Sunday, November 10

Today was a beautiful day of worship at the Imani Sirwo AIC church pastured by Isaac Gikonyo. Singing, dancing, and prayer all led up to Ellen sharing the bread of life from Matthew chapter 5 (the beatitudes) with the fellowship of believers. Her challenge was that in order for salt to be useful, it has to be shaken out of the container. In the same way, we cannot be the salt in this world that so desperately needs the hope Christ offers if we do not come outside of our church buildings with the message of the Gospel.

After the gathering, we went to Kitale with Pastor Isaac, his wife Grace, and his son Emannuel for lunch. What a beautiful family they are. We only wish we had been able to visit with their daughter Louis but she is away at boarding school.

The last part of today was spent putting together agendas for the next three days. That included two days of meetings with the architect about construction of the community training center, and a second meeting of the full RUN board. By the time we were finished, I (Dawn) was jazzed! Wish you guys could see the wheels turning in Ellen when she is thinking through processes! It’s pretty amazing. I’d call it “being in the zone” when she gets that way.

Please pray with us and for us about the following upcoming appointments:
1. We will be walking the property with the architect on Monday morning to look at the water lines and electricity connection, existing construction, and site placement. We will also be discussing the drawing in detail.
2. It is anticipated (but not confirmed) we will have a second meeting with the architect in Kitale on Tuesday so we can view various building materials available in Kenya and decide what will be best for the construction of the community center.
3. Wednesday will be the second meeting of the full RUN board and we have an extensive agenda! We feel there is so much we need to accomplish and so little time. Please pray we are guided by the Holy Spirit and accomplish HIS agenda, not our own.
4. Please continue to pray for our friend Fridah whom we told you about in yesterday’s blog. We replied to her email last night but have not received a answer from her.