Rock the House!....Sunday, Oct 17th, 2010

The AIC Imani Sirwa church of Sibanga was surprised to see us today because Pastor Issac did not tell them we would be visiting! What a great time of praise and worship we had with them! We even did a fairly good job of faking Swahili as we read from their songbook. We were able to persuade Pastor Issac to allow us to just bring greetings from America so that we could hear him preach and he gave a great message based on Psalm 100 about walking, standing and sitting in the company of sin. Powerful!!!

Please pray for this church that God will use them to reach their community!

In the afternoon, we attended a prayer fellowship in the home of Kipsombo, who is a member of Pastor Issac's church and also a worker on Zippy's farm. Kipsombo shared the plight of some of his neighbors and then we prayed for them.

Please join us in praying for...

* a neighbor who had two cows die in one day

* a neighbor whose child recently died and they are struggling with the loss

* Kipsombo's son, Kibet, who has been ill. The doctor has not been able to completely treat the symptoms.

When we returned from the prayer fellowship, we decided to take the opportunity to mingle in the Sibanga marketplace. What a fiasco this turned out to be! When two white people wander into a sea of black people, it is hard for those two white people to go unnoticed! On the way to the market we met Kayfa, who asked us for some shillings so he could buy food. We promised him that if he would walk to the market with us, we could buy him some food. After feeding Kayfa, we were followed by two drunks who made it difficult to carry on a conversation with our new-found friend. Eventually, we made our way to the LCM Sibanga church were Pastor John was just concluding an evening leadership training. We introduced him to Kayfa, and John invited our friend to receive Jesus, which he did!

Please pray that Kayfa's decision will be firm and that he won't be discouraged by the enemy to return to his old way of life.

As we walked the road back to Zippy's farm, it was hard to imagine a more perfect day than today...but there would be plenty to follow.