Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Today was all about evangelism through manual labor! One of our young friends owns a motorbike which was in need of repair so Ellen and I decided that between the two of us we should be able to figure everything out. Pretty basic stuff like swapping out rear shock absorbers and replacing a chain and sprockets. Unfortunately Kenyan men are not acquainted with women who do this type of work and we had help coming from every direction! We did finally get the work finished but because we had to go in to Kitale to look for a replacement part we did not finish until dusk. We also learned that Zippy has a motorbike which she has not been able to start. We were looking forward to having a shot at firing it up for her but she was missing one very important part – the ignition key! All in all, an interesting day of building relationships as we helped the young man who owned the bike, impressed Zippy with our “mechanical prowess”, and chatted with the many curious onlookers.