We woke early to a very beautiful morning, the sun breaking
through the clouds to warm the day. We
put on our shamba boots and went down to the property where the training center is to be built. We visited with our neighbor
who wanted us to take a picture of her with her cow. The cow was still young and rather unsure of
us. But the neighbor was very happy and asked for a copy of the picture.
We met with individuals from the cooperative who were
reviewing the site to qualify it as a cooling station location for milk. There is not a chiller/cooler located in this
county. Because of this a lot of milk
spoils before it can get to market.
Adding this unit as part of a cooperative offering to this community has
the potential to raise the average income throughout greatly. The R.U.N. foundation and the Trans Kenya
Women’s Sacco are currently working on details of how to partner in this
venture of bringing this cooler to the R.U.N. site.
We left the shamba to go into town and meet with Justus, our
friend who operates the cyber café we opened in 2009. This young father is such a hard worker. Unlike many Kenyan’s, he has many jobs going
trying to take care of his family. I
often wonder when he sleeps. It is so
unfortunate that here in Kenyan one bad rain can just wash away a dream. Justus had planted a tree nursery to generate
income to buy some property for a house.
Everything washed down the river in an unseasonable rain. Yet he says ‘what are you to do. You must move forward’. We had dinner with Justus, his wife Rhoda and
their daughter Valerie in their home tonight.
What a joy to share in their lives.
We have become very good friends with Valerie.
The highlight of the day was our R.U.N. board meeting. Anything worth doing certainly must have its
challenges. This is no different. I think God is showing me how all good things
take more than one person to accomplish them. In some ways I have
to admit that I regret not being more open to help from others in this
process. It truly is like the body of
Christ. The more people involved who
have the same objective, we can create a much better outcome. I really feel blessed with the board of
directors that has been brought to us.
Each has a skill and a gift and when we are all together the task is not
hard. So today we made very good progress
on writing the constitution/by laws for Kenya R.U.N. I have been very much encouraged! PTL!
Please pray with us and for us about the following upcoming
appointments:
- With only three business days left here in Sibanga, we need to get clear title to the land so construction can begin. Please pray that God walks with us through this process to completion.
- Ask for God's wisdom and discernment for us as we continue to move forward with the prospect of partnering with the Trans Kenya Women's SACCO.
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