On my flight home from Kenya, a friend told me that in the movie Duma it says that if someone in Africa gives you a name, they take responsibility for you.
Well out of Africa this past week came two new names that mean so much to me.
The first is Archadius Treasure Satterlee. I introduced him to you in my last blog as my son. His name is no longer Odundo and is Satterlee. He felt this was important because the rest of his family carried this name. So he now carries the name Treasure from his mama Vicki and Satterlee from his family here. I could not be more honored to have someone share my name. I will be posting much more about him later but for now I thought you should all know to welcome him into the Satterlee family.
The second is my Kenyan name, given to me by my family in Kenya. This is no simple thing. They discuss it thoroughly and decide which tribe you belong to first and then your name second. The first time I came to Kenya the kids I was teaching gave me the tribe Kamba and the name Mwende, but it didn't stick because no one else knew it. So, this year at our final meeting my Kenya family gave me a name. My tribe is Kikuyu and my name is Nyambura. It means rain, because in Kenya rain is a blessing and something they pray for. It is also the older sister of my Kenyan mama, Mary. So, now I have a name. I belong to a family of people in Kenya, and they have taken responsibility for me...and I have never been happier.
