We are here! After a warm welcome at the airport, we made our journey to Malindi by van with Daniel, Moses, and Jeremiah. We quickly settled into our "home sweet home" for the next 6 weeks with our wonderful house Mom (Mama Oliv) and headed out to see where we would be working and meet our readers. We gave our information meeting, signed up our awesome readers, and let God take care of the rest. We had no idea what amazing things He had in store for us!
There is no way to describe our first worship experience in Kenya. From the singing itself to Jim Reppart's message, translated in Swahili by Moses Gona, and personal testimonies from the team, everyone was truly uplifted, and you could feel the Spirit of God in this place. We were moved to tears and talked about it together for days afterward. It was such an edifying experience.
A typical day for the team involves waking up early to breakfast by Mama Oliv, packing our backpacks for the day, and jumping in a tuktuk, with our favorite driver "Zaki." We arrive at Uzima Training Center every morning and are met by our readers with smiling faces, so ready and eager to learn more about God's great word. We spend the majority with them and also get to learn a little bit more about their culture as we swap stories from our culture. We have even visited their villages and had some interesting food from what they call their "hotel." It's been an amazing adventure.We love our readers and will see them again this Sunday where will worship together at Uzima church. We are looking forward to this time.
This weekend we spent time together as a team visiting children's homes and delivering clothing items that were given to our team by "Little Dresses for Africa." The time we shared with the children is forever written on our hearts. We were very moved and humbled by both homes we visited and the children who greeted us with open arms, singing beautiful songs, longing to be loved. It was hard to leave them.
Thank you for all you have done to make it possible to allow us to be here now! We are so grateful for the opportunity to be here serving in Malindi. We know that God has a greater purpose, far greater than anything we could ever imagine, and He will reveal it to all of us. Continue to pray for our team, our readers, and the children we visited this weekend. Pray for the communities here in Malindi, and for Jim Babcock who will be joining us in a week! May God bless you all as you serve right beside us, in many nations, wherever you are. We love you!
With Love in Him,
Kenya Team
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