In Kenya

Posted on | August 10, 2007 | 3 Comments

We’ve separated from our team in Mozambique, as they continue the church plant (I’ll forward updates as they give them), and have come to Kenya.

We stayed the past two nights with Steven Mairori, the executive director of International Christian Ministries in Katale, a bible training school for rural pastors. I have to say, the ministry he showed us excited both Kara and I. We also saw the Circle of Light project both in the village and at the depot, also a very impressive an inspiring work.

Kenya road are terrible; the people are as friendly as they come.

We’re at the Tumaini orphanage now. I’m scratching my head on how to shoot promotional video footage of children who want to crawl all over me and hold the camera. It’s also raining on and off, which would be fine except for the grey cloud cover. I’m praying the clouds break tomorrow so that I can do justice to the beauty of this place and the people.

We met the two little children Kara and I sponsor. I’ve got pictures. Kara looks good with a baby on the lap. I just look nervous.

Kara gets to help a group of doctors tomorrow run a day health clinic for the community. It will be held at the local church … a beautiful, half finished building.

Please, pray for our continued clarity. We’re so happily consumed with all the relationships and traveling; we have only dialogued a little. I know one thing. I’m loving the chance to create something for this orphanage that might help them; please, pray the clouds part for me.

Also, it wouldn’t hurt praying for safety. This camera, expectedly, draws a lot of attention. I’m doing my best not to be foolish, but I also want to walk away with the right shots. We were followed by a group fo guys in a back street of this village today. I put away my camera. White guy, big camera … I might as well wear a day glow shirt with a dollar sign on it.

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