When we planned to build a second school, we were shown a place behind the church. It was flat land and in general no problems were foreseen with it. However, later, already a few weeks before the construction, it turned out that the school would be in a different place, namely, on a hillside. I immediately said that there is a large drop in the ground and it will take time to level. However, the bishop, who lived nearby and promised to oversee the construction, convinced the opposite. They answered me: “This is not a problem and we will quickly level everything. I have already agreed that the locals will come and help.” For several weeks I insisted that everything should be done in advance, but I was again persuaded. When there was nowhere to retreat, we started the first work, but no one came to the rescue. The deadlines were burning and we had to hire people to level the soil ourselves. A little later, we realized that if we didn’t build a block platform for the second class and raise it a meter, then during the rainy season it would simply be washed away. So the design immediately became more expensive and the possibility of buying desks became questionable...

The first school was built in the Furunzi settlement, and the second school will be located in another part of Malindi, in a suburb called Mwangaza (Maboromokoni). Why did we decide to build a school for the little ones here? It has already been about 3 years since we started our activities in this part of Malindi. The regional bishop, Alfred Magambo, at our first meeting, immediately spoke about his dream to build a school for the smallest here. It does not exist in this region. Those kids, who want to learn must independently overcome about 5 km to the nearest school. Cross the dangerous track and face many other dangers. At the age of 5-7 years - it is extremely difficult. After sharing his experience for them, the bishop took from his desk an architectural design of the school, for which he was then praying. There is a project, but sponsors were needed. It was very expensive for us too. We explained that we ourselves live by faith and if we do anything, we rely on God and on the people whom he will send us to carry out our plans. As a result, we prayed and shelved this idea. A few years later, when Sergey Zaikov came to me again on the Bring Life mission, we talked to him about this topic. After some discussion, we decided together with him by faith to build some elementary school classrooms. We agreed that we would collect donations 50 to 50. Half of the cost should be covered by me, and the other by him. So we agreed at the end of January 2021. We decided that in April he would come and we would start announcing and building. I recorded a video clip just then, but for some reason I forgot to post it. A week later I realized why! Sergei was invited to an event, organized by businessmen, where he shared his work in the field of charity. When he talked about Africa and the work they were doing on their mission trips, as well as the planned construction of a school, one of the businessmen became interested in the idea. As a result, he blessed Sergey with money, on which we want to build these several classes. I coordinated the estimate with local builders and the bishop back in February. We hope that we will be able to fit into it. I am in no hurry to declare definitively, but let's hope and pray that we will succeed. Yesterday I started purchasing materials and work has already begun on leveling the ground and installing support structures.