Tuesday, November 12, 2013

What an incredibly productive day today was!  We met with the architect and he took us to several of his projects so we could look at different building structures and material types.  One of the projects was a very nice hotel/restaurant/conference center which is not quite completed.  We love the way God keeps connecting us to people who can help us and those who can help other Kenyans!  An idea discussed at the RUN board meeting on Saturday was the possibility of transporting maize from Sibanga to Mombassa where the market is willing to pay more.  We were discussing this with Isaac, our taxi driver, when he told us he has a friend who does just that!  While we were looking at the various buildings, he called his friend and got all the numbers we need to figure out how many bags of maize need to be transported and at what price in order to make this a profitable idea.  If the board approves the idea and is able to make it work, this idea could pay the salary of Nathan, the young man who watches over the construction site.  The purpose of the center is to be “mostly self-sustaining” and this gives us our first opportunity to demonstrate to the board exactly how that works.  Then while we were touring the hotel building under construction, we asked the owner if he would be looking for a chef and he said he would soon.  We have a friend who used to be a chef at a five-star restaurant in this area so we told the owner to email us and we would send him our friend’s email so they can talk!  Isn’t God AWESOME?!?!?!?

We also had the unexpected opportunity to stop by the IGEM headquarters to meet with Bishop Mike and some of his co-laborers in the Lord’s work.  Mike is Samwel’s father and we don’t often get the privilege of visiting with him because he has so many responsibilities as the director of this organization.  While there, we learned that one of their members had passed away just a few days ago and they were working together as the Body does to come up with the fees needed to release the body for burial.  We were humbled to be able to add to their collection as a way to help this grieving family.

We received a text message from Fridah today.  She said the email we went her was just the encouragement she needed at exactly the right time.  Praise God she is now focusing on some opportunities ahead of her instead of listening to the lies of the enemy!

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

1.                  The second meeting of the full Kenya RUN board convenes Wednesday at 9:30AM.  Please pray for all of the board members as we continue to move in the direction that God would have us do for the benefit of the community.

2.                  Please pray for the family of Rosetta, the woman with IGEM who passed away.  She leaves behind a husband and six children, the youngest of which was 2½ years old.  Pray for their comfort during this time of loss and also that IGEM will be able to collect the money needed to help the family with the funeral expenses.