It's been another warm, sunny morning here in Nairobi. Two of our MSTs just left to go feed (and kiss) giraffes at the giraffe center. Today we are having our traditional taco night (farewell dinner) for Sam, our boy from Kansas. Our Australian already left to go visit the Uganda team. Our house is slowly getting emptier.
We've had a lovely month with our team. They've been a cheerful, helpful, enthusiastic, and non-complaining bunch-basically the kind of people you want to keep forever and not see go home. The house has been full of laughter, guitar playing, and a lot of fun. They will be missed.
A few weeks ago, I was very excited to finally have our NGO registration materials accepted (after being bounced multiple times to go search out the appropriate signatures and formats of paperwork), only to be sorely disappointed again this week. Apparently in Kenyan law, a religious organization cannot be an NGO (non-governmental organization) but has to register as an FBO (faith based organization), which sends me right back to square one...no, maybe square zero...
On the plus side, our kids in our English class at the juvenile home can now almost write numbers 1-20 out well and learned capital letters this week. They are getting better each week and are very excited to learn. They really make my day when I see them so excited to go to English class and so happy when they get the right answers in class. The teachers of the institution really encouraged me this week in the work we are doing with the boys.
Emma, Martin and Victor were able to attend a training organized by another organization to train people and organizations about children's rights and working with kids at juvenile homes. They were able to meet the heads of many different juvenile homes around Nairobi and beyond. This was a fantastic opportunity because not only were they able to learn information very necessary for the work we are doing, but they were able to be introduced to many other government institutions around Nairobi.
We now may be able to start working with a juvenile home for girls as well as a rescue institution for lost and abandoned children. This next Saturday we are visiting the rescue home where around 100 children all age 6 and below are taken care of. And what did they ask us to help with? Cooking chapati. They have all the materials needed, they just lack the manpower. So now our team gets to exercise our spiritual gifts of chapati making all for the glory of God. ;)
Emma, Athena and I will leave for Ethiopia on a week from Wednesday. We will be meeting up with a team from my home church and partaking in an eyeglass clinic in northern Ethiopia. We test eyes for both distance and reading glasses. The clinics bring in people by the thousands and can really be life-changing for people in an area very cut off from such services. Through the clinic, we are able to share the good news of Christ with many people who come for the clinic. We are looking forward to the opportunity very much.
Please pray for the upcoming trip to Ethiopia-for God to really use this trip to impact people's lives and plant seeds for the future.
Pray for registration! I'm a bit at a loss for this one. Please pray for wisdom and the right connections for it to finally come together.
Pray for God to guide us with the projects and ministries we are involved in and where EAC Kenya should go in future.
Finally, keep praying for the kids at the projects we work with. Many of them have so many layers of hurt and issues from their pasts to work through. Pray for God to really get ahold of their lives and heal them as well as provide for their futures.
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