A lot in a Little...

Wow.... A lot has been going on since my last post.

I am continued to be amazed at the beauty of this place. I am in love. The people with their white bright smiles and sparkling eyes, the mountains, the weather. The entire experience has been such a rewarding journey so far.

Our team has been very busy and have met so many amazing people...

We went to Jikaze IDP camp in the Rift Valley. The IDP camp was constructed after the election violence in 1997. These people were pushed from their homes when the violence broke out and were forced to leave everything behind. They lived in tents for nearly a year. Overtime volunteers have come to help build houses and gardens. The entire camp houses about 145 families, about 900 people. Each family was given a 50x100 plot for their houses and "shamba" or garden.

Each person in our team was placed with a different family for the day. We were able to interact with the families and hear their story. I was overwhelmed by the amount of joy that filled those homes. These are people who have next to nothing that offer everything that they have to anyone they meet.




My family took me in as if I were their own. Muhammed, Mary, Ruth (6) and Vinny(2).




When it was time to go home, they gave me a tree to plant in their plot. Muhammad, the father, told me that "he would use this tree as a reminder and never forget this time that we shared together." I hope to go and visit their family again soon!

Saturday was one of the best days I have had in a very long time. We woke up early to scale a volcano, Mt, Longonot. The drive to the volanco was breath taking and the hike was.... Rewarding. It took us about an hour and half to get to the rim. It was a pretty strenuous hike but very worth it in the end. The view from the top was amazing.




On the way to the top we found a friend, a baby giraffe.



Just taking a rest on the way to the top.




We made it!!





How great is our God!


After we finished hiking we had a picnic before headed back to the children centre. It was Mississippi Day at the L.C.C. (Limuru Children's Centre). This means lots of PB&Js, bubbles, face panting and lots of smiling children. The children at the centre look forward to MS day every year not just because of lots of food and games, but also because it means NEW SHOES! Most every year, the teams from Mississippi raise money to buy the children new school shoes. We were able to call the children up one by one to try on their shoes. It was amazing watching their little faces light up when we opened the box of new shoes.



Today, we did some Care For Aids home visits. We were able to go into some homes of some people in the village that are HIV positive. We were able to hear their story and pray for them and their needs. We will doing more visits while we are here. Many of these people that we were able to meet feel isolated from their families, villages and churches. Please pray for opportunities to share the love and joy of Jesus to these people.

"Those who know your name trust in you, O LORD, do not abandon those who search for you." Psalm 9:10

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