GRENDA BRADLEY AS A RESULT OF A MEETING ATTENDED AT THE MUSTARD SEED -

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PROPOSAL TO GET GRANT UNDER PEERS HELPING PEERS AS INITIATED BY GRENDA BRADLEY AS A RESULT OF A MEETING ATTENDED AT THE MUSTARD SEED - Connection to freedom, Christian support group on 25 March, 1999 at the mustard seed

My name is Minneh Kamau. I came to Canada in 1996 to attend the 11th International Conference in Vancouver on July 4. I got pregnant in Kenya in 1989 and gave birth to a beautiful daughter in 1990. My parents did not agree to my having a child outside of wedlock especially my mum. Although I was never asked to leave home, I found it increasingly difficult to stay at home. I ran away from home in October of 1990 taking my two month old Jacinta (Jessy) with me. We rented a small house downtown and I paid rent in 1991 by doing odd jobs that I found. An April of 1991, I was accepted back to college to finish my secretarial course which had been canceled because of pregnancy. I had been sponsored by National Churches of Council of Kenya (NCCK).
In 1992, it became increasingly hard to feed my child, pay a baby-sitter and get enough money for bus fare and food. We have no social services in Kenya. I became a prostitute and in 1993, as I qualified to get a job as a departmental secretary in the University of Nairobi, I went for a HIV test among other tests to get the job. HIV was optional because of previous behaviour. In 1993, June, I was told I was HIV+. I was horrified and could not tell anyone.
However, I started telling as many women as I could to protect themselves. I became very involved with sexual harassment in the workplace having been sexually assaulted myself in the sex trade and also having been violated by a relative before age seven and later on being raped. I wrote an article in the leading professional secretarial magazine and also applied to come to the Aids Conference in 1996 when the opportunity presented itself. I got chosen and left my family behind including my then grown daughter. She was 5 years and ten months when I left her.
When I got to Canada, I found home and peace of mind. After only five days, I made a daring decision to remain behind and not go back home. I thought to pursue the medication. There is no medication in Kenya. I moved to Victoria in July of 1996 from Vancouver and lived with a friend in Shawnigan lake. Her nephew in Kenya had given me her contact. I stayed there for 2 months and then moved to downtown Victoria where I lived with a family from Kenya. I soon realised that I needed money and started doing housekeeping because I will never be on the streets prostituting again!!! I did housekeeping up to last month when I left everything to serve the Lord.
God have been good to me. In 1998, I got caught by immigration for cleaning houses without a work permit (they would not give me one). I got a lawyer through legal aid but then I got picked up and taken to Vancouver for deportation. Two hours before my flight, a lady working for immigration asked me what I had done and I told her that I worked without a permit, that i was HIV+ and had lost my passport in December of 1997. She phoned my laywer and God is good I was released in March 1998. When I came back from Vancouver, I out all my hope and trust in God. I forgot to tell you that my child in Kenya died 3 July exactly one year the day I left Kenya. She reacted to penicillin. She is in a better place. I was put on hardship allowance which is 550$ a month. I moved to Happy Valley and started attending the Western Baptist Church. On June 16, 1998, I went and spoke with Pastor Bob Greene of Western Baptist and I told him my whole life story as much as I could recall. He advised me to tell my family about my illness. I wrote to my family last December and told them and dad and mum and brothers and sister have written back and they tell me to just continue to serve the Lord.
I continued to attend Western Baptist church and on January, Monday 18, I was anointed to a ministry which I had been called to. My ministry which is indeed the Lord's is SEE A NEED, FILL A NEED. I realised I am a missionary from Kenya to Canada. I speak with people on the streets and tell them about Jesus Christ and about HIV and AIDS. The Lord has shown me through the Holy Spirit how my HIV relates to being appointed by God. HIV+, + is the cross of Christ Jesus. He then showed me that the red ribbon is for the blood of Jesus. The red ribbon looks like a fish. We are all fish swimming around and now I have become a fisher of men Hallelujah.
I go around schools sent by Aids Vancouver Island and I tell children and the adults how to prevent HIV and AIDS. I have started a group in Aids Vancouver Island which is a Christian support group. We meet next on April 14, 1999 at Aids Vancouver Island Johnson Street between 6-8pm. Pastor Bob would like me to go with my message to a group in Nanaimo. So indeed, I am reaching out beyond Victoria.
As a result of moving from Happy Valley to downtown, I now attend the Lambrick Park Church which is not too far from my boyfriend's house. Robert Clark is his name and he volunteers at the needle exchange on Thursday. He is my only family here but I know I am not alone for the body of Christ binds all of us together as a family.
I would need money to support my ministry because the hardship allowance is not enough even for my own basic needs. Through EMI where I was admitted for three weeks beginning February 20, 1999, the social worker is trying to get me on disability level II. I hope this works out as the Lord wills. To reach out better, I need 287.00 per month.
It ended up that I was given 90$ per month from 99 to 2003. Amazing Grace.

My name is Minneh Kamau. I came to Canada in 1996 to attend the 11th International Conference in Vancouver on July 4. I got pregnant in Kenya in 1989 and gave birth to a beautiful daughter in 1990. My parents did not agree to my having a child outside of wedlock especially my mum. Although I was never asked to leave home, I found it increasingly difficult to stay at home. I ran away from home in October of 1990 taking my two month old Jacinta (Jessy) with me. We rented a small house downtown and I paid rent in 1991 by doing odd jobs that I found. An April of 1991, I was accepted back to college to finish my secretarial course which had been canceled because of pregnancy. I had been sponsored by National Churches of Council of Kenya (NCCK).
In 1992, it became increasingly hard to feed my child, pay a baby-sitter and get enough money for bus fare and food. We have no social services in Kenya. I became a prostitute and in 1993, as I qualified to get a job as a departmental secretary in the University of Nairobi, I went for a HIV test among other tests to get the job. HIV was optional because of previous behaviour. In 1993, June, I was told I was HIV+. I was horrified and could not tell anyone.
However, I started telling as many women as I could to protect themselves. I became very involved with sexual harassment in the workplace having been sexually assaulted myself in the sex trade and also having been violated by a relative before age seven and later on being raped. I wrote an article in the leading professional secretarial magazine and also applied to come to the Aids Conference in 1996 when the opportunity presented itself. I got chosen and left my family behind including my then grown daughter. She was 5 years and ten months when I left her.
When I got to Canada, I found home and peace of mind. After only five days, I made a daring decision to remain behind and not go back home. I thought to pursue the medication. There is no medication in Kenya. I moved to Victoria in July of 1996 from Vancouver and lived with a friend in Shawnigan lake. Her nephew in Kenya had given me her contact. I stayed there for 2 months and then moved to downtown Victoria where I lived with a family from Kenya. I soon realised that I needed money and started doing housekeeping because I will never be on the streets prostituting again!!! I did housekeeping up to last month when I left everything to serve the Lord.
God have been good to me. In 1998, I got caught by immigration for cleaning houses without a work permit (they would not give me one). I got a lawyer through legal aid but then I got picked up and taken to Vancouver for deportation. Two hours before my flight, a lady working for immigration asked me what I had done and I told her that I worked without a permit, that i was HIV+ and had lost my passport in December of 1997. She phoned my laywer and God is good I was released in March 1998. When I came back from Vancouver, I out all my hope and trust in God. I forgot to tell you that my child in Kenya died 3 July exactly one year the day I left Kenya. She reacted to penicillin. She is in a better place. I was put on hardship allowance which is 550$ a month. I moved to Happy Valley and started attending the Western Baptist Church. On June 16, 1998, I went and spoke with Pastor Bob Greene of Western Baptist and I told him my whole life story as much as I could recall. He advised me to tell my family about my illness. I wrote to my family last December and told them and dad and mum and brothers and sister have written back and they tell me to just continue to serve the Lord.
I continued to attend Western Baptist church and on January, Monday 18, I was anointed to a ministry which I had been called to. My ministry which is indeed the Lord's is SEE A NEED, FILL A NEED. I realised I am a missionary from Kenya to Canada. I speak with people on the streets and tell them about Jesus Christ and about HIV and AIDS. The Lord has shown me through the Holy Spirit how my HIV relates to being appointed by God. HIV+, + is the cross of Christ Jesus. He then showed me that the red ribbon is for the blood of Jesus. The red ribbon looks like a fish. We are all fish swimming around and now I have become a fisher of men Hallelujah.
I go around schools sent by Aids Vancouver Island and I tell children and the adults how to prevent HIV and AIDS. I have started a group in Aids Vancouver Island which is a Christian support group. We meet next on April 14, 1999 at Aids Vancouver Island Johnson Street between 6-8pm. Pastor Bob would like me to go with my message to a group in Nanaimo. So indeed, I am reaching out beyond Victoria.
As a result of moving from Happy Valley to downtown, I now attend the Lambrick Park Church which is not too far from my boyfriend's house. Robert Clark is his name and he volunteers at the needle exchange on Thursday. He is my only family here but I know I am not alone for the body of Christ binds all of us together as a family.
I would need money to support my ministry because the hardship allowance is not enough even for my own basic needs. Through EMI where I was admitted for three weeks beginning February 20, 1999, the social worker is trying to get me on disability level II. I hope this works out as the Lord wills. To reach out better, I need 287.00 per month.
It ended up that I was given 90$ per month from 99 to 2003. Amazing Grace.

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Rest in peace, my daughter Jacinta - Jessy. August 31, 1990 - July 3, 1997. Gutiri undu.

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April 17, 2011

Minneh Kamau Bushby
SAN-FAN (See A Need – Fill A NEED) Educational Group
Victoria BC
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LOOKING FOR SUPPORT TO HELP PROSTITUTES IN KENYA AND TO HELP PREVENT HIV/AIDS THROUGH EDUCATION

I came to Canada to present this attached paper at the International AIDS Conference in 1996. I wrote it at 27 years old

Yesterday I was listening to EAST AFRICA RADIO STATION here in Canada where I became a permanent resident after 12 years of immigration process. The lady speaking on the radio was Mary Kimonye. I asked her about security on River road and she said it was ok. I asked her if the prostitutes were still on the streets and she said yes. I told her that I used to be a prostitute in Kenya. I told her I feel that how I left the streets is still the same if not worse. Girls are known to throw themselves on top of cars. Desperation. I felt that I needed to make a difference.

I have lived in Canada for almost 15 years and my immigration case took 12 years. I have not been to Kenya since the 1996 AIDS conference. I promised that I would be back with change as you can see on attached letter that I wrote before I left Kenya..

AIDS has been my intimate friend since 1993 when I was diagnosed. The other reason we are going to Kenya is so that I may see my daughter's grave. She passed away from a penicillin reaction in 1997 July.

She exhibited signs of self worth at a very young age. She is now my teacher who shows me that my life has value. When she was three years old and I had just been told I had AIDS, she wanted to play and I yelled at her to go play somewhere else. She asked me “Mami, mbona unanishoutia?' in other words, Mami why are you shouting at me. I got really angry and then I went down on my knees and told her that I had AIDS. She listened, three years old. And then is when I realized my daughter and I were changing history. We were changing the cycle of abuse. Every life has value. I can help the girls who are forced to be on the street. I am the founder of SAN-FAN (See A Need – Fill A Need) Educational Group since 1993 when I did street outreach in Nairobi Kenya for three years before I came to Canada.

I would never talk back to my abuser. I was raped several times in my life. I have been beaten and called names. I had no self worth. Anyone who showed interest in me I would give them full attention. I did not care about my body and what was going into it. Lack of self worth and ignorance led me to the streets. I am sure all those girls on the streets of Nairobi can be helped with a bit of support.

My memory goes to how alone I felt even though I was surrounded by other girls.

The poverty in the country did not help me in my time of need. There are no social services in Kenya. Unable to find a job anywhere while I was attending college, I was forced into the streets of Nairobi. I was about 25 years and now at 42 years old, I want to make a difference in an area in my life which is very personal.

My beloved husband and I have bought tickets to go back to Kenya for a visit in mid September 2011. We have accommodation as well.

My suggestion is that there be condoms to be distributed. That there be a drop in where the ladies can drop in and a clinic for testing. I can do education as well.

If there is any way you can support us, we would be grateful.

Please let me know if there anything else you need.

Some of my websites.
http://www.san-fan.com/
http://graduates.com/vg.aspx?i=3014020
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDIoJr_4I0I

Yours sincerely

Minneh Kamau Bushby

Enclosed: Letter to ALL men...1996

Education and work

AIDS Vancouver Island
Volunteer Educator for HIV/AIDS · April 1998 to present
Speaker

SAN-FAN Educational Group
Founder, co-owner, HIV/AIDS Educator · June 1993 to present ·Victoria, British Columbia
Mission Statement To prevent HIV/AIDS through education and to empower people through personal storytelling. Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp! cries she with silent lips. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me; I lift my lamp beside the golden door. ~Lazarus, Emma

East Africa Radio USA
Speaker Radio · September 2010 to November 2010 · Las Vegas, Nevada
Teaching about HIV/AIDS (UKIMWI) - Volunteer
BOB'S MANAGEMENT SERVICES Ltd
Janitor · May 2007 to February 2008 · Victoria, British Columbia
Cleaning architectural offices. Bastion Sq, Merrick Architecture - Borowski Lintott Sakumoto Fligg Limited

City Centre Storage Lockers
Janitor · April 2007 to June 2007 · Victoria, British Columbia
Office Cleaning of the City Centre Storage Lockers.
Bob's Janitorial
Janitor · June 2004 to September 2004 · Victoria, British Columbia
Cleaning law offices downtown and another office on Fort street.
Supreme Building Maintenance
Janitor · March 2004 to May 2004 · Victoria, British Columbia
Office cleaning at the St. Michael's University School.

Open Door
HIV/AIDS Outreach · June 1999 to December 2003 · Victoria, British Columbia
It was a Peers Helping Peers program. I taught about HIV/AIDS prevention and socialized with the lonely. This was my most fun job in life
Self
House Cleaning · December 1996 to December 1998 · Victoria, British Columbia
This was illegal. I almost got deported but I was telling myself it was better than prostitution. And, I had a child to feed, cloth and education. Education is not free in Kenya and there is no social services. Walk a mile in my shoes...

University of Nairobi
Departmental Secretary · July 1993 to June 1996 · Nairobi, Kenya
Reporting to the Chairman of the department of Human Pathology. Heading my assistant, the record clerk and the maintenance. I didn't clean in Kenya. Other people cleaned after me.
Street Outreach Worker, Kenya. Tom Mboya Street (SAN-FAN Educational Group, See A Need - Fill A Need)
Educating Prostitutes about HIV/AIDS. As I said before, somewhere, I used to be one myself. · June 1993 to June 1996 · Nairobi, Kenya
When I was told I had AIDS in June of 1993, my first reaction was to go on the streets and warn the street women. I was there five days a week for a couple of hours after my 8-5 job. I did not disclose my status to them because of fear of stigma and they wondered why I was so interested. I wanted to tell them there is a pit ahead and that I had fallen into it. I did tell. On whisper as time, one girl at a time. For three years. And that outreach work was part of my being invited to attend the International AIDS conference in 1996 in Canada. That and a couple of papers I had written and of course the Creator. For those of you who think I just got into a plane and got here, think again. This was the creation of SAN-FAN Educational Group, See A Need - Fill A Need, my motto since before I was knit in my mother's blessed womb.
Executive Printers Ltd
Receptionist · January 1993 to June 1993 · Nairobi, Kenya
When I told this family that run the shop that I was HIV+, they sent me for a western blot test to confirm the results. Good Muslim people.
Reeswood Secretarial College
Theory teacher for shorthand and typing · March 1992 to November 1992 · Nairobi, Kenya
Got too ill doing this job and were it not for another Muslim man Hussein taking me to a Specialist and paying the medication and not wanting sex, I'd be dead. I was suffering PCP which is AIDS related. The doctor didn't tell me that. He asked me to come back in two weeks. I went back in a year. Then he told, I have AIDS...just like that.

Self
Survival prostitute · April 1991 to March 1992 · Nairobi, Kenya
It was tough. I was brave and that is that.
kenya national examination council
Records Clerk · October 1988 to December 1989 · Nairobi, Kenya
Dealing with examiners for national examination. Very serious. I had to leave this job to attend a reputable secretarial college but alas I was pregnant. They kicked me out. No husband...Out you go they said. Nuns.
Nyamweru Secondary School
Untrained Teacher · January 1988 to October 1988 · Githirioni, Central, Kenya
I had to leave this job because of sexual harassment from a deputy headmaster. I loved the job but hated the harassment. All I knew to do then was run which is better than nothing.
Marketing Group
Merchandise Girl · October 1987 to December 1987 · Nairobi, Kenya
My eldest brother found me this job. My first job. Thanks Martin. Since this first job, I have been busy since. Doesn't matter the country or disease.
Universty of Victoria 06/07
University student · Victoria, British Columbia
Humanities and Social Studies, studied!
University of Victoria
School year 2007 · University 102 Social Sciences
Loreto High School, Matunda
School year 1987
Karima Girl's High School
School year 1985

No response since telling me they got the letter

2 September 2011, I drafted this email. Now the schools are on strike. Is it the devil against the crack down of ignorance.

Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is Minneh Kamau Bushby. I am 43 years old. I am female.

I went to school in Tigoni Day School, Gituamba Primary School, Karima Girls High School ('85), Loreto High School Matunda ('87) among others and taught for 10 months in Nyamweru Secondary School 1988.

My beloved husband and I live in Canada. After 15 years away I am coming back home for a visit. While I am in Canada, since 1998 I have taught HIV prevention through education. My desire while I am in Kenya for two weeks is to give my time and teach about HIV/AIDS to your students. I would like to target teenagers. I am passionate about HIV/AIDS as I also live with AIDS. I was told in Nairobi in 1993. It is truly by the Creator's mercy that I have continued to live and make a difference. Here in Canada I have been awarded woman of distinctions award with YM/YWCA in the field of health and wellness.

Your school has been chosen because it impacted me and I would like to impact back.

My speech takes a little over an hour. I begin by defining HIV/AIDS, I do a time line of the disease, show ways in which one can or cannot catch HIV. Then I end by giving my testimony. I do take questions either at the end or during the speech.

I have a couple of recent references.

Hi, Minneh -

I think you're wonderful.

I've always marvelled at your ability to put the sexual health ideas together with the need for self-respect and then your own story.

The more you do this, the more relaxed you become and the closer your relationship to your audience is.

The worksheet is a good idea and your use of the white board is more and more efficient.

Your next step in working with young people might be a Blog or a Facebook page devoted to your teaching.

Your friend,

-Jake Humphries

Hi Minneh,

As always, you prepared an informative presentation. For many of the students, the HIV/AIDS presentation is not new information because they study it in lower grades. However, I believe that it doesn't hurt to remind them of the information from time to time especially as they come closer to dealing with their own sexual relationships. I appreciate that you present the information in a very factual manner. What is so compelling about your conversation is that you put a human face on what is a very abstract concept for students of this age. They see that a person living with AIDS is just a "normal" person not a ravaged person living on the streets and easily recognizable as being sick. The rapport you have with the students established through your story, compels them to consider their own feelings of self-worth and responsibility.

I can recall a couple of times when I was in high school when guests came to speak and each of those instances is memorable to me even 40 years later. I believe that you and your story will have the same impact.

Many thanks for the work you do.

Have a wonderful summer, Rea

Rea Casey
University Counsellor

I can educate Tigoni Day School, Gituamba Primary School and Nyamweru Secondary School in one day. Three different locations. Then I would visit Karima Girls one day and Loreto High School Matunda another day...

...Fighting ignorance in the field of HIV/AIDS is what I do best. Please help me reach the children so that they will not have to fall where I fell.

Sincerely
Minneh Kamau Bushby.

I was able to teach at Loreto High School Matunda and Nyamweru Secondary School. I also spoke briefly in a church.

How I gradually accepted my HIV status

Marion Shako - Ushindi

2011-03-03T21:55:00.000-08:00

Githuki nigithunduku.

Ryan, you are an angel...thanks to God we met how we did.

2011-03-03T16:31:00.000-08:00

Dedicated to Ryan Bushby the man behind my success.

Friends like you are precious and few.

Sister talk

2011-03-02T22:01:00.000-08:00

me: ******** uyu umuthi wakinya tene biu

iii umuthi ndakinya tene biu. Ona ira ndirakinyite kwanza 6.30 no ndiramba guthii Limuru kugura nduma.

me: Ati nduma, ndunyi ni hingure thaa icio

lol

II ndunyu cihinguragwo tene biu. Nithiaga kugura nduma lunch hour no tondu wa gukinya tene kaba thii thaa icio. Turiaga nduma Thursday s for supper

me: You have a menu like we used to have?

**** does not like a menu

Not really. Ino ni tondu Limuru market ikoragwo Wednesdays. So I buy for the following day tondu wa gugikinya mucii utuku. Otherwise ti muno tukoragwo na menu.

me: I see

I like a menu, helps with the budget

Actually it is good. Infact ***** keeps on telling me to prepare a timetable for teh evening meals so that I don't have to keep on telling Aunty umuthi tukuruga giki kana kiria

me: He is VERY smart

Auntie no uria

Ndi na auntie mutumia biu. Actually a cucu and we are happy. She is very okay. I got her in January.

me: Tell me about your home...how many rooms, washroom inside/outside, sink

That is such a blessing *******

The house is not that big. It is a small house with three bedrooms, a toilet and bathroom separate, living room, kitchen with sink and another bigger room which we use as store cum study room. We do not use the inside toilet though due to lack of enough water to keep on flushing always.

me: Wow...that is a big house...and if you think it is small, it is small nani yanyu

Is it small compared to where you were before?

Yes, this is the thing. We are at least at a place whereby if we were to move, not because we are being forced to, but because we wish. Hena kamugunda kanini biu hau nja and the best thing is that the compound has a stone fence thou no back yard. The house is at the end and the front is where we use for other purposes. Even the outside toilet and bathroom are are at the front.

Yes we were in a bungalow. A ngoroba house with very big rooms. Three bedrooms, a guest wing, four toilets and the like. So I think our problem is comparison with these other houses we have been living in which are not ours.

me: You have to learn to not say it is small...it is God blessing dear

Minneh we really appreciate God's blessings for to have your own house nowardys it is not easy. Most people live in rental houses.

me: Nimugeretie muno muno. I am so proud of you.

Both

Thanks my dear. all glory is unto God. He is the provider.

me: Ta imagine how He brought me here and saved my life

Nitumuturire
Iii nitumuturire. Can you imagine Ngai uria atutwendete. How many people have gone due to lack of medication? We need to always thank Him and live for Him.

me: Yes...

I have been having trouble with people from my past finding me on line and wanting to have relationships. I do not want to be unfaithful. Like the counselor, it is as though my life is not complicated enough

Minneh, the moment one commits oneself to a partner for live and especially so in marriage, it is paramount to be fully committed and live with a purpose to a certain goal of living together in harmony till God does part teh two of you. Why allow a human to do God's work?

me: Wow...may I copy this chat onto my blog without mentioning any names? Hau niwaria

I have been faithful all this time without struggling, why ruin it now?

**** was also giving me a msomo saying I should stick with he who helped me the most

Yes my dear. Can you imagine Ryan accepted you the way you are. He is always there for you even when times are very tough. Leave these people alone. Those who see that you are shinning and they now want to be with you. Where were they at the time you were not shinning. They want now to take over. Shame on them.

me: Washindwe

Thank you for saying I am shining.

Let them know that you have a commitment for life of which you are not ready to turnish in any way. Just let them know your stand because the moment you compromise, the faster nature will take its cause and before you realise it, you will have done a big wrong. Ithe wa Mutahi atwiraga atiriri at kamuira ma yohete ndigi nigui yumagare, maheni ithiite nuthu ya thi na maheni mayo.

me: Ati?

Yes you are my dear. You are shinning and this is the reason these mad people are after you. If they were good they would have taken you at the time stress was written all over your face and take of you so that you can shine as you do now. Washindwe kabisa katika jina la Yesu.

me: Hau ha maheni ndinanyita

Are you asking about the saying? He says that by the time the truth beds down to tie its shoe laces so that it can go out and proclaim the truth, lies are already half the earth with it lies. This means that maheni mathiaga ihenya muno and we tend to believe them.

me: ni ma.

Ni magerio ma Saitani andu kunjetha computerini

**** knows about it.

This is very good that **** knows about it. Just let them know about your stand too.

me: He says I give the green light or the red light

Let them know that you appreciate the time you were together and that you moved on. You are not just there where you were tarmacking. Just let them know that you moved on and you are far ahead of them if they are still tarmacking.

me: Wow sister...please allow me to put this on the blog where some of them read.

Yes do it. I don't care. I can give a peace of my mind if I were you. Let them see that you are seriously ahead of them and those were the days that you were just growing up let them know that you are not grown up and focused in life. You are focused in one direction and more so being guided by God. You are not like the hiti iria yataganirie maguru nginya igiatukana ni kwaga focus.

Sorry you are now grown up.
Minneh I believe that you now have a focus for life. I believe that you are now determined to live like any other person. Whey the hell are they coming to make you confused. Just let them know that you are principled and gone are the days that there was no vision ahead. You have a goal which you want to meet and you are now focusing on it.

me: Yes, like loving my beloved faithful...nimakung'urikia

Yes, you love has occupied the whole of your heart. There is no other room for anyone else. Waache nonsense zao na wapotelee mbali.

me: Namatingiconoka...one taking advantage of my mental health and he is a doctor. He played with my mind and I remained faithful to my man. It did cost me a visit to the mental hospital where beloved came to see me each day for 7 weeks my dear

Where were they?

This is the question I am asking myself. If they were really interested in you, they would have been there for you even at the time. Why wait, and I repeat again, till they see you shine and now they want to pretend. Pretence is a killer. They do not want to see you this way and so are pretending so that they can ruin you again. They we refuse in the name of Jesus. They should actually be very careful as God can do wonders na maundu mamagarurukire ari o. We ta nimatige guthaka nawe. Ni mamenye turi mbari ya NGAI.

me: And it must be they are not happy in their homes

I am working in the morning tomorrow. I have asked for a prayer on line and you as my prayer partner to pray for me to overcome this temptation.

Thanks very much for the encouragement.

I will my dear pray for you. God tells us that whatever we ask from Him in Faith and with humble and waiting hearts he will freely give it unto us. Those who trust inGod will always meet temptations and God will be there for us to overcome these temptations.

me: This is the blog http://jessyandminneh.blogspot.com/

Thanks my dear, I will open it to see. Just have a good night. Has been nice chatting with you.

me: Thanks very much, I am glad I finally told my sister...God bless you. I will shine for Ryan and our God. God day sis.

Good night sis.

me: Thanks for not judging me

Minneh, there is only one judge. Jesus Christ. We are all to be judged and not to judge. Why then should I judge you?

me: Nithengiu

iwega. Rathimwo muno

Gal talk

2011-03-01T12:42:00.000-08:00

sasa sweetie

aaaah salama sana
you?

good goood. tired though

Kazi nyingi eh?

yep. just got back after 48 hr shift

wow

i tell you. hii uraya

ndakwira

uhana atia?

Ndimwega...coming out of years of depression

i am glad. mwathani akuhonie biu

ii ma

amen oh

It was hard to get out while I was still in it

the first step is aknowledging then moving from there.

That's right.
Uhoro wa **** and settling down?

you working today?

I work Mon-Thurs half days
I work in two hours and a half
Other times I teach the kids about HIV/AIDS.
It is not very often

its something.
i wish i could teach something
no idea wat

Oh yeah it keep me busy...Science you can teach

hehehehe, kids in this country. ehhhh no!

lol

but i am starting training in the lab soon
for no pay

Awesome
oh no
no pay that is volunteer work
It will help you build your career

yep. i need to be registered by health proffessional board but i have to have worked in uk for 1 yr
so i volunteer

in the field

haematology. in the hospital

Wow

not wow

dealing with blood right

yes.

It is wow because you are moving forward. I still volunteer and have done 12 years of volunteering which I think really helped in my case

i suppose. how is the muthuri?

Muthuri ni mwega...The past five years have been smooth...the sixth year was interrupted by people from my past coming to my life. Not one but many people...nita kurogwo. I have prayed to God and now I am focusing on my muthuri and not other guys. Where were they before?
How is ****

good idea. maromaka!!
forcus on the guy who has helped you this far.
**** is ok.
a lot of adjustment for him and *****

Yes...I am happy to hear about ****.

getting there slowly

Slowly but surely.
Ningoka gucera next year

we are getting our permanent stay next month so thats good.

Amen

karibu sana

Quite the journey

will have bought a house by then

immigration is so tough

it can be. i have friends whose life has been real hell

pole
My journey was so long

2 have just decided to go back. 3 others still waiting and one got her stay recently
it can be real hellish

Ati kuinuka?

after 6 yrs. wamechoka kusuburiwa

I would't give up because that is what they want
Nilivumilia 12 years

but she has bought a lot of property at home so she is sorted.
i tell you i really admire your strength
uri murathime

It is all for God's work.

amen. its good to realise it but it also takes your faith.

It depends on how much one wants to stay. I needed the good medication for my ailments and so matingianyenyekire...right?

amen. hau ni ma.

Ngwedete because I can tell you anything...you are my sister...acio andu umwe twathoma neighbouring school and the other one was a teacher in Kabarak. We met in YCS. Another guy I met on the EAST AFRICA RADIO USA and the other guy I knew when Jessy was alive. Kabila zote...luo, maasai, Kisii, muhindi...imagine

you know wat men are after, however they are dressed! some people from the past you can be friends with others dont even go there!

The only person who behaved was a Mzungu i knew Kenya. The luo is now a doctor in UK. Ngoma akajira better if I was married to a doctor instead of a developer...imagine

ashindwe! there are no guarantees, the doctor may be the idiot of the earth

Thomera biu..there is a reason he is not my husband

i am telling you. God gives you someone who can stand your weaknesses and whose limitations you can live with.

And after so many years of being faithful, why should I show weakness now?

remind yourself of all the faults they may have. and all your loved one has done for you. mwathani aguteithie kumwenda makiria!

Atiriri, do you mind if I put this conversation on my blog without mentioning names...ukipenda

whhhhhhhhhhhhhhhat?

Sawa I won't

its just gal talk.

ok
nima hau

i dont know wat i could have done without my friends.

I write on a blog

divorced probably.

woiye

i tell you. i have 3 amazing gal friends

God bless you
and them

on second thots if it will help you in future put it.
blog i mean
and remove names

Wow! Thanks. I will not put any names

sawa

http://jessyandminneh.blogspot.com/
I know I have been called to deal with faithfulness and I am being tested for that job

exactly. you need to earn your crown

Ndakweira. I was the girl who went out with other people's husbands (sugar daddies) and now I have been faced with that field. I cannot be unfaithful and then take the stand and rebuke it.

that was then!
its a lesson you needed to learn so to teach other.
you cant let that hold you back ever!

Yes my dearest...what I mean is that I know how homes have unfaithfulness...I know that first hand. I have been forgiven for then and now I have to face this topic and I should not be mixed up right now
****, thanks for your time...thanks for coming on chat...

sawa. barikiwa sana

Wewe ni wetu

hau ti anga.

Hahahahaha ahahahaha Love you lots

love you too. catch up some time

Kikuyu - Gospel - Joseph Wakabura - Githuki Ni Githunduku

2011-02-28T14:04:00.000-08:00

I am getting better and this is the best I have been all my life. I remember in 2000 I slept all day and watched TV all night. Now I hardly watch TV. I also recall getting out of bed and out the door for a walk. I used to walk stiff like a stick and my head was bent low. Now I swing my hands when I walk and even though I am still a little stiff, the head is no longer down. I also recall my beloved husband walking with me to the mall just to sit on the benches instead of sleeping. Depression is a daily struggle. I have had more problems with mental health than I have had with AIDS. True fact.

I am now having lunch and leaving for work in 20 minutes. It has been a productive day because I made it so.

This song was sent to me by my Niece Doris. There is a sprout on the tree stamp coz of God.

Dear blog

2011-02-28T10:53:00.000-08:00

As you know, I suffer from manic depression. It is difficult to wake up in the morning. A friend suggested that I dance to music in the morning. I did that this morning and I realize I can dance harder. Today being the first day, I got away with moving one foot then the other. I also did stretches. I made coffee and now I am doing a load of laundry. It is 10:55am which would have found me sleeping and I was up at 9:00am. It is all in the first initial things that one does after waking up. For me, I use the washroom and go back to bed. I changed that today...I woke up to use the washroom and I did not go back to bed. It is as simple as that...just don't go back to bed. Put some music on and dance. I found it a very good way to start the day.

Blog dearest, I was listening to Joel Osteen last night. He said 2011 is my year. God is a God on increase. A year of promises come to pass. This is the year things are going to change. Believe for increase. It is an above and beyond year. I was born to raise higher. 2011 is my year, letting go of what did not work out. It may look like it is over - it is not over until God says it is over.

God is going before us making our crooked ways straight. God has written everything in my book. He will make rivers in the desert. Blog, I must quit worrying and trust His ways. God is in complete control. God already has a way.

God has an inheritance for each of us and it is up to us to claim it. I have a sound mind and I am a righteous child of God.

I said my prayers this morning blog. The laundry is in the drier, bed stripped and made.

With the help of medication and my own effort, I believe I can beat mania. With God on my side, who can be against me. It is four hours since I got out of bed this morning. Normally it would be that I woke up a couple of hours ago.

Recycle and garbage are now out. Still waiting for the load of laundry to dry...I hate it when the machine does not dry clothes even when there is no overload. Anyway, I hang them to dry. Cleaned the kitchen and now I am going to read my book for half an hour and will eat some lunch and head out to work until later. I hope to be able to clean the kitchen before bed time so I can wake up to a clean kitchen. This will help lift my morale.

Good day or goodnight depending on where you are Blog.

Anguaga Kindayaya

2011-02-27T18:08:00.000-08:00

Today I started with dishes then I went to the gym. From there I went for coffee at my friend's home. His name is Jonathan. He has been my friend 13 years.

He was telling me how in the morning he wakes up and puts on dancing music and then has a shower and starts the day with a coffee.

I believe I am depressed. I usually get up around 11:00am. I do wake up around 8:45am and then I go back to bed. What I have decided now is to wake up at 8:45am and make the bed, put on some music and dance my heart away. Then I will have coffee as I read the word from the holy bible. This will be a good morning routine for me. As I get used to it and as the weather gets better, I may include walking to the labyrinth. I don't work until 2:30pm and yet I want to enjoy my morning.

My spiritual walk is very important to me and I have to wake up and water it.

This is one of the songs that I will be dancing to...

Sam Mangwana - Kabibi

2011-02-26T15:42:00.000-08:00

2011-02-26T15:27:00.000-08:00

I am a real Kenyan...no trouble delivering rice home. I walked 2 blocks with a bag of rice on my head. Rice is our stable food here at the Bushby's. The rice was 8kg or 17 pounds.

At the gym

2011-02-25T19:54:00.000-08:00

At the end of my routine at the gym which includes a stair master exercise for half an hour. Punch the boxing ball for ten minutes and spending time on the sauna, hot tub and steam pool.

I was in the cubicle changing and a child in the other cubicle said they can see a brown skinned person. They would see my feet. The child continued to say how they would not like to go to Africa because it is too hot and they do not want their skin to change. I think we are born with these notions.

When I was a child, I thought that white skinned children pooped only cake. I have trouble eating a chocolate cake for example.

Security.

2011-02-25T17:43:00.000-08:00

Minneh Kamau Bushby: I want to know if it is only in Central where people from abroad sleep in hotels
[5:26:21 PM PDT] Denzel: what?
[5:26:30 PM PDT] Minneh Kamau Bushby: Yeah
[5:26:30 PM PDT] Denzel: I have never heard that
[5:26:41 PM PDT] Denzel: kwani hows the security there?
[5:27:05 PM PDT] Minneh Kamau Bushby: The security is terrible...hujasikia?
[5:28:35 PM PDT] Minneh Kamau Bushby: Mzee wangu alibook hotel River road...imagine...is it better to be in shags or is it better being in River road. Very disturbing to me.
[5:30:13 PM PDT] SHADRACK: It is more secure in an hotel along river road than spending a night in shags,where i come from
[5:30:59 PM PDT] Minneh Kamau Bushby: ngai
[5:32:59 PM PDT] Minneh Kamau Bushby: I knew of one lady who slept in a hotel and I did not understand why...then my parents said shags is very dangerous even for them leave a lone a person from abroad. Shadrack thanks for mentioning.
[5:33:27 PM PDT] SHADRACK: Yeah.They were right.

Karubandika

2011-02-24T18:52:00.000-08:00

This is I fighting.

2011-02-24T18:27:00.000-08:00

Posted: 06 April 2009
By: Minneh Bushby, SAN-FAN Educational Group, Canada
Comment:
I came to Canada in 1996 to the International AIDS conference. After two years of being in Canada with a valid visitor visa, immigration officers came to my door and asked if I was HIV+, if I was cleaning houses without a permit and if I had a passport. I had lost my passport and had contacted Kenya High Commission about getting a new passport. I agreed to have HIV and cleaning houses without a permit. I had to live and I wasn't about to prostitute like I did in Kenya. That almost killed me. My next move was that I was asked to leave the country in 30 days. Without ticket fare, I could not leave. Maybe that was a blessing in disguise. I was picked up again and taken to the detention center. I went through a hearing and asked to report to immigration every Tuesday. I was out on a $1000 bond which a friend paid otherwise I was doomed. I had asked another friend to go and pay the bond and my local immigration office told the elderly lady that I was a drug addict and she will never see her money again. After a while, I applied for refugee status and was denied. I did a pre-removal risk assessment (PRRA) which I passed but because I was inadmissible due to a disease, I am not a protected person. The PRRA only helped to stop me from being removed. Anyway, I was allowed to apply for permanent residence but was denied because I have AIDS. I got married in 2005. And was given a temporary resident permit (TRP) for three years. Time came to apply again for permanent residence but because my TRP was because I was deemed inadmissible due to a disease, we could not do spousal application. I could however apply for permanent residence as a temporary resident holder class. I am awaiting those results. This immigration journey has been long. Why? I have AIDS.

We are watching you...all of you.

2011-02-24T17:31:00.000-08:00

Everybody who leaves abroad is rich in the fellow Africans eye. That is why we cannot stay with family in case they get robbed just because we are there. It is complicated.

During our stay, we have chosen Hotel Kipepeo. I will be checking in to see the reviews.

My brother's review,

Do not worry river road has improved on security a great deal.
Kipepeo is a nice hotel and when in you cannot think you are in river road.
It will be so nice to have you here after this long, you are most welcome home.

There are thieves everywhere...I want to feel safety as that is all that I have. Silver and gold have I not and in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.

The Kenya I knew was not that frightening or was it. I lived there for 27 years. It was harsh. I hope to see peace, love and harmony when we get there. Our Creator reigns...

We are two people with big hearts. Simple folk tafhadhali. Make me proud Kenya. Ndiroka na mugeni...please.

J Allison said,

Hotel on river road ? River road is a terrible place if I remember correctly I would double check to make sure it is a good place.

I asked my Beloved that we change hotels and he said my brother said it was a good hotel and he had read reviews about it before he chose it. My other brother said the hostel is on the better side of River Road. I walked on River Road...take back the streets.

Hotel Kipepeo

Time for change.

2011-02-23T12:32:00.001-08:00

Before.After.

While I was changing the place around, my friend Gerald pointed out that I should throw away the Chinese hanging which was on our door. I told him I will throw it away when the time comes. I started looking on line what the symbol meant and Beloved and his friends said it meant luck. It did not say good or bad luck, it just said luck.

Afterwards I wrote my sister in law in China this is what she had to say. about mbica icio,ni ngwitikania na mundu ucio.Kiroho,ti njega tonduandu a guku aingi ni ahoi mihianano na nahoi ngoma,na indo icio omwe ikorogwo cii regalia cia magongona macio mathahu.Riu tondu nduramenya kana icio winacio ni imwe cia icio,kaba gucieheria.
ndioi,ngicoka ngithii ngwataniro tuthiaga ya atumia a thi yothe,tukirutwo itikoragwo cii njega,hasa kuri ithui akiristiano,ngite iria ciothe ndari nacio.Imwe ndahariirie guciinukia ati ni keepsakes,ngite ciothe.

I replaced the red Chinese symbol with a cloth full of prints. It covers the whole door and gives us privacy.

Njaura

2011-02-22T13:06:00.000-08:00

To Gerry

2011-02-22T12:35:00.000-08:00

Thanks Gerry for your support and being the person I can go to. I believe the brushings have a big role to play. You did the first one in 2008 and the second one in 2010 May. That is what is lifting me up. I am grateful to Kecia for sending me your way.

Because of asking that my feet follow the right path during my smudging, my feet have actually followed the right path even when it did not seem like the right path. As Charles Eames Quotes - Eventually everything connects. I can see a straight line now. Thank you.

And thanks to the Creator.

I was not only going to cheat on my husband, I was also going to cheat on the cheats. Terrible. I feel free now. All I need to do is love my husband and forget all else which is complication.

You helped get me out of yet another dungeon. I remember you saying to me that the work you were doing on me was going to help women at home. I accept that.

It is important that I have no blemish if I am going to do the work. So help me Creator.

Always
Minneh

Chatting with my youngest Brother.

2011-02-22T12:00:00.000-08:00

Today

Good evening to you my dearest

hi

How is the life, I am just having my morning coffee.

gud sis ad u?

health is good

i tel u

Are you at work or at Rosetta's

Wewe at work

heheheheehhe
Sometimes I am not sure if it is you or her writing

It funny right

I am happy for you to have a nice girl

God gift

Hallelujah...me too I have God's gift

Blessed are we

Yes my dear. You will see us in September

Am waiting to give u a big hug

Thanks, very touching

ul come both or plus friends

We will come both this trip

U knw wat its sound like a big lie but i knw u r coming

hahahahaha
Even me I will believe it when I see it...

All to GOD'S hands right

Right Bro
Nice profile photo

All thanks to you. u made it

My beloved husband made it.

wao say hi to him

He put family together for me because family seemed scattered everywhere in the mind
Now everything is calm down, I know where everybody is. Say hey to Nick for me. I really miss you guys.
Ningumugethia

i will

From Gerry Ambers.

2011-02-21T19:49:00.000-08:00

Gerry Ambers 21 February at 15:46
I am happy for you Minneh. You are an amazing woman and I feel very happy that I met you. You are doing such good for yourself. Many love and blessings to you and your beloved.xoxoxo

2011-02-20T20:59:00.000-08:00

Mabataro-B Githae.mp4

2011-02-20T18:00:00.000-08:00

LOVE, HEART AND VISION.

2011-02-20T17:15:00.000-08:00

Gerry,

I hope you are doing well. I just wrote you this message and I touched something and it disappeared. That is when I know I have to write it again.

Sometime last year I was sitting by the computer feeling really angry, dangerously angry. I typed love on the facebook chat and it went to One Love, One Heart, One Vision. You were already there. I clicked like and continued to press buttons...the computer reached out to my heart and took the anger...I calmed right down.

Depending on how I was feeling and taking it that I was very angry, I may have typed a negative name and may have lost my life.

The spirit of Jezebel has been up rooted from out of me. I am my beloved's and he is mine.

Thanks for everything Gerry.

Blessings - Minneh.

Thanks.

We are out for a nude swim, sauna, hot tub and steam pool. Legal. Freeing...

2011-02-19T20:49:00.000-08:00

The Zebra painting.

2011-02-19T16:27:00.001-08:00

In 2009 June, I was in a class doing body mapping. We would trace our bodies (clothed) on a piece of large brown paper and then "fill it in" with color. That is how I remember it. It took three days to finish. We were asked to say where we were now and I had six zebras for each of my siblings and one zebra on its own, me. We were in a news paper.

We have art auctions at work. We have a couple maybe four pieces from there. The most recent one is the zebra! It was me, I was free. I called work to see if I had won the bid and I had. My friend Gerald helped me bring it home and helped with clearing a space in my walls for the painting.

My walls were filled with anything that gave me courage. Now I am strong to face myself as a zebra.

I needed a lot of support when I was going through the 12 year battle with immigration. Now I feel the experiences I have gone through have left me stronger and I just need one solid support, my beloved husband and I.

What has changed since the 90's? You tell me.

2011-02-19T12:55:00.000-08:00

My beloved husband told me today that since we have been together, he leads a different life. Things are much better now he says.

2011-02-18T21:41:00.000-08:00

Taking care of myself.

2011-02-18T16:39:00.001-08:00

In 2005 when my parents came to the wedding. My mother found that in our loft, we had a carton for a table. Mum went to a garage sale and bought a table and four chairs. At first I was wondering where I was going to put them. They were up in the living room for the longest time until their space was taken by a bicycle.

I packed them up and put them away. We have a bed for the cats at the location.

Today I decided to make a place for me to pray, colour, read, eat...I am very pleased with the arrangement. My beloved was so surprised when he got home.

All this is a sign of I getting better and taking care of my home and my man. And my spirit.

Tablecloth is next.

Luo Music - I love you - you love me

2011-02-16T15:48:00.000-08:00

We are home sick again.

2011-02-16T15:38:00.001-08:00

Today we are home sick.

2011-02-15T16:03:00.001-08:00

Just to clarify.

2011-02-15T11:01:00.000-08:00

When my beloved husband was flirting with the married woman, we were not together.

Words of wisdom

2011-02-14T21:44:00.000-08:00

“I do not pray for success, I ask for faithfulness. ~Mother Teresa of Calcutta

“Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship. ~Buddha

"Faithfulness and sincerity are the highest things.” ~Confucius

Women In Glory Empowerment said...

2011-02-14T21:10:00.000-08:00

Minneh, GOD has brought you through a tremendous battle. He put someone in your life that was not judgemental and did not care about your conditions. He blessed you with unconditional love. The devil will always try to ruin that when GOD is blessing you. The man who are paying you attention may not stand by you the way ryan does. Pray and ask GOD to remove any feelings that you have for these men. Ask GOD to give you a desire to love and concentrate only on your husband. Most of the time what looks good is not good. The grass is not always greener on the other side. You already know what you have with Ryan and that's something that you dont have to doubt. Keep your mind centered only on Ryan. When you start to feel desires to be with other men, stop for a second and compare what you have been blessed with in ryan to what you have gotten from other men. I will be praying for you on this side. It's only a temptation and you can overcome it. Spend more time doing things of enjoyment with Ryan. Rekindle the love. Happy Valentines Day

Minneh said...Thanks very much for taking the time to write to me. I know it is all a test and when I could not handle it anymore, I reached out through the blog...I will rekindle the love...it is not all dead matter. You are an answer to my prayers. Blessings.

Valentine's dinner calls.

2011-02-14T19:40:00.001-08:00

I am leaving Babylon

2011-02-14T17:51:00.001-08:00

I was talking with my friend and I was telling him how the people in my past are still persistent. He said I had to do two things, actually three. One, ask myself if the friendship is worth anything to me and ask myself if the friendship is benefiting everybody not just me. And I added, and not have sex with these people and he said yes.

I continued to tell him how I asked said that we write "be faithful" on our vows. I said we wrote that for times like this. And what was the point of swearing in front of 250 people if the vow was not to help me now.

He really encouraged me without judging me.

A Valentine's day talk between lovers...

2011-02-14T13:48:00.000-08:00

I asked my beloved husband if he knew a girl that was married if he would flirt with her. He said yes and called himself an old dog. Then he added that he flirted with a married woman at one time or another. He says if the girl encourages him, then that is a green light to him. If the girl says stop this, then that is a red light. Simple.

That man is mine...I just have to clean up my end and life will be smoother. I love too much and give the guys a green light too often. I am really working on this and I know we shall overcome.

Most people with AIDS like myself do not live long enough to face their past. I have to go through this and live to tell the story, unblemished. A pure bride of Ryan and of Christ.

The good thing with us is that we talk everything in the open. That's a blessing.

Queen - We are the champions, live

2011-02-14T13:28:00.000-08:00

For the fist time ever, prayer chain did not keep my prayer published. So I wrote again.

2011-02-14T11:46:00.000-08:00

Please pray for our marriage for me to be faithful as I have been since being dated my beloved husband in 2003. Two guys I met in a Young Christian Student organization in my youth are still in my life. I met them in 1986/87. They they flirt with me on line. I am fed up with them and would like to break free from them. My beloved husband and I have been married for almost 6 years. I want to keep the vow that I made that I will be faithful. Please pray for me. Jesus help that my request stays...

Ndi mutumia ngatha...

2011-02-14T11:27:00.000-08:00

I do not pray for success, I ask for faithfulness. ~Mother Teresa of Calcutta

“Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship." ~Buddha

“Faithfulness and sincerity are the highest things.” ~Confucius

Yesu Nakupenda

2011-02-13T21:12:00.000-08:00

I was at the prayer chain like I always do when I am confused.

2011-02-13T21:09:00.000-08:00

I have been married almost 6 years and we have been faithful. Last year, a man from advanced school started to write me. He claims he still loves me. We write back and forth and I have a mental break down. He writes every now and then. Another man from my past I had to contact him about my AIDS status...I want to be faithful to my beloved husband who loved me with AIDS and Bi polar. He cooked for me for years (2004-2010) and now I relief him 4 days a week. Please pray for our marriage.

Filing

2011-02-13T20:52:00.000-08:00

Gerry, how are you...I am well
Gerry is online.

I'm doing well..a little tired.I just got back from my sister's in Bothell Washington.

Welcome back

I am glad you are well!
Thank you for the welcome back!

I am at the point where I am about to make a break through for my marriage so that I do not flirt with other men. I am getting close to letting them lose...you are helping me. I feel better already. Rest well
Where were the other men when Ryan was appreciating me
Where were they when I needed real help
Who is present now and who is not
I asked Ryan to be my Valentine and he said of course. That is all I needed to hear.
Thanks for listening

You are doing so well for yourself and knowing who is truly there for you.So happy for you dear Minneh!

I will take the step of not encouraging the men any more.

You are beautiful and its hard when you are that attractive but being with people who truly love you is a good thing.

This people do not really care for me because if they did, they would care that I am married.

Ryan loves and the others probably have lust for you but not love.

yes
I would ruin a 12 year old relationship for a moments pleasure

Well Minneh I hope you have a wonderful week and Happy Valentines Day.You deserve lots and lots of love!!!

Thanks very much, rest well...will talk again soon.

xoxoxo

Do you mind if I copy this conversation onto my blog without naming names?
xoxoxoxo

Not at all and I don't mind if you use my name either.Whatever you want to do.

Thanks for coming my way

20:46
Heaven meant for us to meet.

Thanks for being my Valentine.

2011-02-13T18:38:00.000-08:00

Thanks Ryan for loving me even when I was ill with Bi polar and AIDS. You know that out of the depths of hell come the most beautiful things. Thanks for being a friend, an unselfish friend.

My soul was very ill and you walked with me. You are EVERYTHING to me my darling. I love you.

You cooked for me from 2004-2010 and still cooking. Now I have my strength and will cook for you on the days I leave work early. I appreciate that you cook the rest of the time dearest. You are the best man a woman would ask for.

Feeding another is the greatest of love. If I was not eating properly, I would have been weak and may even have died. I know that.

May God bless you Ryan.

Will you be my Valentine?

Toni Braxton - Breathe Again Valentine's day is around the corner.

2011-02-12T19:27:00.000-08:00

Anguaga Kindayaya

2011-02-12T17:17:00.000-08:00

Amukira Ngatho

2011-02-12T15:47:00.000-08:00

In my task to write this blog I have met some difficulties the most recent being that I cannot share songs from Utube as it says, The shockwave plugin has crashed.

I may have to use two computers to get the work done and I do get the work done. While I cannot see what I am posting, most people can view the songs.

May my feet follow the right path.

There is no harm done if I do not hear the song myself. The song is already in my head from repeated listening.

My ipod headphones also died today and my head phones which I use to listen to EAST AFRICA RADIO USA also died a while back. Awesome thing is that I can return them and get new ones.

Today was an awesome day despite technical problems. I was at the gym for about an hour and a half. Went shopping for groceries and came home to clean the kitchen. Now just relaxing with a glass of wine, it is the 1st anniversary for the EAST AFRICA RADIO USA.

It is so rewarding to just sit down and relax without having to worry about anything.

And you know what? The Creator is aive because watch Him...I did that with shock wave plug in crashed. And one mighty God!

Olivia Newton John - Physical

2011-02-11T11:26:00.000-08:00

It has been a week since I was in Vancouver and now I need to get to the gym. The doctor was surprised that I go to the gym three times a week. She asked, "Do you exercise?

My fighter cells were at 280 per mil-liter of blood and the virus was undetectable. I thank the Lord.

On the three days I am not working, I go to the gym. With my diseases bi polar and AIDS, I have to have a routine and stick to it. On the days I work a morning shift like Thursday and the days I don't work, I cook.

What I am trying to reduce is stress and still be an awesome wife

Today is my cooking day...I cook 4 days a week and my beloved takes care of the rest three...

2011-02-10T18:24:00.000-08:00

We started living together in 2003 and I pretty much cooked until 2004 when I got a night job.

From then until this year, my beloved husband did all the cooking. He helped me grow stronger.

Now that I am stronger, I can cook for us on the days I don't work late.

Today I made mukimo (Gikuyu traditional food) served with mushrooms and ground beef and onion gravy. My beloved loves it.

After mashing the potatoes with peas and corn, I fried the mixture with butter and onion.

Mbilia Bel - Nakei Nairobi (English)

2011-02-09T21:34:00.000-08:00

Constipation

2011-02-09T12:42:00.000-08:00

I am treating constipation again. I was being treated at the mental hospital for it and everything was smooth. After I left the hospital on September 22, 2010 I was not treated for it. I told the doctor in Vancouver the first time there and she said to talk to the diet expert.

This time I mentioned to the doctor, different doctor and she sent me to the pharmacist. He prescribed Docusate liquid or capsules. I got the capsules on Monday. I took one then and one last night and I got good results in the morning.

My mind freaks out if I do not go for a few days because then I think that my stomach will rot yawa. I think that is how cancer starts if there are unwanted waste material in the belly.

Today my girlfriend was here. Miryana came for a visit...very much appreciated.

When I told Miryana about my friend in Vancouver and how her drink must have been spiked, she said during her days they were not allowed to accept a drink from anyone and they carried their drinks to the dance floor they better get in shit for it than leave their drinks unattended.

Constipation. I think that by being stressed out, the body becomes stiff and dry and so does the shit. I am learning to relax and definitely need a little help with the push...I tried prune juice without much luck.

MinnehKamauBushby.wmv

2011-02-08T21:29:00.000-08:00

My journey to Vancouver.

2011-02-08T11:44:00.000-08:00

I cleaned the home on Friday and then took my suitcase and as I was about to leave, beloved came through the door. It was nice to kiss him good bye. I went to the bus depot and I had to wait for about half hour. I am given travel assistance through medical services plan. Kecia my friend taught me all this. My inspiration.

When I got to the Mainland, I got into a small bus and then phoned my destination. I was told that my hostess was coming to get me. I got off the bus and waited. We were so happy to see each other. We sat at a bench outside the entrance door and she poured her heart out and I said somethings. We went grocery shopping on Saturday and had a tea outside the cafe. It was fun.

We had turkey dinner that night. On Sunday we went shopping for some wine glasses. I broke one. My friend's mom was visiting I was very happy to meet her. She is 83 years old and does stretches like you have never seen. I bought a new watch, water resistant. We went to one more place and headed home.

My friend went out and was not back by the time I was supposed to go to the clinic for my appointment. It is called the Oak Tree Clinic. My friend was supposed to take me there. I started to panic. The mom suggested that I ring 411 and ask for the address of where I was going. I called and got the address. Then I called 411 and asked for a taxi.

I got to the clinic with time to spare. I am learning to get rid of fear and do what I have to do. Nothing is for certain. I don't have to have somebody take me to the clinic every time. Why should I be mad at my friend while she is having her time and while we had had such a wonderful time together.

She phoned me while I was on the bus and she said that one time she was at the bar, and the next thing she knew, she was in some guy's apartment! She thinks someone spiked her drink. I said are you ok? Did they do things to you? Are you okey down there? And she said it is okey. What does that mean?

When I got home Beloved was waiting with a hot meal...the rest is history.

I have observed that Sunday night I did not sleep through the night maybe because it was a strange bed. Last night I did not sleep through either. I have to watch myself.

We are going home this year after 15 years for me. My Beloved has never been either.

My journey to Vancouver began in Kenya in 1996. I came to the International AIDS Conference in Vancouver. I traveled with a group of people so it was easy to get from Kenya to Vancouver. After they all left for Kenya, I was left a lone and I managed even through panic. I am glad my Beloved is taking me back to visit. If I could do the first trip ever on a plane, I can do any trip. Going to the clinic is nothing...

I have been seen by many doctors in North America and a few in Kenya and who beats them all, Dr. Chris Mureithi...Yaya Centre I believe. When he diagnosed me with AIDS and there was no medication, he told me to eat well and have fun. I followed his advice. He saw me without charge, took me out for lunches and all platonic...he gave me a nice letter that allowed me to work at the University of Nairobi where I would know about the AIDS conference and leave Kenya for Vancouver.

I Will Survive

2011-02-07T21:43:00.000-08:00

Photos taken on my trip to Vancouver.

2011-02-07T20:48:00.000-08:00

This is I on the ferry on the way to Vancouver 4th February, 2011.

This is I hanging out at my friend/sister.

Hanging out again, peeling potatoes.

On the bus getting back. 7 February, 2011.

The journey of seeing a specialist.

2011-02-07T12:28:00.000-08:00

I am sitting by the computer at Oak Tree Clinic. This is my second time here. Last time was three months ago. My friend Kecia told me about this place. It is the Women's health Centre in Vancouver.

It is here that I see a Specialist of HIV/AIDS. I can tell they are already more detailed in what they do. Usually with my General practioneer, I do about 7 tubes of blood. With the specialist, they took 13 tubes and a urine test and today I have a bone density. They are better than just going to a doctor who is interested in the field of HIV/AIDS.

In 1998 when I started HIV medication, I had a specialist on the Island. Then he said that he was not getting paid and would therefore not see me. I had a specialist for my gyn...she discovered irregular cells and had to burn them off. Imagine if she had said she was not getting paid...cancer for sure.

This year, Kecia and I were coming froma support group and she gave me the phone number to this place. This is my second appointment as I mentioned. How much care one gets depends on how much the person wants the care. After I got permenent residence, I started to feel like a person who could access care. The care was there the whole time I just did not access it. I did not feel like I was worthy the care. Now nobody can stop me.

My trip began on Friday afternoon. I went to stay with my friend Linda, my sister. We had a lot of fun and this morning we were supposed to come together to the clinic as I thought I did not know the way. When I realised Linda was not home, I called 411 and got the number of the hospital - no phone book in sight. I spoke to the social worker who told me she would give me a voucher for my taxi back and gave me the address of the clinic. I spent about $15 on the cab. I think that is affordable as I travel on a subsidized ticket from the Island to the Mainland. From the Main land to there, I pay $17.50 with a medical travel assitance pass. Round trip. Otherwise it would be $82 round trip. That is how I can afford to take a cab.

They have taken my weight (165 pounds) and offered me juice. I am seeing Dr. Murray. Hopefully they can a pap smear as well. Afterwards I will head home. Next time I will come one day earlier and book my appointment for early in the day so I can get back home when it is not too late.

David Kato Kisule (1964 – January 26, 2011)

2011-02-03T16:21:00.000-08:00

David Kato Kisule (1964 – January 26, 2011)

Ugandan teacher and LGBT rights activist

The struggle goes on...RIP David Kato Kisule

Where is home?

2011-02-02T22:30:00.001-08:00

Together, we can do anything.

2011-02-01T20:54:00.000-08:00

M'Bilia Bel - Mario

2011-02-01T11:31:00.000-08:00

That's What Friends Are For - Dionne Warwick & Friends HQ

2011-01-31T20:22:00.000-08:00

Dear Blog...

2011-01-31T14:02:00.001-08:00

I am on my new dose of 10mg Olanzopine mental health medication. Down from 40 mg when I was in hospital. I woke up at 9:28am. Hallelujah Jesus! I was on the computer for a while checking in. I made a phone call to China and spoke with my sister in law. From there I cleaned the kitty litter.

The cat Muthoni has really humbled me. If I don't clean the kitty litter every other day or so, she pees on my things eg my back pack and purse. This has led me to want to clean the kitty litter daily as it should be especially for two cats.

Tuned into East Africa Radio USA and listened to music all morning. Very calm way to face the day.

Stripped the bed and remade it fresh for tonight :)

I emptied the garbages around the house and took the garbage out.

Took off the robe and got ready for the day. I did a load of laundry, tidied the bathroom as well as the kitchen.

Who is depressed? Not me - thanks be to God.

Now I am off to work, passing through the store to buy sugar for my friend Earl whose home I go to for coffee during my break.

I gotta run, back home after 7:15pm.

Sarah Mbogo Double Portion: Joel Osteen and Joyce Meyer encouraging my spirit through TV!

2011-01-30T15:08:00.000-08:00

This is a reawakening for me. The last time I recorded from the TV was February 22 09, listening to Creflo Dollar.

Joel Osteen

I learned today that wearing my blessing well is very important for God's sake. Ruth was out in the fields and also taking care of her mother in law Naomi. Blessings were dropped at her feet. A handful on purpose. I should not try to hide God's blessings. Favour is not always fair, it is just the goodness of God. I should not apologize for God's goodness. Brag on God's witness. Always see the promotion as God's doing. God wants us to be an example of his goodness. We don't have to hide God's blessings...no apologizing for God's goodness. Wear the blessing well. Tell everyone what the Lord has done - I once was lost but now I am found, I should be dead but now I am alive. God does not need me dragging around depressed. The Lord takes pleasure in the prosperity of His children. We are not supposed to be poor, broke and defeated to prove to everyone how humble we are. We will live in houses we did not built and vineyards we did not plant.

Don't let anyone make you feel guilty for the favour, the honour, the joy, the peace, the victory - somebody paid the price. We have generational blessings. God is rewarding us for seeds other people worked for. Every act of kindness, God saw it. He does not forget about it. God's blessing is coming down from generation to generation. I am honouring my grandparents...don't down play it. Look at how great God is. Favour is not always fair...don't let some depressed, negative, judgemental or jealous person try to stop you from wearing the blessings of God. Don't hide your gift. People will always talk - that is their problem not mine. Wear your blessing well and be quick in giving God credit. There is no limit to where God will take me. He will make an example of what it means to live a blessed, prosperous, abundant life. I have not seen my greatest days yet.

Joyce Meyer

I will be paid double for my trouble. Joyce counted the times she was raped by her father and it was around 200 times! Look at her today. God is a God of justice.

1 Peter 2:22 - 23 When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly.

I cannot have justice until I let go of it. It is a tough job to continue praising God and there is nothing coming out of it...that is another level of faith. What is my attitude as I am waiting.

Deuteronomy 8:2...Remember how the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.

This part really got me as I am now going to be 43 years and being a young for the first three, I have indeed been in the wilderness for 40 years. I was being tested and humbled...

As I wrote before, It is one thing to make a commitment while it is another thing when nothing seems to come my way.

Ishmael was born after Abraham and Sarah had a bright idea of how they were going to get a baby. Ishmael (man or war) came and later after the mess had been cleared, years later, Isaac (laughter) was born. Joyce said we can choose laughter or war depending on if we allow God to work with us or not.

Psalm 7:1 LORD my God, I take refuge in you;
save and deliver me from all who pursue me,
Pslam 16:1Keep me safe, my God,
for in you I take refuge.

Your pay cheque is not your source. God is the source..."I know what God can do..." People can really disappoint us. Especially where we think people will never hurt us. Anybody that you get in a very close relationship, there will be some hurt and some disappointment. We can believe the best of other people.

God, I trust you. My times are in your hands.

I was listening to Joel Osteen and Joyce Meyer on TV Sunday shows.

2011-01-30T14:21:00.000-08:00

Joel Osteen

I learned today that wearing my blessing well is very important for God's sake. Ruth was out in the fields and also taking care of her mother in law Naomi. Blessings were dropped at her feet. A handful on purpose. I should not try to hide God's blessings. Favour is not always fair, it is just the goodness of God. I should not apologize for God's goodness. Brag on God's witness. Always see the promotion as God's doing. God wants us to be an example of his goodness. We don't have to hide God's blessings...no apologizing for God's goodness. Wear the blessing well. Tell everyone what the Lord has done - I once was lost but now I am found, I should be dead but now I am alive. God does not need me dragging around depressed. The Lord takes pleasure in the prosperity of His children. We are not supposed to be poor, broke and defeated to prove to everyone how humble we are. We will live in houses we did not built and vineyards we did not plant.

Don't let anyone make you feel guilty for the favour, the honour, the joy, the peace, the victory - somebody paid the price. We have generational blessings. God is rewarding us for seeds other people worked for. Every act of kindness, God saw it. He does not forget about it. God's blessing is coming down from generation to generation. I am honouring my grandparents...don't down play it. Look at how great God is. Favour is not always fair...don't let some depressed, negative, judgemental or jealous person try to stop you from wearing the blessings of God. Don't hide your gift. People will always talk - that is their problem not mine. Wear your blessing well and be quick in giving God credit. There is no limit to where God will take me. He will make an example of what it means to live a blessed, prosperous, abundant life. I have not seen my greatest days yet.

Joyce Meyer

I will be paid double for my trouble. Joyce counted the times she was raped by her father and it was around 200 times! Look at her today. God is a God of justice.

1 Peter 2:22 - 23 When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly.

I cannot have justice until I let go of it. It is a tough job to continue praising God and there is nothing coming out of it...that is another level of faith. What is my attitude as I am waiting.

Deuteronomy 8:2...Remember how the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.

This part really got me as I am now going to be 43 years and being a young for the first three, I have indeed been in the wilderness for 40 years. I was being tested and humbled...

As I wrote before, It is one thing to make a commitment while it is another thing when nothing seems to come my way.

Ishmael was born after Abraham and Sarah had a bright idea of how they were going to get a baby. Ishmael (man or war) came and later after the mess had been cleared, years later, Isaac (laughter) was born. Joyce said we can choose laughter or war depending on if we allow God to work with us or not.

Psalm 7:1 LORD my God, I take refuge in you;
save and deliver me from all who pursue me,
Pslam 16:1Keep me safe, my God,
for in you I take refuge.

Your pay cheque is not your source. God is the source..."I know what God can do..." People can really disappoint us. Especially where we think people will never hurt us. Anybody that you get in a very close relationship, there will be some hurt and some disappointment. We can believe the best of other people.

God, I trust you. My times are in your hands.

Baba Gaston ~ Rudi Nyumbani Africa

2011-01-30T12:41:00.000-08:00

June 9, 2010

2011-01-29T10:54:00.000-08:00

Mugambo

2011-01-28T22:52:00.000-08:00

My voice

AIDS 101 WITH MINNEH BUSHBY KAMAU LIVE FROM CANADA 10/21/2010 - Denzel Musumba | Internet Radio | Blog Talk Radio

2011-01-28T22:24:00.000-08:00

AIDS 101 WITH MINNEH BUSHBY KAMAU LIVE FROM CANADA 10/21/2010 - Denzel Musumba | Internet Radio | Blog Talk Radio

The King's Speech

2011-01-28T18:17:00.000-08:00

This is the movie we have chosen to watch for an hour and 51 minutes at the theater. I have not gone to the movies in a long time. In Kenya I watched, "Boy's don't cry, Philadelphia, Forest Gump among other movies...I am not much of a movie watcher. I love seeing children's shows.

This is what it says about the movie on line...It is a British movie I think.

After the death of his father King George V and the scandalous abdication of King Edward VIII, Bertie who has suffered from a debilitating speech impediment all his life, is suddenly crowned King George VI of England. With his country on the brink of war and in desperate need of a leader, his wife , Elizabeth, the future Queen Mother, arranges for her husband to see an eccentric speech therapist, Lionel Logue. After a rough start, the two delve into an unorthodox course of treatment and eventually form an unbreakable bond. With the support of Logue, his family, his government and Winston Churchill, the King will overcome his stammer and deliver a radio-address that inspires his people and unites them in battle

My hero is has been discharged...Yay!

2011-01-28T15:28:00.000-08:00

This is great news.

Kc And The Sunshine Band - Thats The Way I Like It

2011-01-28T13:37:00.000-08:00

Nostalgic...

Hey Blog...

2011-01-28T11:00:00.000-08:00

Today is menses day. I try to be gentle with myself during this time. During this time I do not go to the gym, I do goto work though if both menses and work happen at the same time. It is my time to take care of myself. It is not like is a disease. And even with two diseases, I still work, take care of my beloved and I and do chores around the house and have fun.

The doctor yesterday asked me if they can test for marijuana in the urine and I said yes. He did not send me. He reduced my olanzopine for mental health by 5 mg. It has been around 4 months since I was in hospital where I was taking 40 mg of olanzopine whereas now blog, I am taking 10mg of the olanzopine. That is quite the change and it was done gradually over the time I was in hospital and out of hospital. The doctor said he will not change my olanzopine anymore. I told him I used to take 2.5mg of the olanzopine. And you know what he said blog? That then I starting using marijuana and I get very ill and it is such hard work to bring me down from a mania.

As I was sharing this with my beloved husband, he said he does not think he handle me getting sick again. Automatically I said, "You are going to leave me?" and he said no, he would go crazy with me. He said it was tough keeping his job together and there were so many things he had to do after work while I was sick.

Blog, Beloved used to come and see me everyday from August 3, 2010 to September 22, 2010. That is REAL determination. That is why I am married to him and not anybody else blog. Amen.

I took 10mg of olanzopine yesterday with 100mg seroquel which the doctor said has calming effects, took neveraphine (2 tablets at once) and kivexa for my HIV and added lithium 900mg for mental health. Seroquel helps me sleep...no wonder I sleep so much. It also calms the body as I said before. Yet today I was up at 8:41am...that is quite a difference from waking up at 10:00am or after 10:00am. Today I just lay in bed and watched kid cartoons like CAPTAIN BEAR. I will gradually move on from laying in bed watching TV to doing something around the house. It is all a training.

My progress has been very good and I thank God for it.

Also, when I am on menses, I don't do the prayers with the sage. My elder Gerry said some people do say the prayers while they are on menses and some don't. I choose not to and that makes me appreciate the prayers much more when I do them next. This is a cleansing time for me.

I am going to make myself a cup of Kenyan tea, get out of this robe and head on with the day. It is my day off and my friend Earl and I are going to watch a movie tonight. We don't know what movie to watch - we will stand across the road from the cinema and choose one movie. We have a ticket that expires in three days. It must be used and that is today. Beloved did not want to go and I chose the next best person whose company I enjoy. Earl and I have known each other 13 years now. We met through a funeral of our mutual friend MaryAnne Ford. RIP

I would also like to remember my teacher Jim Wilton who taught me most of what I know about HIV/AIDS. He, I and MaryAnne had such laughs. Like when I told them that when I got to Canada I said to myself, here I am in the land of white penises. (Is that even a word) When we had this photo taken, I was smoking cigarettes back then. RIP Jimmy.

Ruth Wamuyu - Wi Muthaka - Kenyan Gospel

2011-01-27T18:49:00.000-08:00

Filing. (I am a trained secretary...British trained...) Ha!

2011-01-27T18:10:00.000-08:00

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Minneh wrote 6 minutes ago
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Minneh wrote 8 minutes ago
I knew this song in Kenya
I will serve Thee because I love Thee

You have given life to me

I was nothing before You found me

You have given life to me

Heartaches, broken pieces

Ruined lives are why You died on Calvary

Your touch was what I longed for

You have given life to me
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Minneh wrote 14 minutes ago
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Minneh wrote 20 days ago
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Minneh wrote 21 days ago
www.blogtalkradio.com/denzel-musumba/2010/10/21/east-africa-radio-usa
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Minneh wrote 3 months ago
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Minneh wrote 3 months ago
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Minneh wrote 3 months ago
Are you satisfied with the life you are leading? I am not... www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv584jRwh0s
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Minneh wrote 3 months ago
"We will not apologize......the ground has shifted beneath them...spend wisely...do business in the light of day...As for our common defense...to all the other people...our fore fathers drafted...from the grandest capital to the small village where my father was born...We are the keepers of this legacy...you cannot out last us and we will defeat you...for we know...for the world has changed and we must change with...it is the fire fighters challenge...the willingness for a parent to nature their children...Giving our all to a difficult task. All these we can do-all these we will do..." www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjnygQ02aW4
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Minneh wrote 3 months ago
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Minneh wrote 3 months ago
There's a rat in mi kitchen what am I gonna do?
There's a rat in mi kitchen what am I gonna go?
I'm gonna fix that rat thats what I'm gonna do,
I'm gonna fix that rat.

When you open your mouth you don't talk, you shout
And you give every body the blame,
But when they catch you up,
They will shut you up
And you got no one to blame

There's a rat in mi kitchen ....

When you out on the street,
You practice lies and deceipt
And you scandalize my name
But when I catch you up
I'm gonna pull you up
I'm gonna check-out inside your brain

There's a rat in mi kitchen ....

When yo deh pon the scene,
You make everyone scream
Because they know your so unjust
But when they catch you up
They will kick you up
Because you someone they cannot trust

There's a rat in mi kitchen ....

You invade my space
Make me feel disgraced
And you just don't give a damn
If I had my way
If I had my say
I'd like to see you hang

There's a rat in mi kitchen ....
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Minneh wrote 3 months ago
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Minneh wrote 4 months ago
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Minneh wrote 4 months ago
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Minneh wrote 4 months ago
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Minneh wrote 4 months ago
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Minneh wrote 4 months ago
Who are the terrorists and who are the heros...
...My teacher in advanced school told me that I was waffling in my work. She never said I was shoddy as the immigration officer Lori Wilson. She is not worried about a clerical error. I am a trained secretary (British) and we triple checked the work before presenting.

I came here in 1996 and NOY 2006...get it together Lori, I wanna go home.

Definitions of shoddy on the Web:

cheapjack: cheap and shoddy; "cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob"- Judith Crist
jerry-built: of inferior workmanship and materials; "mean little jerry-built houses"
reclaimed wool fiber
deceptive: designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently; "the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm"; "deliberately deceptive packaging"; "a misleading similarity"; "statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading"; "shoddy business practices"

Double Standards

Labels: Who is the terrorist here...Lori or Minneh.

Mungu uko
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Minneh wrote 4 months ago
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Minneh wrote 5 months ago
?"Ruoth opaki"! (Bwana? asifiwe) ...
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Minneh wrote 5 months ago
www.aycs.org.au/Content/Home.html
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Minneh wrote 5 months ago
Minneh Kamau Bushby I would NEVER
circumcise my boys leave alone the girls kumamayo Fayaz Kara ...such trauma
destroys the world! FUCK this shit...beam me up Scotty!
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Minneh wrote 5 months ago
Macka B in the NYUMBA, i NEED A COOKIE
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Minneh wrote 5 months ago
Minneh
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Minneh wrote 5 months ago
Minneh Kamau Bushby Jane Wambui Gitiagas GOLD! GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOlll I am fucking HIGH

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn6hgr-5VKo
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Minneh wrote 5 months ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngoma_drums
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Jason wrote 5 months ago
What is this post?

8/02/2010 Opado Conflicting edits There was more than one attempt to edit this resource at the same time. This may have been because you double clicked on a link or a button or because someone else is also editing this blog or post. Please hit the back button on your browser and try again. If the problem persists, please contact the Blogger Help Group. We apologize for the inconvenience. Labels: I fuckin ghate your fucking guts12 posted by Mrs. Minneh Kamau Bushby (Minnie - Muthoni - Mson) # 15:16 0 Comments
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Minneh wrote 5 months ago
Where do I masturbate please...
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Minneh wrote 5 months ago
Red Ribbon

Personal story
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Minneh wrote 5 months ago
Have YOU read my blog on blogger?
Aikaragia mbia ta njuu ngigi

He is a man that looks after maney as ?njuu? looks after locusts.

?Njuu? is a bird which accompanies migrating locusts to feed on them.
Much wants more
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Minneh wrote 5 months ago
Lile titi au tunda lilienda wapi? Lilikuwa hapa no?
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Minneh wrote 5 months ago
I meant chuma Liet!!!!

# Your Most Likeable traits: Loyal, Sensitive & Family-oriented
# SYMBOL: The Crab (Possessing an impenetrable exterior covering soft flesh underneath)
# Ruling Planet: The Moon
# Element: Water
# Dominant Keyword: I FEEL.
# Magical Birthstone: Moonstone & Pearl (Changes bad fortune into good & discord into harmony. It also brings support from influential people.)
# Special Flowers: Larkspur & Acanthus
# Special Colors: Sea Green & Silver (The shimmering colors of the water and the moon)
# Lucky Numbers: 3 & 7
# Lucky Day: Monday
# Part of the body ruled by Cancer: The Breasts & the Stomach
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Minneh wrote 5 months ago
tUNYONGE NANI LEO...CHUMA LEIT AHINYA!
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Minneh wrote 5 months ago
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Minneh wrote 6 months ago
BUS FUCKING BUSTED!
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Minneh wrote 6 months ago
I have to put this here juu Manyangalika wanakiimbiza...uuuuuuuuuuiiiiiiiii
7/30/2010

What the fuck is going on????
I left this message on facebook and it was deleted and I put it on Gmail and I cannot find it. here I go again...it is a conversation between Dr. Cohen and I...

Craig R Cohen Vienna at Intl AiDS conference. Big party in town but I'm not on the guest list.

Minneh Kamau Bushby If you are not on the guest list, who is?

Craig R Cohen Bill Clinton, Whoopi Goldberg...

Craig Cohen
Dept Ob/Gyn & RS
UCSF

Minneh Kamau Bushby What do they really know about HIV/AIDS? Do they know what UKIMWI is? You do...what happened?
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Minneh wrote 8 months ago
How come my status edit button is not working? Jesus.
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Minneh wrote 8 months ago
I tried to save this links on the blogger.com. First I was alerted that the auto-save had failed and then I highlighted everything. In my panic attempt to save my life, I hit paste instead of copy and I lost the work. I will try again. I am VERY patient. Or am I?
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Minneh wrote 8 months ago
Maneno bado!
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Minneh wrote 12 months ago
Maneno kwisha!
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Minneh wrote 21 months ago
Thanks Maggie.
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Maggie wrote 23 months ago
things will surely work out Minneh. They have despite all the odds you have been through
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Minneh wrote 30 months ago
It has been over three years since we got married and over 5 years since we started living together my beloved husband and I.

Things are going great. My application for permanent resident is at the lawyer's office and we should send it off soon. It is the second time I am applying for permanent residence in Canada. I am relying on the Creator for everything.
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MALCOLM X: I Have No Fear Whatsoever of Anybody or Anything

2011-01-27T18:03:00.000-08:00

Siogopi.

Macka B - Who Are The Terrorists

2011-01-27T17:56:00.000-08:00

Come tell me

MAWAZO MAWAZO - JACKIE AKINYI

2011-01-27T17:45:00.000-08:00

Nitakupa tu...

"I Will Serve Thee" Featuring The Crimson River Quartet

2011-01-26T22:12:00.000-08:00

I knew this song in Kenya

2011-01-26T22:05:00.000-08:00

I will serve Thee because I love Thee

You have given life to me

I was nothing before You found me

You have given life to me

Heartaches, broken pieces

Ruined lives are why You died on Calvary

Your touch was what I longed for

You have given life to me

I am settling down and this what is happening.

2011-01-26T20:40:00.000-08:00

I am feeling a feeling or releasing pressure. All day today I felt like I had three tubes coming out of my head and into the environment. Like this... I am blowing off steam.

I am only getting better. May my feet follow the right path. I am the best I have been in all of my life.

There was a time in 2000 I was sleeping all day and watching TV all night. I would only go outside to see if any mail had come from immigration. I would volunteer when I was needed otherwise I slept my life away. I was depressed. Lots of things in my heart. I started working on having a routine where I had a couple of hours to nap through the day and now other than waking up at 10:00am, I am back to normal whatever that means.

It has been a stress filled life and only getting better now.

Really, I am grateful that the Creator gave me a chance to live again...

Called to work early.

2011-01-26T10:48:00.000-08:00

Work is where I go to focus so that I am not worried about this and the other. I have been called to work early this morning. I love my job. I have been doing front desk for 10 years straight. There is always smiles and hugs waiting. I am going in at 11:15am and working with two breaks up to 7:15pm. This is a photo taken at work one evening in 2010.

Bed made, prayers said and off I go blog.

MPs fault campaings for Museveni

2011-01-25T21:22:00.000-08:00

I did disclosure and this is what was written.

2011-01-25T20:45:00.000-08:00

I had a test in ******* they told me that I was HIV positive, I got back to the ** as soon as I could and got retested I told them what I had been told in ***** they did all the tests and told me that I was free of any STDs and I have been tested many times since still ok.

Ngukinyukia O Kahora

2011-01-25T11:44:00.000-08:00

Curriculum Vitae.

2011-01-24T22:36:00.001-08:00

Education and work
Employers
East Africa Radio USASeptember 2010 -November 2010
Speaker Radio
Las Vegas, Nevada
Teaching about HIV/AIDS (UKIMWI) - Volunteer
AIDS Vancouver IslandSeptember 1998 - Present
Volunteer HIV/AIDS Educator
Victoria, British Columbia
Teaching about HIV/AIDS awareness.

Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp! cries she with silent lips. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me; I lift my lamp beside the golden door. ~Lazarus, Emma
Cannibas Buyers' Clubs of CanadaApril 1997 - Present
Activist
Medical marijuana for people with permanent physical conditions...eg helps my beloved husband who has Tourettes syndrome. Because of the herb, you can hardly tell he has a disability. Worthwhile cause...

Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp! cries she with silent lips. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me; I lift my lamp beside the golden door. ~Lazarus, Emma
SAN-FAN Educational GroupJune 1993 - Present
Founder, co-owner, HIV/AIDS Educator
Victoria, British Columbia
Mission Statement

To prevent HIV/AIDS through education and to empower people through personal storytelling.

Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp! cries she with silent lips. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me; I lift my lamp beside the golden door. ~Lazarus, Emma
BOB'S MANAGEMENT SERVICES LtdMay 2007 - February 2008
Janitor
Victoria, British Columbia
Cleaning architectural offices. Bastion Sq, Merrick Architecture - Borowski Lintott Sakumoto Fligg Limited
City Centre Storage LockersApril 2007 - June 2007
Janitor
Victoria, British Columbia
Office Cleaning of the City Centre Storage Lockers.
Bob's JanitorialJune 2004 - September 2004
Janitor
Victoria, British Columbia
Cleaning law offices downtown and another office on Fort street.
Supreme Building MaintenanceMarch 2004 - May 2004
Janitor
Victoria, British Columbia
Office cleaning at the St. Michael's University School. The Head office paying us $8 an hour is ABM Industries Incorporated, San Francisco. The British Columbia human rights tribunal had a case number 1919 before them Minneh Kamau v. Alfredo D'Ambrosio. He fired me for being in a mental hospital. I withdrew the complaint on September 27, 04. Grounds of alleged discrimination, mental disability.

He quit and I closed the case. I was fatigued.
Open DoorJune 1999 - December 2003
HIV/AIDS Outreach
Victoria, British Columbia
It was a Peers Helping Peers program. I taught about HIV/AIDS prevention and socialized with the lonely. This was my most fun job in life.

Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp! cries she with silent lips. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me; I lift my lamp beside the golden door. ~Lazarus, Emma
SelfDecember 1996 - December 1998
House Cleaning
Victoria, British Columbia
This was illegal. I almost got deported but I was telling myself it was better than prostitution. And, I had a child to feed, cloth and education. Education is not free in Kenya and there is no social services.

Walk a mile in my shoes...
University of NairobiJuly 1993 - June 1996
Departmental Secretary
Nairobi, Kenya
Reporting to the Chairman of the department of Human Pathology. Heading my assistant, the record clerk and the maintenance.

I didn't clean in Kenya. Other people cleaned after me. Maisha geuka...wee!
Street Outreach Worker, Kenya. Tom Mboya Street (SAN-FAN Educational Group, See A Need - Fill A Need)June 1993 - June 1996
Educating Prostitutes about HIV/AIDS. As I said before, somewhere, I used to be one myself.
Nairobi, Kenya
When I was told I had AIDS in June of 1993, my first reaction was to go on the streets and warn the street women. I was there five days a week for a couple of hours after my 8-5 job. I did not disclose my status to them because of fear of stigma and they wondered why I was so interested. I wanted to tell them there is a pit ahead and that I had fallen into it. I did tell. On whisper as time, one girl at a time. For three years. And that outreach work was part of my being invited to attend the International AIDS conference in 1996 in Canada. That and a couple of papers I had written and of course the Creator. For those of you who think I just got into a plane and got here, think again. This was the creation of SAN-FAN Educational Group, See A Need - Fill A Need, my motto since before I was knit in my mother's blessed womb.

Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp! cries she with silent lips. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me; I lift my lamp beside the golden door. ~Lazarus, Emma
Executive Printers LtdJanuary 1993 - June 1993
Receptionist
Nairobi, Kenya
When I told this family that run the shop that I was HIV+, they sent me for a western blot test to confirm the results. Good Muslim people.
Reeswood Secretarial CollegeMarch 1992 - November 1992
Theory teacher for shorthand and typing
Nairobi, Kenya
Got too ill doing this job and were it not for another Muslim man Hussein taking me to a Specialist and paying the medication and not wanting sex, I'd be dead.

I was suffering PCP which is AIDS related. The doctor didn't tell me that. He asked me to come back in two weeks. I went back in a year. Then he told, I have AIDS...just like that.
SelfApril 1991 - March 1992
Survival prostitute
Nairobi, Kenya
It was tough. I was brave and that is that. Do you mind?
Kenya National Examination CouncilOctober 1988 - December 1989
Records Clerk
Nairobi, Kenya
Dealing with examiners for national examination. Very serious. I had to leave this job to attend a reputable secretarial college but alas I was pregnant. They kicked me out. No husband...Out you go they said. Nuns.
Nyamweru Secondary SchoolJanuary 1988 - October 1988
Untrained Teacher
Githirioni, Central, Kenya
I had to leave this job because of sexual harassment from a deputy headmaster. I loved the job but hated the harassment. All I knew to do then was run which is better than nothing.
Marketing GroupOctober 1987 - December 1987
Merchandise Girl
Nairobi, Kenya
My eldest brother found me this job. My first job. Thanks Martin. Since this first job, I have been busy since. Doesn't matter the country or disease.
Universty of Victoria 06/07
University student
Victoria, British Columbia
Humanities and Social Studies, studied!
University
University of Victoria '07
University 102 Social Sciences
University of Victoria '06
University 101 Humanities
Secondary school
Loreto High School, Matunda '87
Karima Girl's High School '85

About me on facebook

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∞Life's not about the steps you've taken but the footprints you've left behind.I live with AIDS and Bi Polar.Mungu nimwema kutoka Enkai Supat, Eyalama Noi Ngai.Orio muno.Mbuya mono Nyasae.Time and truth always meet.I am blessed.Our God reigns!∞

About me...

Adventurous.Great sense of humor Altruistic.Loves to enjoy life.Caring and loving.Faithful friend.Confident personality. Quite sensitive.Warm & considerate towards people.Harmony, peace & organization.I work well with others, & am sensitive (again), patient & affectionate. Among my weaknesses are stubbornness and an inability to relax.

I have been known to sing, "'99-'06 Mathare 6xx in Canada!Lithium(900mg) &zyprexa(2.5mg)for Bi polar.Am SUSTAINABLE Had HIV for long unknown:( AIDS told in 1993.Its meds xxx the defense-CD4 cells,stop virus from xxx &hides the virus.Am UNDETECTABLE since '99.ENKAI SUPAT Juu:) "

I am SUSTAINABLE with Bi Polar now.In '99 knew of my AIDS since'93.Now UNDETECTABLE since meds in '98.Thank God thru Canada.Had HIV for long unknown. Get test. NOW! Pls. "

Psalm 23 is often referred to as the Shepherd's psalm.

In the 23rd Psalm (Greek numbering: Psalm 22) in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, the writer (David) describes God as his Shepherd. As the Shepherd, He will protect, provide, and guide us. If we are in danger of a strong enemy, He will protect us; if we are in danger of famine, He will provide us with enough food; He leads us and guides us where we will be safe, where there is abundant life. The text, beloved by Jews and Christians alike, has often been set to music. -From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

KISWAHILI

Bwana Mchungaji Wetu
(Zaburi Ya Daudi)
23 BWANA ndiye mchungaji wangu,
sitapungukiwa na kitu.
2Katika malisho ya majani mabichi hunilaza,
kando ya maji ya utulivu huniongoza,
3huihuisha nafsi yangu.
Huniongoza katika njia za haki
kwa ajili ya jina lake.
4Naam, nijapopita
katikati ya bonde la uvuli wa mauti,
sitaogopa mabaya,
kwa maana wewe upo pamoja nami,
rungu yako na fimbo yako vyanifariji.
5Waandaa meza mbele yangu
machoni pa watesi wangu.
Umenipaka mafuta kichwani pangu,
kikombe changu kinafurika.
6Hakika wema na fadhili zitanifuata
siku zote za maisha yangu,
nami nitakaa nyumbani mwa BWANA
milele.

1 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,
3 he restores my soul.
He guides me in paths of righteousness
for his name's sake.
4 Even though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death, [a]
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
6 Surely goodness and love will follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD
forever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxokbUaj7O4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECibEIPDAGc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0W4it7syPw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDIoJr_4I0I

1 Corinthians Chapter 13

1. Nijaposema kwa lugha za wanadamu na za malaika, kama sina upendo, nimekuwa shaba iliayo na upatu uvumao.
2. Tena nijapokuwa na unabii, na kujua siri zote na maarifa yote, nijapokuwa na imani timilifu kiasi cha kuweza kuhamisha milima, kama sina upendo, si kitu mimi.
3. Tena nikitoa mali zangu zote kuwalisha maskini, tena nikijitoa mwili wangu niungue moto, kama sina upendo, hainifaidii kitu.
4. Upendo huvumilia, hufadhili; upendo hauhusudu; upendo hautakabari; haujivuni;
5. haukosi kuwa na adabu; hautafuti mambo yake; hauoni uchungu; hauhesabu mabaya;
6. haufurahii udhalimu, bali hufurahi pamoja na kweli;
7. huvumilia yote; huamini yote; hutumaini yote; hustahimili yote.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxokbUaj7O4
My Beloved husband is a volunteer Administrator for about four years if not more for Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. He also works, is a wonderful supportive husband that has refined the gold in me. All this and disabled by Tourette syndrome. Since he was 16 years old he uses medical marijuana to help him be together. Well, he is together enough to be my Beloved husband. Two disabled people, forming a family, doing it. Like so many others. Good over evil.

About me as on blogger.com profile...

About Me

"Minneh Kamau is a woman who saves lives by speaking.She speaks against the ignorance and social marginalization that makes the spread of HIV and AIDS possible.She speaks for those infected with the disease and those that can avoid the disease if educated and taught to care for themselves.In order to impact and influence those who listen, Minneh speaks of her own infection with HIV, the abuse she experienced, the loss of her child and her immigration from Kenya to Canada.Through her work with AIDS Vancouver Island and over 600 workshops, Minneh has indeed saved lives."-The West Shore Wave. (2003) Canada or Kenya? I need to go back home (Kenya - Africa) to console my ailing motherland and visit my daughter's grave.I want closure. Canada please have mercy on me. Have compassion and humanity upon me. I am just WHAT I am.The Natives have accepted me here and given me gifts and medicine.I have been to a sweat lodge.They taught me how to pray.The federal government will not take me in coz I have AIDS. I'm aware that I could be dead and the Creator thru Canada has kept me alive.Canadian immigration papers,12.01.10. The papers have an error. Stuck.Immigration worker Lori Wilson, Victoria! Ndina Njisu ngwenda ki?

I can go back home. I could have gone back home at any time, and I wouldn't come back to my man and my conveniences. We paid full landing fee like everybody else and all we asking for is a piece of paper without blemish that will allow me back into Canada where the Creator chose me a second home.

Most of you have second homes...no? I am humbled that I do. eg face-book and blogger...not necessarily in that order. :)

Ephesians 3:20 (New International Version)

20Sasa yeye anaweza kufanya immeasurably zaidi kuliko wote sisi kuomba (what we can imagine) au kufikiria, kulingana na uwezo wake ni kazi ndani yetu,

Most of I is in this pages if anyone is interested:) I consolidated the stuff! I am a trained Secretary. British trained.

http://minneh.san-fan.com/index.html
http://www.myspace.com/nyambura
http://www.positiveside.ca/e/V6I5/Magnetic_e.htm
http://www.san-fan.com/
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-2984700538625005394&q=minneh#
http://www.dropdeadhappy.com/
http://wiki.highinbc.yi.org/index.php/OffTopic:Minneh
http://www.babycrowd.com/jr/online/minneh/
http://www.griefworksbc.com/JessyMuthoni.asp
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-91666044398493123&q=minneh#
http://www.myspace.com/minneh
http://www.graduates.com/vg.aspx?i=3014020
http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-2162550865501134167&q=minneh#
http://minneh.hi5.com/friend/p47945354--Minneh_Kamau+Bushby--html;jsessionid=aESsx5WR1ewe
http://www.facebook.com/Mson17?ref=name
http://www.christianforumsite.com/members/minneh.html
http://www.afyayangu.blogspot.com/
http://immigratorminnehk.blogspot.com/
http://ehealthforum.com/health/user_profile_extended_123070.html
http://www2.blogger.com/profile/08113773802660531602

Just filing my life. I am a trained Secretary and I thank you Graduates.com for having the tools I need. You removed my profile once and thank God I had most it saved on blogger.com who had the tools then for me to do that. You lost my companies I work for and face-book has the full list of my work life and if they delete it like you did, I have saved in several other places. I just can't write where for security reasons. You and others have helped me and together, we ALL make it happen. Peace. And Love. Thank you Lord.

~Minneh

June 2, 2010

Hail Mary (1)
Mirembe Maria, Ipong' nema, Ruoth obet kodi, I jahawi kuom mon duto, Gi wesu Nyathi ma e iyi, jahawi.
Maria Matakatifu, Min Nyasaye, Ikwanwae wa joketho kawuono gi kar thowa.
Amina.

Dear daughter Minneh, (written in the first third of 1999). Ningatho Mami ma.

Amukira ngeithi nyingi cia wendo wa Mwathani uria unginyiirie ihinda riri. Ngoro ina thayu wa Mwathani ucio uhonoketie na akahe kirigiriri kia muoyo. Andu othe niega guku mucii na maunduini mothe nituracokeria Ngai ngatho.

Ndekera muno niguikara itacoketie marua maku ma mbere onginya urandika ma keri. Ningatho kuri Ngai tondu niahe hinya wa kwandika. Uhoro waku nindaiguire uria kuhana na nihoete Ngai andeithie kuwitikira o uguo gutarii. Uria ngwenda gukwira Minneh niati wi mwana witu twaheirwo ni Ngai uri kirathimo. Uturite uri gikeno gitu kuuma wi mwana nginya wi mundu mugima. Nitukwendete na wendo munene nikuona uria wanatuika kionereria kiega thiini wa mucii. Mathomoini maku, ona gatagatiini gaku na andu aria angi. Nitwanona kwirutaniria gwaku maunduini maingi na tukagoca Ngai nitondu waku. Ningukena na ngagoca Ngai nikuona umiriru munene waku kuuma 1993 hindi iria wamenyire uria uhana na ugaikara ukiririirie onginya riria Mwathani arendire utumenyithie uhoro uyu.

Njira cia Ngai itihana cia mundu na kwaguo gukorwo uri kuu nigetha utungatwo na ndawa no kiama kia Ngai. Mirimu niyanarwarwo miingi na miuru, no uhoro wa gukua wi mokoini ma Ngai. Angi nimarakua ona matarwarite kwoguo ndukareke ngoro yaku itangike ona hanini. Ni gikeno kumenya ati niwiigite he Ngai nitondu ucio niwe uteithio waku wa hakuhi onakorwo ithui turi kuraihu. Miaka iyo Ngai aguikaritie ena gitumi tondu niaingi makuite amwe mari arwaru na angi matari arwaru. Mubango wa Ngai iguru riaku ni umutungatire na kiyo nigetha thutha wa muoyo uyu ukona muoyo wa tene na tene.

Ngai ena hinya wa gukuiga wi mugima ihindi riria riothe angienda. Ririkana Paul thiini wa 2 Cor 12:8 nia hoire Ngai maita matatu ehererio muigua wamuthecaga no nduigana kweherio. Tutiui kana muigwa uyu wari murimu, kana thina uriku no Mwathani amwirire atiri "My grace is sufficient for you." Ngwenda gukumiriria ati wega wa Ngai niukuiganite o uguo gutarii. Jer. 29:11, "For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future." Ngai niakwendete Minneh na ena mubango mwega iguru ria muturire waku riu ona tene na tene, Amen.

Kiria ingikuyoya Minneh niutige gwiciria uhoro wakwa ati kana hihi ningumaka kana atia. Ngai ehamwe nanii na andu othe a mucii, Niandeithitie kwamukira uhoro uyu uguo utarii na ngamenya ati tiwe wiki uhana uguo no niaingi ona guku, amwe arata aitu, na ukimenye guku gutiri ndawa, kwoguo ngona Ngai akwendete nigukorwo niuratungatwo. Reke meciria maku matige guthinika nitondu witu no makiria wicirie uhoro wa ngwataniro yaku na Ngai, na urute wira ucio wina gikeno na thayu muingi onginya riria Mwathani akenda tuonane. Maundu maria matahotekaga ni mundu nimahotekaga ni Ngai na noahingure kamweke njuke kuu, kana wee uke hatari na thina. Nindirakuririkana muno mahoyaini makwa na ninjitikitie ati maundu maria menyithitie Ngai iguru riaku niekuhingia.

Thimu ya Mama Carol ninjega na ungihotithio ni Ngai no uhure nigetha twaranirie.

Huruka thayu mam ningwedete ouguo utarii Ngai akurathime.

Ni mam waku Rosemary Nyambura Kamau

1 Jo-Korintho 13:1-7 Hera.

Koro ahiro nyisou yoo maberie moloyo. Kata bed ni awuoyo gi dho dhano, kata gi dho malaike, to aonge here to achalo mana ongeng'o maywak kata olong' migoyo. Ka an gi mich mar koro, kendo ka ang'eyo tied weche matek duto madhiero ui ng'eyo, kendo an gi, rieko duto kata ka an gi yie maduong' manyalo golo godekuonde magin tie, - to ka aonge here to ok an gimoro. Kata bed ni achiwo giga duto ma an-go ne jodhier, mi achiw ringra mondo owang' to ka oange hera to onge ohala mayudo.

Hera timo kinda to bende ong'won. Oonge nyiego gi gir ng'ato, kend. Ok osungre kata opakre. ?Wiye ok tek, bende ok odwar gik makonye en kende, iye ok wang' piyo kendo ok okan gik maricho, to omor gi adiera. Hera umo weche duto, osiko oyie ayieya, osiko ogeno agena kendo osiko odhil adhila. (Nyasae, I hope I did that right - phew!)

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (New International Version)

1 Corinthians 13
Love
1If I speak in the tongues[a] of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames,[b] but have not love, I gain nothing.

4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

13And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

13 1-7ATIRIRI, o na ingituika at ni'thiomaga thiomi cia andu on na cia araika, na ngoruo itari na wendani-ri, no njikare ta ndi kindu kiria kinegenaga kiaringwo, kana ta thani iria ihurithanagio ikagamba karagaca! O na ingikoruo ni'menyaga kuratha mohoro na ngamenya maundu mothe ma hitho on maundu mothe maria mangimenyeka, na ngoruo ndi na witikio o uris muthungiru kinya ngahota guthamia irima, no riri, nduike ndiri na wendani-ri ndiri bata o na hanini. O na ingituura ndutaga indo ciakwa ciothe cia gutuga athini, o na ingiheana mwiri wakwa ucinwo, na ngoruo ndiri na wendani-ri, ndiri haria ingigunwo. Wendani-ri, ni gukiraniriria ukiranagiriria na niutuganaga; ningi wendani nduri uiru; wendani ndwigathga na nduri mwitio, na ningi wendani nduri na nducaragia uria ruturiko, na nducaragia uria ungiiguna guo mwene, o na nduri marakara, na ndwicokagia: ningi ndukenagira maundu maria matari ma uthingu, no uhoro uria ukenanagira naguo no uria wa ma. Wendani-ri, niwitiiragiriria maundu mothe, na ugetikia maundu mothe, na ukerigirira maundu mothe, o na ugakiriria maundu mothe.
SUNSHINE CLUB DONER 734471 IKO KITU!

A boy called Trevor had died...It was May 2003...I was in a rooming house. It was on Ocean 98.5 radio. I called the BC CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION and started contributing in memory of late daughter Jacinta Nyambura.

When I joined with my beloved husband then a boyfriend, he agreed we should keep contributing. I have never missed a payment and on the journey increased our donation. Then all of a sudden, I got a letter saying that our payment could not go through for the month of August. I called the bank and they said even the September payment did not got through. Somehow the payment had been stopped...by who? I don't know.

My mind told me it is because I have this donation named in facebook...somebody jealous or something.

Anyway, we are back to paying. Paid the amount over due and changed some information. We love to give...this charity is dear to us. Whatever happened, God knows all...

Labels: Ati payment did not go through for 2 months? Imagine that. It is a direct deposit - there was money, how could it fail?

am a modern slave...lived in Canada from 1996 to now. For the first 2 years, I had visitor visas. I was being deported in 1998 and when I was not deported, I started working for the people...I would become A MODERN SLAVE who would do volunteer work for 12 years and more...It is a shame to say nothing much has changed...I am in classrooms teaching Canadians (while I should be home in Africa) which is far from working in the farms yet really modern slavery. I did clean homes and offices in this country for minimal pay.

"Swing low sweet chariot, coming for to carry me home..."

Minneh's Story by Sariah Korneluk SUMMER 2009 CANNABIS DIGEST Vancouver Island's Cannabis Journal Published by the International Hempology 101 Society

Minneh's story, a tenacious tale in the making, is an odyssey that spans two continents and exemplifies passion and courage. Minneh has endured much hardship and through it has courageously spoken out about her life experiences which have nurtured her passion of empowering self-worth in herself and others. ...It all began about 14,636 days ago in the Nazareth hospital in Limuru which is in the Kiambu Distirct of Kenya's Central province. She was born as Minnie Muthoni Kamau, then during her years in elementary the spelling of her name was changed to Minneh. The second eldest of seven children (her siblings in birth order: Martin, Newton, Winnie, George, Nicholas and Kenneth), Minneh has given loving support to many from young age. Minneh 's family enjoyed life's basics and comforts living in Limuru Things changed when they moved to the Uplands neighbourhood of Lari. Minneh recalls stories of her father travelling abroad before she was born. As she grew older, she had the desire to do the same.

Then during her early school years, trauma befell the family when Minneh's father lost his job. A dramatic lifestyle change occurred. Minneh recalls going to school without shoes and living in a home without running water. Around this time she began to exhibit signs of duress. She had been raped by her uncle before age eight. Then at age twelve she was raped again, this time by a stranger who jumped out from behind the cover of bushes. Due to financial stress and her mother's deep depression, Minneh's family was in turmoil and therefore verbal and physical violence were present in the domestic environment. Despite shock and horror Minneh's young mind and body expereicned she worked steadfastly at her studies, transcending the aftermath of the trauma.

Minneh went on to graduate from high school with distinction despite struggling with self-worth. After graduation, she attended preparatory school. At twenty years of age she taught religion and Kiswahili language classes after graduating. After about a year Minneh was forced to quit her job when she was sexually harassed by the school's deputy headmaster. She carried on by moving to Nairobi and working as an office clerk. Minneh applied to college and was accepted. A short time afterwards she discovered she was pregnant. When the collge found out, they expelled her for being an unwed mother. Minneh moved back home to be with her family. Her mother treated her abusively and did not support her because of her religious views. When her daughter Jacinta (Jessy) Zuere Barrows was one month old Minneh took her to live with her paternal grandparents. Jessy's father was unsupportive in caring for Minneh and Jessy, so the environment was overwhelmingly tense. Minneh's friend from her clerical job, Kathy came and got Minneh and Jessy and brought them to Nairobi to live with her. Minneh again applied to college and was accepted.

Another sharp twist of fate came upon Minneh and Jessy when Cathy died suddenly in a car accident. Suddenly Minneh and Jessy were on their own. Kenya does not have social services and Minneh had few options to support herself and her child in Nairobi. In order to continue her studies by day, she was forced to work as a prostitute by night. Minneh completed her studies, earning a secretarial certificate, and got a job at the college she attended teaching shorthand and typewriting theory. She found herself teaching her sister Winnie these skills, reminiscent of their childhood days when, being the elder sister, Minneh helped her learn other skills. During this time, in addition to herself and Jessy, Minneh was also supporting four of her siblings: Martin, Newton, George and Winnie, as well as a house helper through prostitution.

Minneh started to experience sever chest pains and she had no money to spare for doctors or medicine. She accepted an acquaintance named Hussein's offer to pay for her medical attention. They physician gave her medicine and asked her to come back in two eeks. Her condition worsened and she missed many days of work, leading to her being fired from her teaching job. She found secretarial work again as a receptionist which lasted for six months. She soon gained a prestigious position as a medical secretary at the University of Nairobi. The university requested she have a medical record completed. In an interesting coincidence, Minneh saw the same doctor she had seen for chest pains the previous year. The doctor told Minneh he would test her for HIV as chest pains were possible symptom of infection. At twenty-four years of age Minneh was told that she had AIDS. Despite that news, she was elated to hear tha in his opinion, she was fit to work.

On the home front Minneh, as anyone would, was struggling with being sick while provising and caring for her family. I was hard to face her daughter Jessy because Minneh feared she would die from her diesase. She remembers a day when she was upset, crying and yelling. Jessy asked her, "Mum, why are you yelling?" Jessy's words truck Minneh to the core; she thought about her fragile sense of self worth and how she did not want to diminish Jessy's in any way. In a quite and respectful manner Minneh crouched down to Jessy's level to deliver the news that she was sick and death would soon follow. That act marked the beginning of Minneh's activism.

By day, Minneh worked at the University of Nairobi, where both in 1994 and 1995 she was awarded Secretary of the Year. At night she took to the streets educating her recent peers about AIDS. By speaking out about her experiences Minneh brought them enlightenment and encouragement, strengthening their self-worth. Students at the university knew of Minneh's outreach work and suggested that she apply to speak at an AIDS conference in Vancouver in 1996. Minneh applied and was accepted after maneuvering her way through red tape hassles between Africa and North America. Minneh realized her childhood dream of traveling abroad, although the experience was bittersweet as Jessy could not accompany her. Minneh spoke at the conference, displaying her vast strength and courage in doing do. She stood in front of a huge room of people and cameras in a foreign land and spoke about a disease that she has that carries a huge stigma. Minneh is built of rock solid stuff. She decided to find a way to immigrate with Jessy to Canada recognizing that our social programs had the potential to help them. Minneh found her way to Victoria through a friend she met in Kenya. This man, Joe Allison, told Minneh to look up his aunt in Shawnigan Lake when she got to the conference in Vancouver.

Lacking an adequate health care system, Kenya was not providing the medical help Minneh required and deserves, like any human does. Minneh found work as a housemaid with which she supported herself and Jessy. A year after moving to Canada, Minneh was hit with a monumental loss: the death of her daughter Jessy in Kenya, due to an adverse reaction to penicillin. Minneh was overwhelmed with grief and loss.

One evening while her and her friend awaited supper a knock came at the door. It was the RCMP and Canadian Immigration officers. They took Minneh away to a holding cell for the night, releasing her the next day. The officials had requested that she go back home, but without money for a plane ticket, Minneh could not. She moved out of her bachelor apartment and into a friend's home. A month later, immigration again tracked her down, took her away to holding cells and placed here in solitary confinement.

After a couple of days officials transferred Minneh to a holding cell at the Vancouver airport. From her cell Minneh heard the click of heels coming toward her. The woman who appeared told her that she would be her escort back to Kenya and if Minneh "behaved" she would not handcuff her. The woman went on to ask what Minneh had done. As quickly as she could Minneh told her life story. The woman phoned Minneh's lawyer, who happened to be in the office at 8:00 AM.

Miracles transpired and although she was made to spend yet another night in lockdown, the next day she was given bus fare and set free. Minneh began her volunteer work with AIDS Vancouver Island in 1998 and received training to be a public speaker. It was there that she learned of the medicinal benefits of cannabis. It was suggested that she go to the Ritz Hotel to find cannbis that would help relieve the pain associated with AIDS SYMPTOMS. Minneh went there and she met her future husband Ryan. Soon thereafter they both became connected with Ted's Books, which was to become the Cannabis Buyers Club of Canada. Minneh helped out with the club for several years in a volunteer capacity. She works at the front desk to this day and her presence is a blessing, especially her kind nature and willingness to share her knowledge with others. She is loved by members and coworkers, including myself. Minneh claims her cannbis use has improved her quality of life by easing the pain of the disease she lives with. First and foremost, she finds that smoking sativa-dominant strains liberates her imagination and creative processes, helping to combat symptoms of manic depression. Edible cannabis products like bisc buddies help to calm nausea while stimulating her appetite. She also feels that it helps to detoxify her body from pharmaceutical drugs she takes. Minneh notes that there are times when she uses cannabis medicinally, as well as times when she enjoys it as a recreational mood enhancer. I have also experienced this distinction and I feel it proves the cannabis plant's versatility.

Minneh's journey from devastation to triumph is the reason she is in the spotlight, offering much love and wisdom to those around her. It is a privilege to know and work with Minneh, and a greater honour still to call her my friend.

Thanks Lord for keeping us alive.

2011-01-24T19:35:00.000-08:00

This is my friend Joe's car in Kenya before the accident in Kenya in 2003

This is the car after the accident. Only God can help one come out of such an accident alive.

This is what Joe wrote about the accident...

Accident on the 04/02/ 03. A car coming from the opposite direction cut across the grass verge on Mombasa road and hit my car head on. I am lucky to come out it a alive, I had operations on my head and left leg right arm left hand and broke all my rips and had holes my chest and lungs also I had tubes in my chest and my head to drain the blood out, My car was write-off.
I am now able to walk, my chest is still hurts a lot, arm is much better my head is not too bad but I do have some memory loss.

Thank you Lord for the thousands of fortunate moments and for life.

Dear Blog - today

2011-01-24T13:27:00.000-08:00

Today I slept in again till 10:00am. I will be seeing the doctor on Thursday to see if he can change the dosage of my mental health pills. I know my body is not well and needs to rest yet I would love to wake up around 9:00am.

I vacuumed, took the recycle and garbage out. When shopping for grocery to make chicken soup for dinner. Then I am off to work till 7:15pm.

I want to learn how to cook once again in a crock pot. Basically you put everything in the crock pot and slow cook the meal from morning to evening. I have a crock pot, I just have not used it in a long long long time.

Back in Kenya, I used to have house helps who helped me with everything. Washing clothes by hand, making meals, taking Jessy to school and bringing her back. I was very sick and needed this help. Now that I have proper medication, I can do my own household chores...besides hiring a maid is expensive here.

My friend Joe who lives in the UK takes care of his four children all by himself. If he was in Kenya, he would afford a maid. I feel for him as he suffered a horrible car accident in Kenya in 2003 and still up to today he feels pain in his chest and has lose of memory. I wish him well.

Evangelist-Pastor Betty Wangui Trünkel wrote

2011-01-24T11:44:00.000-08:00

Hi Minneh!
Hope you and your hubby are doing fine by God's grace. I BLESS GOD FOR YOUR LIFE. You are my hero and I mean it with all of my heart. Your world will NEVER regret having you around, You are a woman of substance (!). I admire your courage (!)...Your birthday deserves to be a National Day cos you are such a huge blessing to soooooo many people around the globe including myself cos I follow your Journal. Gal, keep it up. Keep running your race and I pray that you will finish well in Jesus name...Evangelist-Pastor Betty Wangui Trünkel

Reconnections...

2011-01-23T20:19:00.000-08:00

I last saw P in 1994/95 and we reconnected again on line in 2010.

S and I last saw each other in 1996 and we reconnected on line this year 2011.

I have not seen J since 1996, reconnected on line this month, January, 2011.

What a blessing. True friendship never dies.

Shirley Bassey - To All The Men I've Loved Before (Music/Picture Montage)

2011-01-23T15:23:00.000-08:00

To all the men I’ve loved before
Who travelled in and out my door
I’m glad they came along
I dedicate this song
To all the men I’ve loved before

To all the men I once caressed
And may I say I’ve held the best
For helping me to grow
I owe a lot I know
To all the men I’ve loved before

The winds of change are always blowing
And every time I try to stay
The winds of change continue blowing
And they just carry me away

To all the men who shared my life
Who now have taken a wife
I’m glad they came along
I dedicate this song
To all the men I’ve loved before

To all the men who cared for me
Who filled my nights with ecstasy
They live within my heart
I’ll always be a part
Of all the men I’ve loved before