Monday, Dec 5

Today has been INCREDIBLE! This morning we played host to George and Jessica Mufoya and their one-week-old baby daughter, Deborah. They joined us on our shamba (farm) for tea and sandwiches while we talked about all the changes going on in their lives. George has moved to Nairobi and taken a job there in order to make a better life for his family. Unfortunately, right now the rest of the family remains behind on their shamba in Charangoni Hills. We talked about the difficulties this creates as well as the hopes of having them together in Nairobi and what this will mean to their way of life. We also talked about how George plans to branch out in ministry beyond the work of LCM, and how his wife eventually wants to be certified to teach Early Childhood Development classes in the government schools.

After a wonderful time of sharing and prayer, we went to Sibanga to meet Timothy and Rose Mahindu, also the proud parents of a new baby – eight week old Jeremiah. We came back to the shamba together and again enjoyed a time of sharing a meal while talking about how God has been working in our lives these past months. Language is still a barrier but it is amazing what can be communicated just through the act of being together and sharing a meal.

Our time now concluded with the Mahindus, we walked them down “Kittony Lane” toward Sibanga and along the way picked up our friend, little Zipporah. She is a young girl we meet often who lives on a shamba near Mama Zippy’s. We asked her mother if she could go to the market in Sibanga with us and mama told us to go ahead and Zipporah would follow. The next time we saw Zipporah, she had changed from her play clothes into her Sunday finest! We walked the rest of the way to the market, the three of us holding hands until we reached our destination in the marketplace. Ellen saw this as an awesome picture of God who comes to where we are and invites us to come along with Him. Like little children, we want to look our best for the Father so we hurry to wash up and put on our best clothes for Him. Then we join hands with Him and He leads us on a journey through this the trials of this world to a final destination of eternity in His presence. Once in the market, we asked Zipporah to take us to a soda shop and there we purchased a drink for her and several of her little friends. Of course, Dawn couldn’t leave without giving a Bible to the shop owner!

After we had walked Zipporah home and continued toward our own shamba, two of her friends who had been at the soda shop followed after us and asked for their own Bibles. Who could resist those precious girls and their simple request?!