Day 8 - This is the day the Lord has made

Today got off to an interesting start as Ellen and I decided we should be a little more adventurous and ride our own motorcycle into town. It was something fit for the Comedy Club! The ignition system on bikes here are very different than they are in the US. You don’t hold the clutch, you start with a choke and a kick-start, and all the gears require a downward motion. Can you imagine a couple of seasoned riders from the United States looking like absolute rookies here? One of Zippy’s farm hands had to show us how to ride the thing! It was a little nerve-racking for Ellen because she has never ridden a passenger before. But the bikes here are MUCH smaller than the ones in the states so she got the hang of it quickly.


We are always amazed to see what happens when we allow God to do our “heavy” work! Our plans were to attend the Liberty Christian Ministries’ Kitale church. When we informed Pastor John of our intentions to worship with his congregation of believers, he requested that we speak to both services. As Ellen and I prayed to receive a word from God for these people we never once compared notes or asked each other what their topic was to be about. Ellen spoke with the early crowd from Genesis chapters 1 - 3 and talked about the importance of trusting and obeying God. Dawn spoke to the later service from Philippians 4:4-9 about being anxious for nothing. Our God is truly an awesome God!

We love the worship services here because the children are fully engaged, singing specials and dancing to the music. Two offerings were taken today; one for the church itself and one for the widows and orphans. This congregation is located near the slum area where the Kipsongo women live and some of them help to make up this church body. Many of these women are widows because of the tribal violence which occurred in the 2007 post-election violence in northern Kenya.

After a small lunch at a local restaurant Dawn gave a Bible to one of the young ladies working there because she is always singing when we see her. She immediately told one of her co-workers about the gift and that young lady came to us asking for her own Bible. We returned to the church for a meeting with the leaders, where Pastor John encouraged his people to engage in discipleship and told them some of the characteristics of true disciples. The meeting ended by all of us taking communion together.

We actually managed to get back to the farm in time to relax a little before taking dinner with Zippy, Rhoda, and Jela.