Why Go Far?

Well, we have now been in Kenya for three weeks and it has been quite a time. God has been gracious and people have been staying pretty healthy. Two of my team members, Jacob and Rachel, have picked up a bit of cough, so if you could hold them up in prayer that would be wonderful. This week was the week that Pastor Imbumi told us that we would “fall like dominoes” because we started to go out into the community of Kibera. By God’s grace we have not fallen, but I must admit that after two days of visiting people in the community, I was thoroughly exhausted emotionally. On Tuesday we visited a woman who was in the AIDS support group and her husband who is almost blind form Meningitis. I really don’t know how to describe the size of their house...probably the best way of saying it would be that the largest bathroom in our house is significantly larger than their entire house. It was amazing to talk to the husband and hear him say that he could not come to church because sometimes he falls into the ditches in Kibera and can’t get out because his legs are very poor, but he is hoping that he will regain strength so that he can come to church again. We will continue to visit him and his wife for the remainder of our time here. This coming Saturday we are going to be doing vacation Bible school in Kibera, which we are expecting 200-300 kids for, so that will be a nice case of insanity. Also, I am preparing to preach the sermon on Sunday. I will be preaching on James 1:22-25, talking about knowing and applying God’s Word, expounding on the Law of Liberty and bringing it back to the Gospel. Christ’s temptation in the wilderness, the parable of the sower and the sermon on the mount are some of the texts that I will be using for expanding upon. Please pray that the VBS will be beneficial for the children, as well as fun, and that God will open my mouth to speak his Word on Sunday. Hope all is well state-side!