I spent a week with Ruth Dietz in western Kenya — learning about the work of her organization, Rainbow Christian Missions, issues with access to education in the area, and that there is no such thing as too much sunblock or mosquito repellent for people with fair skin. But the more time I spent with her, the more I learned about true compassion.

Along with her husband Chub, Dietz founded RCM, a Christian-based humanitarian aid organization, in 2005 after her first trip to western Kenya. Dietz tagged along on one of her daughters’ church-organized mission trips — and like many who meet the generous and smiling Kenyan people — fell in love.

CM facilitates child sponsorship to help with school fees and ensure children in the most impoverished homes have access to education, partners with medical professionals to provide free medical clinics, unites with a local HIV support group called Tuschaurine (Swahili for “let’s talk”), finances the digging of wells in communities without access to clean water, and supports a family needs program for needy families.

Upon leaving Timbwa’s apartment the next morning to begin the long journey to Butere, where we would spend the next week, Dietz and I sat in the back of an Uber with the windows down. Looking out the window, Dietz smiled and waved at curious onlookers, spreading just a little more warmth to the Kenyan people.

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