My team and I have been in Nakuru for
more than a week now. We have been greatly blessed by the family we
are staying with – Bishop Laban and Reverend Gladys Wekesa. They
have been taking good care of us and feeding us very well with
traditional African food like chipoti, ugali, potatoes, rice and chai
tea. The weather here is wonderful. It warms up during the day, but
there is usually a thunderstorm every afternoon that cools it down
again. We’ve been blessed to see some of God’s beautiful creation
around us in the hills and even in a large crater left by a volcano.
Each evening we have worship with the Wekesa family in their home. It’s been
fun learning some of their worship songs in Kiswahili while also
teaching them some of ours. One of my favorite things about this year
is worshiping with other cultures in different languages. We may be
very different in how we worship, but we are all praising the same
God!
Our ministry so far has been helping at
the school and orphanage. We go each morning and play with the kids,
visit the classrooms or help cook lunch. The children are so much
fun. They all call us mzungu, which means white person. We
feel famous here. When walking down the street, the kids will see us
and often run toward us. They also love to ask, “How are you?�
and they want to touch us. At the school, it’s often a fight between
the kids for who can hold our hand. They all want attention from the
“white people.�
This week we began some evangelism in
the community. We’ve had a handful of people who have accepted Christ
already – praise God! We also visited with a Muslim man and saw God
beginning to soften his heart. We prayed with some teachers and their
young students. We also prayed and encouraged several Christians who
are struggling financially or with health issues. God is needed so
desperately here. I can definitely see how they depend on God daily
to meet their needs.
