So we have had an amazing time with the Living God in Kenya in seeing His creation. We saw Hippos, were chased by Rhinos and saw many Lions and even saw some at night hunt and eat cows and a dog.
We encountered Him in stillness and waiting and through His people, the Massai ladies who always educate us in the ways of Jesus. It was humbling to see grown women cry after they got a bar of soap and a small tub of vaseline, because God had heard their prayer for the little things.
We managed to get the well finished and signed off to the Massai widows, now they will be able to sell the water from it and grow crops such as potato and spinach so they can live on it and sell it.
I (Alex) got to teach through the book of Malachi, to a group of Pastors from different churches, which was a challenge and a huge blessing. I really grew through this trip, in patience, trust and faith in God and look forward to when we go back again. Alex
Yes so as Alex mentioned above we had an amazing time as always in Kenya :) We prayed about whether or not to take out a team and kept getting the answer that we were to just go without a team this time round. So we set off with Andrew (my brother) and his fiance Amy. The idea was to check up on how everything was going ie.the well, the women, the church and see what we could do in the future as future projects and see if we could set up stuff for teams to go out annually. We also wanted to network a bit more and meet more contacts and this would be more realistic to achieve without a team to have to watch over and organize. I have to say we really missed not having a team with us on this adventure but could totally see where God had his hand on everything and why we were to go on our own this time.
It was so nice to see the women again and see that they were all doing well. When we walked into Wilson airport and saw Charity it brought a smile to all our faces. And to hear all these Massai women calling our names, what a privilege to be able to walk into this place and feel like we were at home with them. We got to hang out with Charity, Nancy, Ann, Alice, Gladis and many more women. But how lovely to hang out with the ol faithfuls who have not forgotten us but have become our friends. We got to sit with many of them and hear their stories as we tried to take notes and account of their stories so we can share them with people in the future. As well as visiting with the Massai we got to hang out with people at church and also with Vera (we brought her the 1st yr we went to Kenya) and it was incredible to hear how she was doing as she is working at the Imani orhpanage for a few months. It really was a blessing to learn and listen to all these people who are doing incredible work out there in Kenya. We also got to meet quite a few people who are starting new churches and new ministries with Calvary Chapel churches in Kenya, so who knows where that will lead in the future.
We are already very excited and are dreaming about future plans and projects to bring teams on an annual basis so that they can part of it. So bring on the next trip :)
Right now we've been home for a week now and have been enjoying getting back into a routine with work and seeing friends and family. It's amazing how a trip to Kenya just makes you so grateful for the abundance of riches you have with our home, friends, family and lives here. We are so grateful for everyday that we have and the amount of stuff we have in that day in comparison to the Massai in Kenya. May God continue to meet their every needs. Linda Xo
