Wow! I am back in Kenya. It has been really good to see dear friends again after being away for over a year. Today is Sunday and Jimmy Tangai and I were up early and off to visit a church here in Nairobi, Ridgeways Baptist Church. Unfortunately, the pastor, Elijah Wanje, Jimmy's cousin, was not there as he is in the U.S. but we enjoyed our time with the members. Wonderful time of worship.
Today has been a much needed rest day and just waiting on the Crossings Community Church team to arrive this evening in Nairobi. 8 men from Crossings have all been trained on the water well drilling technique and will be involved in training 20 pastors from throughout Kenya that are coming in to Eldoret tomorrow morning. We will fly from Nairobi to Eldoret early in the morning and come together with the pastors at the Reformed Church Guest House where we will be staying during our 9 day stay in Eldoret.
I do have a couple of important prayer requests today. Brother Joseph Ogwang, our Kenyan Director for C-CADE received word that two family members passed away while we were in Malawi. We decided last night that he should return to his home in Migori to take care of the final burial on Monday. So, Joseph left last night at midnight and traveled home to be with the family today and tomorrow. Joseph plans to join us in Eldoret early Tuesday morning as we begin the training. Joseph has been involved in all of the wells that C-CADE has drilled since 2010 and is a great teacher. Pray for his family during the burial services tomorrow for a cousin and the son of another cousin as well as for Joseph as he will then take a bus ride to Eldoret to join us on Tuesday.
The other big request is for the 20 pastors that are traveling today and tonight to be there tomorrow morning and for us as we fly to Eldoret in the morning.
This is going to be a wonderful time together and I look forward to sharing with you the day-to-day events of what God is doing here in Kenya.
Have a blessed Sunday.
P.S. Below are some pictures from Malawi. The first picture is of Pastor Gary Jamar, Pastor from Morris Memorial Baptist Church in Ada and founder of Malawi Orphan Ministries.
The picture of the little girl sitting next to me is one of only hundreds of children in the area that were intrigued with what we were doing. She stood out for several reasons because of her bright smile and eagerness to help. We finally had a chance to get the kids involved when bricks were needed and you see her in another picture carrying bricks on her head. So cute!!
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