Our team woke up fresh to take on another day in Kenya, opening our time together by reading Micah 6:8, which says, "He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God." It was a spiritually high calling to live this way today, and God humbled us again as we gave our lives to him and were able to see him work miracles throughout our day.
Not only was our morning devotional time highly impactful for our team, but our time in Naivasha with Safe House, a transitional foster care children's home, proved to be as meaningful and powerful. Our main objective was to love on these 22 children, ages 3 to 17, with the love that comes from the Lord. We use the vehicle of Vacation Bible School to help navigate our time. You should have see the our team unite as we shared how God would protect, strengthen and provide for those He loves.
As Amy Page and Debbie Webb shared the Bible Story from Elijah, Jeni Maxton lead in Sports and Recreation, McKinley and Keith Tyler taught new songs of Jesus and our Craft Team made rain makers, you began to see these precious children's attitudes and demeanor change from being stand-offish to embracing us and laughing and dancing! The bubbles were a huge hit! (see pictures below) We have an opportunity to revisit Safe House on Thursday afternoon. We cannot wait to go back!
No giraffes today, but we saw a herd of Zebras, and a bull almost ran us off the road. A typical day in Kenya. As we left Safe House we drove to Kijabe for an afternoon of culture learning - taking in the market and spending time with Bob and Julie Mendonsa. Man, we love Bob and Julie so much! They opened up their home to use for a short while and shared different stories of their live in Kijabe - like when the Baboons get too close to their home and shoot them with a potato gun! AWESOME!! And our ride back to Naomi's Village was like riding a ride from Six Flags. We only got stuck once. So Good!
We appreciate you taking time to read this blog and continue to pray for us daily. It is changing lives!
Talk to you tomorrow.
Keith and Cottonwood Creek Team
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