WHERE THE HECK AM I?
Bukembe, Kenya……duhhhh………..but really, where the heck am I? We pulled up to a bunch of shops and they said this is it…oh, ok…We look around and see dirt, people wearing donated clothes, a GIANT coke bottle. The best description I can give is this: imagine an old poor western town with black people instead of cowboys.
SO…
We walk between a blue shop and a green shop and come to a little community area of about four houses where we walk into our new home for the month. We open the sky blue door and see some wooden furniture, a plastic carpet, curtains, and another room with who knows what inside. They take all our bags in the questionable room and we soon find out that there are bedrooms back there. On one side there is Dan and Wade’s room and on the other side of the bookcase wall covered with tarps, wood, and lace is my room. Paul and Katrina sleep behind a curtain in the living area/dining area. Can I say humility smacked me across the face?!
The view from outside our door. These people take care of us! I will post a video sometime soon so you get the real scoop!
Kenya also has been a month of many firsts…
-My first time calling a hole in the ground a toilet
-My first time not having running water
-My first time outside of camping having water heated over a fire to wash myself
-My first time sleeping under a mosquito net
-My first time having a pair of inside and outside shoes to keep my feet semi clean
-My first time going to a 2 year olds funeral (most awkward first day of Kenya EVER)
-My first time waking up to reggae music, cows, and people speaking Swahili
-My first time having people cater to my every need…preparing and serving food, washing our hands, preparing our “baths”, hand washing our clothes
-My first time seeing wild zebras and giraffes
-My first time doing door to door evangelism and open air crusades
-It will be my first time preaching…one of these days…gulp
Kenya is event oriented, time plays no role. They say we will leave at 9 but we might leave at 9:30 or 11. They also are very Spirit led and do not seem to have expectations. We have to be very specific in our questions so we won’t be called up to preach out of the blue. We have come to be lightly prepared and are beginning to trust in the Spirit more. We are simply telling people good news! Who doesn’t want to hear good news?
Some kids that flocked to us while doing door to door evangelism. I had so much fun with them, they are like parrots who would mock my every move and noise…I had them jumping and dancing and singing…too fun!
