 Tuesday,
April 28th
Jambo,
Well the end of the work has passed.
Another school is done and many new relationships
have been formed. Today, the work at
the orphanage was done and the school
turned
over to the orphanage with the usual
ceremony. The kids loved the crafts and
balls and volleyball net that we gave
on your behalf.
Tonight was the culmination of secret
friend activity. We have secretly been
supporting and giving small gifts to
one of the other group members based
on names drawn from a bag on the way
to New York. At tonight's activity
each person guessed who their secret
friend was and received an impressive
gift in the form of a craft from that
person. The creativeness and workmanship
was very impressive. We finished with
communion and prayer.
Tomorrow we go to the Maasai Mara for
the safari. It is such a contrast to
the environment we are leaving in terms
of the place we stay and the touring
of the Mara.
Probably
the rest of the updates will be by
phone. Enjoy the pictures of
Liz and some of the kids, a Maasai
women, and the gift exchange. (Pictures may be enlarged
by clicking on them.)
Blessings to you all,
Doug
Maasai Lady |
Liz and Kids |
Secret Friend Gift Exchange |
Devotion
for Tuesday
As we finish up the building today, we will have
time to do crafts and games with the children of the orphanage.
The population of this orphanage swelled from 35 to 180 when
another orphanage was destroyed during the political upheaval
last year.
In Kenya alone, more than 700 people die each
day from AIDS. The consequences of this epidemic
are catastrophic. A whole generation of mothers and fathers
is disappearing. Millions
of children are orphaned, living with extended
family or left on their own in the streets. Intact nuclear
families are increasingly
the exception rather than the norm. More
and more people live in poverty as the work force diminishes.
“Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me,
and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but
the one who sent me.” (Mark 9:37)
Pray for children who are so vulnerable in Kenya and other African
nations.
Pray specifically
for Josephine N. today.
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