Today was another beautiful day of worship spent with the
congregation of Imani Sirwo in Sibanga.
Pastor Isaac had asked Dawn to speak and so a message was given from the
book of Hosea, chapter 1. The Bible is
full of lessons which are illustrated to make their understanding clear. Dawn talked of how God told the prophet Hosea
to marry Gomer, a prostitute, and to have children by her. This marriage, along with the names he was to
give his children, illustrated how Israel had strayed far from God by
prostituting themselves to sinful ways of living. Afterwards, we were invited to the home of
our dear friends Timothy and Rose Mahindu for lunch and fellowship.
We had hoped to take our little friend Zipporah to market
for sodas but she moved to another farm since our last visit and we had trouble
finding her. As we left Sibanga on the
road to searching for Zipporah, the number of children following us grew larger
and larger. We felt like the pied
piper! We never found our little
Zipporah but word travels fast in this small community and while we were
sitting at a plaza waiting for Samwel Wafula to join us, Zipporah found
US!. We had some time to sip on sodas
and chat before Samwel arrived and the conversation turned to long range
planning for Blessings Hope school and orphanage. God has blessed them mightily and in a very
short period of time they have constructed five classrooms, one dormitory,
acquired two cows (both pregnant), some chickens, and rented land to farm. In addition, they are preparing to construct
another dormitory and a living space for widows. It is hoped that all these things working
together will help the school to become self-sustaining and not always
dependant on donations. A lesson we have
learned quickly here is that “throwing money at the problem” does not solve the
long-range problems. Knowledge is the
key to breaking the poverty mindset and that is what we are humbling trying to
do as we love Kenya
through Jesus Christ.
Please pray with us and for us about the following upcoming
appointments:
- Pray that God helps us to rise above unsettling situations which the enemy uses to distract us from what God wants to accomplish in Sibanga.
- Continue praying for tomorrow’s final full RUN board meeting.
- Pray for our physical, emotional and spiritual strength in these final few days of our time in Kenya. The work is rewarding but also demanding.
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