“Praise Him through whom all blessings flow, praise Father,
Son and Holy Ghost.”
I’m pretty sure that’s a hymn and probably a verse in the
Bible somewhere, though I’m not
really sure.
Regardless, it’s been running through my head all month as
we’ve been blessed in so many ways and I’d like to share some of those with
you.
1.
Laundry-The day we arrived, we asked if we could
do some laundry. So we took our clothes to the school only to find out that the
6th grade class would be washing our clothes for us. It is humbling
to see a 13-year-old hand washing your dirty underwear with a huge smile on her
face because she honestly loves doing laundry. They’ve done our laundry each
week since.
2.
The Rock-We showed up at the school one morning and
were getting ready to start teaching when our contact showed up and said “I
think we shall go to the rock today.” With no other knowledge of the situation,
we climbed aboard the motorcycles and took a gorgeous ride across the
countryside to a huge rock/mountain. We hiked to the top and were blessed with
the most gorgeous view of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
3.
Safari-We had the opportunity to go on a safari
this month, which I have been dying to do! We had to ride 5 hours to another
town and stay the night with one of our other teams and were so blessed when we
arrived there. They had the most amazing dinner waiting for us, and had
gracefully given up their beds for us as well. We could not have asked for better
service than they provided, and we got to go on a safari in the morning to top
it off! God graced us by stopping the rain that had been going all night just
in time for us to see His beautiful creation.
4.
Chickens and churches-In addition to teaching,
we have been going around to different churches and preaching. As a parting
gift for preaching in the first church, we were handed a bag of avocados and
two live chickens that we carried home by the wings.
5.
Avocados, corn, and widows-We have also been
visiting the home of those that attend our church and giving them a word of
encouragement. We are always greeted with tea or sodas and are sometimes given
parting gifts because they feel so guilty that they did not feed us. Today, we
had just finished praying for provision for a widow with 10 children who was in
a financial bing when she ran out of the house to gather 10 ears of corn, 6
avocados, a glass of milk (fresh from her cow) and an entire bushel of bananas.
We had just prayed that God provide food for here, and here she was providing
us with an abundance of food. Humbled and blessed? Yes.
Kenyans are extremely welcoming and friendly people. They
love serving us and helping in any way they can. And EVERYONE says hello as we
walk by. It’s just a beautiful country with beautiful people.
