Day 10

Jambo from Africa! It’s been a busy and rewarding week here in Kijabe! A week full of God! Saturday, we toured the Kazuri Bead Factory which supports many single mothers. We heavily supported them!! We also visited The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, which rescues baby elephants. We then headed over to the Giraffe Center where Stu kissed a giraffe. We had lunch at “Carnivore” where we had a smorgasbord of meat. Details upon request. Sunday, we presented Pastor Manyara and his church with the quilt we made and Gary preached both services without a dry eye in the house. On Monday we started with dirt and yesterday we finished a house! Amazing, unbelievable. The second house has the roof on it and a brand new out house. We put shoes on all of the children at the Primary School in Maingi. All of the donations have been sorted and distributed many of which were hand delivered by team members with hugs and prayers. Another house has been completely painted and new flooring installed. We visited the least of these who have been displaced into a “tent city.” There we met with people in their tents needing prayer. It was a very moving experience. We’ve given away many clothes, shoes, toothbrushes, first aid supplies, school supplies, bibles and food which amounted to literally 1½ tons of luggage. It’s been an emotional week, but God has blessed us with the unconditional love of his children in Africa. There have been many God sightings! The Kenyan people are very loving and kind and always have a smile with much gratitude. They have welcomed us into their homes for meals and bible studies. And Steve has taken on a personal mission, in seeing that an orphaned boy “Kevin” gets the surgery he needs for his leg. Today, after breakfast, we went to Kasarani, one of the poorest in Kenya, and 100 families received cabbage, carrots, onions, rice, corn, beans, sugar, flour, maize, tea, lard, and soap. Then we went to the feeding center, where the children sang to us and we gave them school supplies, candy, chapsticks and a soccer ball. Along our route to and from Kasarani, we enjoyed many baboon, zebra, gazelle, buffalo and camel sightings. We also stopped at a nice little rest stop and enjoyed an ice cream and cold bottle of water! Tomorrow we are at Pastor Muhota’s church where we’ll present the second quilt and an encore sermon by Gary. We will be soon leaving our dorms here at the Morad Guesthouse. We will miss our beautiful sunrises, our little baboon friends who greet us every morning hanging out in the trees, and all who served us here! Not sure when our next opportunity will be to blog again before our return home, but we’ll try. We heard you had a little snow there in Gurnee. Peace and Love to you all….