Hi faithful followers,
Sorry again about the order of these blogs. Its our very last day here, in Kenya and I wanted to let you know about some things that happened in our last week in Nairobi. There was absolutely nothing on our agenda for the week... the purpose of it being our "rest week" was to obviously rest, reflect, shop at the markets, and try to enjoy the sun whenever it would break through the clouds...
On Wednesday we wrapped up the sight-seeing by going to a game park (safari) and saw the wonderful African animals (lions, zebras, giraffes, African buffalo etc etc..). One day some of us ventured out to the city and took a four hour long walk to do some last minute shopping. Sam and Molly Ray went to the movie theater and saw HP7P2 for a second time.
As you can see from the title of this blog, we have most definitely been so incredibly blessed this summer. Kenya has been so good to us, we have learned so much from the LIA organization, we have been influenced by the people of this nation and the faiths they profess, and we have learned so much by being in so many different communities.
One way that we have been specifically blessed is by the community that we were introduced to at the beginning of the summer at the local church we attended while in Nairobi. The fellowship that was offered at that church was unbelievable and so wonderful to be a part of. With the people of this church we learned new ways of praying and worshiping, we climbed a mountain, we were baptized, and most of all, welcomed and loved by each person. This past week we were really touched by how they came together and threw us a "farewell" party at our apartment. After attending our last church service on Sunday, the people of IKF came to our place with snacks and drinks and we sat together getting to know each other better, playing games, laughing and praying. Wow. We what grace they have shown us this summer. We will miss all of them so much and are so grateful to have gotten to know them.
Yesterday we had our final day of fasting and prayers with the LIA office and got to spend time giving all of our thanks, praises, and prayers to the Lord. It was a sweet way to end our time with the LIA staff, but what followed the prayers was even better... We went to a restaurant called Carnivore where they serve outrageous meats in a different fashion... Anyone who new me before this trip would never guess that i would even look at the meats, but things have changed this summer and I tried everything that they offered me. This is the list of what we tried: Pork sausage, pork spare rib, roasted potatoes, chicken, turkey, lamb chop, beef, chicken wings with honey, crocodile, camel, and ostrich... Yes, we tried everything and ate it all. It was such a fun and awesome experience, and it was a sweet way to celebrate with the LIA staff as we close our time in Kenya.
We have loved every single moment spent here, we have become a family, and we are sad to leave our new home. We are all mostly packed and ready to go eat at our favorite restaurants and head to the airport in just a few hours.
We have been blessed, God is good and he is faithful. We have learned so much this summer and are excited to take all this back with us and share with all of our friends and family. Please be praying for our travels and for our transition back home. thank you for all of your love and support. see you soon!
Blessings,
Elise (on behalf of the Mi2 team)
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Monday, August 8, 2011
Ready or not America, here we come.
Hey there faithful friends, family and followers,
We fly out at ~10pm Nairobi time tonight (3pm EST). Hard to believe it's been nearly 3 months since we arrived here, time flies!
Anyways, we just wanted to shout out a huge thanks to everyone who made this summer possible. We couldn't have done it without you, really. We're excited to come see you and we praise God for the friends we have to leave here. Keep our travels in your prayers please. We only have a gazillion more stories for you when we see you.
See you soon,
The Mi2s.
We fly out at ~10pm Nairobi time tonight (3pm EST). Hard to believe it's been nearly 3 months since we arrived here, time flies!
Anyways, we just wanted to shout out a huge thanks to everyone who made this summer possible. We couldn't have done it without you, really. We're excited to come see you and we praise God for the friends we have to leave here. Keep our travels in your prayers please. We only have a gazillion more stories for you when we see you.
See you soon,
The Mi2s.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Who is Frank?
Hello Friends and Family!
A few weeks ago we had the opportunity to spend a week in Thika, Kenya after our time in Samburu. I remember Sam thinking he was "swimming in a sea of estrogen" at the very beginning of our time here this summer, and that's just because he has been with six women all day, every day while here... If he thought that was a sea of estrogen then... what do you think he was thinking when we were in Thika we helped host none other than.. a Women's conference! A team of women from the Women's Ministry at South East Church in Kentucky flew to Kenya and put on a conference for women in Kenya who traveled very far to learn about how to remain strong in their faith. I think about 100 women were there that week, but luckily Sam had two MALE LIA representatives who helped keep his sanity that week. As Mi2s, we got to spend a lot of time behind the scenes and offer our help whenever needed, but it was a great week to see how God moves through women throughout the world. It was so much fun for us to be able to reconnect with people we previously met earlier in June. It felt great to say that we had already met some people and were able to talk as friends a few weeks later.. The South East team went through the book of Joshua to try to relate that to the womens' lives to stand strong and firm in their beliefs in God, and through that, God will tear down the walls in their lives and help them overcome any obstacles that life brings.
As Americans often think, we go into trips/meetings/conferences like these and think that with leading these powerful bible studies, we can change lives of others.. But I believe that through the moments of "girlfriending" (yes, this was on our schedule for the week. And no, Sam was not involved with it..) and through times of sharing and hearing testimonies of married/unmarried women in America and testimonies of married/unmarried women in Africa- lives were definitely changed... Not only did the Kenyans learn from the American women from their Bible study, but the American women walked away changed and transformed because of the stories that were shared by the Kenyan women.
This was one of my prayers throughout the whole week, and I can see where God was faithful in changing lives all around. We serve an awesome God who is the same in Kentucky, Colorado, and Kenya. He is mighty to save and uses our personal trials/struggles to help other people see that they, too can overcome similar trials in their lives. -This was obvious to see in our week in Thika and I am grateful to have been behind the scenes to see it all lay out.
Although none of us Mi2s are necessarily "fit" to host/run a women's conference (no matter where we are in the world), we had a great time getting to know more of the LIA staff members, the women of the different communities LIA is connected with, and of course the wonderful women from South East. It was very special for us to be able to talk with them, get to know them, laugh with them, and hear their life journey's (and one lady even set up a hair salon in her Guest house room and cut mine, molly rays, nicole's, and sawyer's rugged, african-worn hair!!)
Thika was good to us, God is good, God is faithful, and we owe all of our praises to Him, who provides.
Sorry these blogs are so out of order, but we hope you're enjoying the posts. We are all healthy and "rested" (it is our rest week here in Kenya...and our last week here as well). We love you all and are praying for you.
Mungu aku bariki,
Mwende/Naserian/Elise/Omi
("the loved one" (in Kamba)/ "One who brings peace" (in Maasai) We're so officially Kenyan now with our names.. its insane.)
A few weeks ago we had the opportunity to spend a week in Thika, Kenya after our time in Samburu. I remember Sam thinking he was "swimming in a sea of estrogen" at the very beginning of our time here this summer, and that's just because he has been with six women all day, every day while here... If he thought that was a sea of estrogen then... what do you think he was thinking when we were in Thika we helped host none other than.. a Women's conference! A team of women from the Women's Ministry at South East Church in Kentucky flew to Kenya and put on a conference for women in Kenya who traveled very far to learn about how to remain strong in their faith. I think about 100 women were there that week, but luckily Sam had two MALE LIA representatives who helped keep his sanity that week. As Mi2s, we got to spend a lot of time behind the scenes and offer our help whenever needed, but it was a great week to see how God moves through women throughout the world. It was so much fun for us to be able to reconnect with people we previously met earlier in June. It felt great to say that we had already met some people and were able to talk as friends a few weeks later.. The South East team went through the book of Joshua to try to relate that to the womens' lives to stand strong and firm in their beliefs in God, and through that, God will tear down the walls in their lives and help them overcome any obstacles that life brings.
As Americans often think, we go into trips/meetings/conferences like these and think that with leading these powerful bible studies, we can change lives of others.. But I believe that through the moments of "girlfriending" (yes, this was on our schedule for the week. And no, Sam was not involved with it..) and through times of sharing and hearing testimonies of married/unmarried women in America and testimonies of married/unmarried women in Africa- lives were definitely changed... Not only did the Kenyans learn from the American women from their Bible study, but the American women walked away changed and transformed because of the stories that were shared by the Kenyan women.
This was one of my prayers throughout the whole week, and I can see where God was faithful in changing lives all around. We serve an awesome God who is the same in Kentucky, Colorado, and Kenya. He is mighty to save and uses our personal trials/struggles to help other people see that they, too can overcome similar trials in their lives. -This was obvious to see in our week in Thika and I am grateful to have been behind the scenes to see it all lay out.
Although none of us Mi2s are necessarily "fit" to host/run a women's conference (no matter where we are in the world), we had a great time getting to know more of the LIA staff members, the women of the different communities LIA is connected with, and of course the wonderful women from South East. It was very special for us to be able to talk with them, get to know them, laugh with them, and hear their life journey's (and one lady even set up a hair salon in her Guest house room and cut mine, molly rays, nicole's, and sawyer's rugged, african-worn hair!!)
Thika was good to us, God is good, God is faithful, and we owe all of our praises to Him, who provides.
Sorry these blogs are so out of order, but we hope you're enjoying the posts. We are all healthy and "rested" (it is our rest week here in Kenya...and our last week here as well). We love you all and are praying for you.
Mungu aku bariki,
Mwende/Naserian/Elise/Omi
("the loved one" (in Kamba)/ "One who brings peace" (in Maasai) We're so officially Kenyan now with our names.. its insane.)
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Way back when...Mi2 went to Kijabe and Samburu
Well My deepest apologies because I am blogging about the places we visited exactly a month ago. At the beginning of July the Mi2's ventured to a lovely place called Kijabe for 3 days. We were able to visit the Kijabe Mission Hospital, which was awesome. The chaplains took us on a tour of the hospital. It was huge and very well equipped, the Lord really seemed to have his hand over that Hospital. It was very interesting obviously, and very different for the United States--but still the care and attention given to patients was remarkable. We had the opportunity to visit some patients and talk, and pray with them which was a blessing. One thing that struck me as very cool and interesting was that many of the hospital's patients were Somolian, which is very different culture, language and way of life then typical Kenyans. I don't know a lot about Somolia so it was cool to interact with people of another culture. After we had lunch, all the Mi2's split into different areas to experience a little bit more of the hospital. A few went to mother/baby ward, others childrens, but for Katie Lane and myself we had the incredible opportunity to meet some nursing students (o yea, kijabe has a nursing school), which was soo COOL because Katie and I are both nursing students. So we were able to tour there school, although a lot smaller, we still had some of the same textbooks and same struggles with school. It was just nice to talk to someone from a different culture and know what school was like for them. And Kijabe compound is simply gorgeous, it overlooks the mountains and just beautiful. Kijabe town is also where the Rift Valley Academy is and that is where a lot of missionary kids attend, and it is on the American school system so a lot of kids educated there go to University in the U.S. which was cool to hear about too, and if anyone has a heart for teaching and wants to serve in Africa you should look them up. Um what else, on Saturday we went on yet another adventure we were not prepared for. First off we had a wonderful morning of reflection about the summer and me and Elise spotted these crazy looking monkeys. And almost toppled over a hill and a Kenyan man was working a little ways away and straight up laughed at us, it was pretty funny. That afternoon our fearless LIA leader informs us we will be going to find some tunnel up in the mountains and fresh water springs. I mean it was quite the experience of mount longonot, but we did a lot of climbing and sliding and falling and walking along railroad tracks for literally hours, and then seeing a train on the same railroad tracks. But along the way we were able to look out over the rift valley, such a beautiful amazing sight, like it just proclaims how creative God is. We finally made it to the Tunnel and Hot springs and it was epic. Pitch black and slightly scary because there were some large holes in it, but still awesome. At the end of the Tunnel there was graffiti tagged CHAI GIVES YOU CANCER- DRINK IT UP, which I thought was hilarious because I love tea (chai). Also worth mentioning is our guest house in Kijabe, it had this amazing roof that our team spent a lot of time looking at stars and hanging out on.
Onto Samburu, well as per usual we had no idea what we were getting ourselves into. And me because I get car sick slept for the first few hours driving to Samburu and when I woke up we were in the middle of the African bush, very far from what we were familiar with. We saw lots of Zebras, a few Giraffes and some other wildlife on the drive and even went through these electric shocking things that stop elephants from damaging certain areas (we didn't see any elephants, sadly). So all we were told was we were staying at a Mission house, that mission house is called Segera. Segera is a mission started some years back and it was very interesting. Segera was very different than anything we had experienced so far because it wasn't LIA run, which kind of threw us for a loop some of the week. Also cool was that some other college kids serving in the clinic were there so it was awesome to get to know some other medical people and they really helped make us feel welcome at Segera. We all had very different encounters in that area, but I'll try and include as much as I remember. It was very American in a lot of ways and the food was delicious, reminded us of home. Some of us discovered new love called weetebix and peanut butter. We served in all different areas including the clinic (awesome), painting, the woodshop, toiling the land, house visit (explain those later), creating the beginning of an orchard. Molly Russell walked away that week with some sweet blisters. Russell and Me got to play some sweet soccer with Kenyans. I worked more on my kiswahili. Sam gave his first shot...to a dog, and did very well. Katie learned she has a lot of love for the clinic, we both got to see a baby be born. Elise enjoyed the opportunity to teach and a few of us learned how to wash clothes by hand which we have taken back to nairobi with us (also it is sooo difficult, Kenyans are so strong). Molly Ray spent some time stirring a big pot of food for school children and getting to know an amazing Kenyan lady. Nicole and Sam helped assist in killing a sheep. Most of the above all happened within the Mission's gates. We all got to go out into the community and seriously encountered some of the most beautiful people. Many of that area is still very deep rooted in tradition, so they wore a lot of traditional beading, shawls, and earrings. That area was also probably the one of the most impoverished areas we encountered, very different living conditions and not very many spoke English. It so hard to describe, but that area just doesn't have many physical resources out in the communities. Also we found that women in that area do mostly everything, including build there homes. Also health it that area was a major issue. So many people came to the clinic, so what a blessing that Segera is able to have a clinic. One many problem is the water from the river and damn which is very very unclean. The mission provides a system that cleans water so anyone from the communities can come there to get it for free. However the problem is for a lot of people the Mission is 10 plus miles away. We saw so many people of all ages carry between 15 to 30 pounds water everyday. The water is a big problem there. There is a lot more, but this blogg is getting quite long and I am getting a tad sleepy. Pray all who read this are blessed and encouraged. And thank you for reading, I apologize for the grammar errors which I can imagine are plentiful, English was never my thing.
With love and joy,
Sawyer
Onto Samburu, well as per usual we had no idea what we were getting ourselves into. And me because I get car sick slept for the first few hours driving to Samburu and when I woke up we were in the middle of the African bush, very far from what we were familiar with. We saw lots of Zebras, a few Giraffes and some other wildlife on the drive and even went through these electric shocking things that stop elephants from damaging certain areas (we didn't see any elephants, sadly). So all we were told was we were staying at a Mission house, that mission house is called Segera. Segera is a mission started some years back and it was very interesting. Segera was very different than anything we had experienced so far because it wasn't LIA run, which kind of threw us for a loop some of the week. Also cool was that some other college kids serving in the clinic were there so it was awesome to get to know some other medical people and they really helped make us feel welcome at Segera. We all had very different encounters in that area, but I'll try and include as much as I remember. It was very American in a lot of ways and the food was delicious, reminded us of home. Some of us discovered new love called weetebix and peanut butter. We served in all different areas including the clinic (awesome), painting, the woodshop, toiling the land, house visit (explain those later), creating the beginning of an orchard. Molly Russell walked away that week with some sweet blisters. Russell and Me got to play some sweet soccer with Kenyans. I worked more on my kiswahili. Sam gave his first shot...to a dog, and did very well. Katie learned she has a lot of love for the clinic, we both got to see a baby be born. Elise enjoyed the opportunity to teach and a few of us learned how to wash clothes by hand which we have taken back to nairobi with us (also it is sooo difficult, Kenyans are so strong). Molly Ray spent some time stirring a big pot of food for school children and getting to know an amazing Kenyan lady. Nicole and Sam helped assist in killing a sheep. Most of the above all happened within the Mission's gates. We all got to go out into the community and seriously encountered some of the most beautiful people. Many of that area is still very deep rooted in tradition, so they wore a lot of traditional beading, shawls, and earrings. That area was also probably the one of the most impoverished areas we encountered, very different living conditions and not very many spoke English. It so hard to describe, but that area just doesn't have many physical resources out in the communities. Also we found that women in that area do mostly everything, including build there homes. Also health it that area was a major issue. So many people came to the clinic, so what a blessing that Segera is able to have a clinic. One many problem is the water from the river and damn which is very very unclean. The mission provides a system that cleans water so anyone from the communities can come there to get it for free. However the problem is for a lot of people the Mission is 10 plus miles away. We saw so many people of all ages carry between 15 to 30 pounds water everyday. The water is a big problem there. There is a lot more, but this blogg is getting quite long and I am getting a tad sleepy. Pray all who read this are blessed and encouraged. And thank you for reading, I apologize for the grammar errors which I can imagine are plentiful, English was never my thing.
With love and joy,
Sawyer
Monday, August 1, 2011
More Makueni
Although slightly out of order and delayed, I am going to piggyback on some thoughts on makueni. Since we are currently in rest week we will be playing blog catch up as we process our summer together before returning home. I picked makueni as my blog subject because it was probably one of my favorite parts of our summer. Everywhere we have gone has been amazing in their own way but I particularly loved makueni for the relationships. I got to know three women from makueni the week before in thika at the women’s conference. There was a lot of time spent hearing about their family and church lives, and it was amazing to show up to makueni with friends already made. I got the privilege to yell a greeting out the window of the van as we passed one of my friends on the road. It was at that moment that I felt truly Kenyan—to pass people I know driving through town. I also got the opportunity to preach at the church of a couple of the ladies I had met. There is nothing quite like worshipping alongside ladies whose faith you have come to admire in many ways. I preached at the church of Pastor Steven who a couple of us had come to know as host after staying the night at his house Saturday night. We got to spend time getting to know his family and experiencing how they live in the day to day as we journaled by lantern light and took bucket baths. I think it is safe to say that the majority of churches in the area had white people preaching in them that Sunday because we had nine different churches with foreign guests. We got the opportunity to work alongside a short-term team from Indiana all week in makueni and they were absolute all stars. I admire their fire and positive attitude all week long through our various activities. Despite additional the additional Americans on board with us for the week, I actually spent my time growing close and learning from some amazing Kenyans. Not only did I reunite with some friends from earlier in the summer, I got to spend some time getting to know and laughing with the LIA staffer in makueni. I admired her faith in action all week long and took advantage of pretty much every moment I had to get to know her and even her church friend that taught at the local school. After about a week and a half of great fellowship and encouragement, I found makueni very hard to leave—probably only second to leaving Kenya entirely—but it was a much-needed boost and positive week for everyone. It was beautiful to see the transformation in action possible only by the movement of the Lord in makueni.
Blessings,
Molly Russell, aka Nafula
That’s right, I finally received my awaited Kenyan name. It is from the tribe of Luhya—my tribe apparently—and it means “born in the rainy season.” Was I a little disappointed when everyone else’s names meant things like “happy one”, “peaceful”, “beautiful”, etc? maybe a little, but here I guess it’s a good thing to be associated with rain so I will take it.
Blessings,
Molly Russell, aka Nafula
That’s right, I finally received my awaited Kenyan name. It is from the tribe of Luhya—my tribe apparently—and it means “born in the rainy season.” Was I a little disappointed when everyone else’s names meant things like “happy one”, “peaceful”, “beautiful”, etc? maybe a little, but here I guess it’s a good thing to be associated with rain so I will take it.
Vacation Week in Kajiado :)
Well we just got back from our vacation week in Kajiado (Maasai land). It was a GREAT week. We stayed at a house with Pastor Josiah and his wife Sarah. They were amazing hosts. By the end of the week we all felt like part of their family. We brought with us lots of rain. The moment we arrived at the pastor’s house, it started pouring. We ran inside and Sarah served us some of the best tea we have had this summer. We sat inside their house and listened to the rain on the roof. Katie Lane was in heaven…she loves thunderstorms. The whole week was very relaxing. We reflected on the summer and ate some of the most delicious food in this world. Sarah was an incredible cook. She cooked us pancakes, rice, beans, chapatti, tea, coco, and many more delicious things. My favorite was the chapatti. Those things are officially my new favorite food:) Sarah taught us how to make them…good thing…otherwise I might have had chapatti withdrawals when I got back to the states. During the day we spent time with God, went on walks, and did a little bit of work. On one of our walks we saw about 10 giraffes! They were just walking around in the wild. They are such cool animals! At night we sat around the campfire to eat dinner, drink coco, and look at the stars. The stars were amazing. We saw so many shooting starts! So cool! Elise and Russell counted and they saw 15 in one night! Wow:) Every time I look at the stars it reminds me that God is so big. The night sky is so beautiful and carefully designed, and God took even more care as he was designing us. Cool! This week is a week to close up lose ends and prepare to come back to the states. I know that I am sad to leave, but I am really looking forward to seeing my family and friends! I’ll see you guys in less than 2 weeks☺ Love you all!
Molly Ray and team
PS: I am not sure we mentioned this yet in the blog, but before we left for Makueni and Kajiado our team went to see HARRY POTTER! I’m slightly obsessed with Harry Potter, so I was SO excited to see the movie…in Africa. It was amazing! ☺
Molly Ray and team
PS: I am not sure we mentioned this yet in the blog, but before we left for Makueni and Kajiado our team went to see HARRY POTTER! I’m slightly obsessed with Harry Potter, so I was SO excited to see the movie…in Africa. It was amazing! ☺
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Makueni
Hello everyone
It's been about a week since our last blog, and we're over a week and a half behind in our writing, goodness! Sorry for the delay, we're now under three weeks left here and our days are flying by at a 100 miles per hour.
I'm going to skip writing about Thika because we were there for a women's conference, and for obvious reasons I had little role in the event. I'll let the girls tell you about it.
We're here in Makueni now and its great to be here. The two and a half weeks preceding our time here had schedules that drained us physically and spiritually. Makueni has breathed a lot of wind back into our sails, our first day here was monday and like we have for the rest of the summer, we spent it in prayer and fasting. This week was different though because we prayed with the local pastors fellowship, and after an entire week with ~80 women, lets just say it was great to be around other Y chromosomes worshiping God. Even for Kenya, these pastors are full of joy, and also so full of life...its contagious, which is exactly what we needed after those draining weeks.
As we drove through the rural landscape and town to get here to Makueni (very rural and dry) I half expected to see John Wayne walk out of one of the general stores and hope on his horse and ride off into the sunset. speaking of sunsets, they're very pretty out here. There isn't a plant out here that isn't covered in spines, thorns or stickers of some sort. Yesterday I got a thorn stuck in my finger somehow? The river here is completely dry except for a couple of small springs and the "dirt" is very sand like, most of the plants aren't very big except for the MASSIVE Baoba trees. They're huge, just massive.
Um...back to the people. Like I said it's quite rural, theres a big demon presence and a lot of witchcraft here. The people here stare at you if you're white. Molly Ray put it best when she said that when we're in Nairobi, we celebrities, and here we're aliens. Its kid of creepy to be honest, yesterday I felt like a caged animal with the number of kids that gathered around me from a distance and stood there and gawked at me. yesterday we held a conference on the importance of saving and the forming of Co-ops. Molly Ray taught on saving and gave some biblical context for the session and Commander Ponton taught about Co-ops. Then a kenyan taught about more stuff but he spoke in swahili so we don't have the slightest clue what he said.
Pray for us that we finish strong and for the eventual transition home
Sam and the Mi2's
It's been about a week since our last blog, and we're over a week and a half behind in our writing, goodness! Sorry for the delay, we're now under three weeks left here and our days are flying by at a 100 miles per hour.
I'm going to skip writing about Thika because we were there for a women's conference, and for obvious reasons I had little role in the event. I'll let the girls tell you about it.
We're here in Makueni now and its great to be here. The two and a half weeks preceding our time here had schedules that drained us physically and spiritually. Makueni has breathed a lot of wind back into our sails, our first day here was monday and like we have for the rest of the summer, we spent it in prayer and fasting. This week was different though because we prayed with the local pastors fellowship, and after an entire week with ~80 women, lets just say it was great to be around other Y chromosomes worshiping God. Even for Kenya, these pastors are full of joy, and also so full of life...its contagious, which is exactly what we needed after those draining weeks.
As we drove through the rural landscape and town to get here to Makueni (very rural and dry) I half expected to see John Wayne walk out of one of the general stores and hope on his horse and ride off into the sunset. speaking of sunsets, they're very pretty out here. There isn't a plant out here that isn't covered in spines, thorns or stickers of some sort. Yesterday I got a thorn stuck in my finger somehow? The river here is completely dry except for a couple of small springs and the "dirt" is very sand like, most of the plants aren't very big except for the MASSIVE Baoba trees. They're huge, just massive.
Um...back to the people. Like I said it's quite rural, theres a big demon presence and a lot of witchcraft here. The people here stare at you if you're white. Molly Ray put it best when she said that when we're in Nairobi, we celebrities, and here we're aliens. Its kid of creepy to be honest, yesterday I felt like a caged animal with the number of kids that gathered around me from a distance and stood there and gawked at me. yesterday we held a conference on the importance of saving and the forming of Co-ops. Molly Ray taught on saving and gave some biblical context for the session and Commander Ponton taught about Co-ops. Then a kenyan taught about more stuff but he spoke in swahili so we don't have the slightest clue what he said.
Pray for us that we finish strong and for the eventual transition home
Sam and the Mi2's
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