Monday, November 18, 2013

Today was SUCH an amazing day not just because of what was accomplished but also because of how much was accomplished!  If we get one thing completed in a day we count it as a successful day.  Today we were able to make progress in finalizing ownership of the land for the community center, we finished some banking, we met with Patricia about creating some new beadwork items for us, and we met with several other people throughout the day.

We cannot believe how big God’s purpose seems to be for the work of RUN in Kenya!  From the simple idea of a vegetable processing station, we moved to the idea of a maize collection and transport station.  Then we moved to a milk cooling station for 5,000 liters, then 10,000 liters, and now 20,000 liters!  The vision the RUN board has for helping this community is beyond words!  And they are already working on marketing ideas to get the word out about this community opportunity. 

Let us also share with you how God took something meant to harm us and turned it into a blessing.  Before we arrived, the RUN Facility Manger who is overseeing the water project on the land was taken advantage of by a local who sold him faulty pipes for the water line.  Several leaks occurred immediately making it necessary to stop work.  A neighbor had offered to allow the brick makers to use water from her farm so at least that work could continue.  The local then went to Prisca and told her things about RUN that were not true so she told the workers they could no longer use her water.  Just before we arrived, ALL work on the land had come to a halt.  Meanwhile, Samwel (Facility Manger) took the situation to arbitration and yesterday we found out that the man who sold us the faulty pipes is now responsible for the replacement cost of the pipes as well as the labor to put in the new ones!  And the day we arrived in Sibanga, we went to Prisca and explained the vision of RUN and also gifted her with a small bag of sugar as a gesture of greeting her as our neighbor.  She told us she realized what the local told her about us was not true and again offered the use of her water until our pipes are replaced!  God is SO GOOD!

Please pray with us and for us about the following upcoming appointments:

1. Tomorrow is our final full RUN board meeting and our agenda is lengthy!  Pray for us to accomplish all that is necessary to empower the board to continue in our absence.
2. We are refusing to fall into the devil’s lie of saying, “We are running out of time!”  Instead, we are choosing to say, “We will accomplish everything God intends for us to do in the time we have left.”  Pray we keep this focus.
3. Please continue to pray for our health and stamina.  With two days left to be the hands and feet of Jesus, we are running out of gas.