Comments on: Bloody Knuckles

By: Jordan

Jordan — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:54:19 +0000

Scott… my friend Jen and I lived in Kenya at the HBC orphanage about 30 minutes from Thika- for the second half of my senior year (HS). We washed the clothe for the 25 kids and the house parents as well as ours too. I remember the first time we did it we just kind of swooshed the clothe and they didn’t get very clean =) But now we are professionals, as I’m sure you have become! It is a real challenge and takes awhile to do. Every morning- when we had water- we’d wash for about three hours. We used to joke with the pastor that Jesus healed the sick, raised the dead and even parted the red sea and because we have the faith he can certainly wash the clothe and hang it out to dry! We always felt though that He wanted us to help him with this miracle of washing the clothe =) Thanks for the story. God Bless

By: Jessica Shewan

Jessica Shewan — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:09:31 +0000

Scott I can totally relate! I had laundry lessons in Senegal…the women made a special squishing sound when they rubbed the fabric together, and unless I made that sound, too, they wouldn’t believe the shirt was really clean!

By: Rachel Tomasik

Rachel Tomasik — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:05:07 +0000

Hey Scott! This article is really great. I have never really thought about how difficult life would be without the simple luxury of a washing machine. Thanks for writing!

By: Denise

Denise — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:47:39 +0000

Wow! I’ll try to remember this and not complain the next time my washer & dryer are broke and I have to head to the local Laundromat.

By: Dave Quigley

Dave Quigley — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:01:04 +0000

Great insights amigo! I like the gradual process of change in us as we realize the brokenness of a situation “that needs to be fixed” and yet it can’t. Then there is kinship in the hardship. Keep up the great work.

By: Gloria Hansen

Gloria Hansen — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:39:16 +0000

I’m glad you are better and I’ll bet those clothes are clean but you will be happy to have new?

By: Dave Rod

Dave Rod — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:41:54 +0000

Yet another wake up call for us who don’t even think twice about stuff like washing clothing. Thanks Scott for feelin it for us and getting it in our faces!

By: Aaron Elliott

Aaron Elliott — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:31:19 +0000

Way to go Scott. Great stuff.

By: rob

rob — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:15:35 +0000

wow. we have it soooooo good. thanks Scott.

By: Bharat

Bharat — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:02:49 +0000

Yeah dude, my aunt used to make me wash my clothes by hand in India. We even had a washing machine – she just said it would build character!