Wow.
What great, wonderful,
and full times in Kibera.
We have been
super busy cleaning and moving things around.
I have been praying this prayer during these busy days, “What wouldest
thou that I should do for thee?
My Lord,
my Savior, pour Thy Love through me.
As
mountain river when its streams run dry.
So, but for Thee, Fountain of Love am I.
If there be hindrance, sweep it all away.
O Love Eternal, pour through me, I
pray.”
Amy Carmichael.
On Sunday instead of going to church, I decided to bring
church to my friend (in a covert manner).
We had a wonderful visit over the biggest plate of rice that I have
eaten in my entire life.
At the end of
our visit, she actually let me pray with her which was a beautiful thing.
She also almost cried, which those of that
religion, don’t share personal things, nor show much emotion.
Please pray for he
I have been spending time with the wonderful, Eva, who we
are leaving to look over the orphanage.
It has been great to love on her and empower her.
Yesterday we created a rules system, made a
schedule for the kids, made a schedule for Eva, made a sign out-sheet, and a
behavior system, and we made some posters and tonight we are having a “family”
meeting with all the children.
This has
been super fun for me to create.
I feel
like my years of teaching have helped for such an occasion as this.
The other day I was walking down our road after visiting
with someone.
The crazy man, influenced
by narcotics of some sorts who dwells on our corner, escorted me home.
I think he is harmless and hilarious.
He asked me how my foot was, which shocked me
because I didn’t really think he knew me apart from all the other folk that are
here.
I told him it was doing good and
that each day Jesus is healing it.
He
was then quick to jump in and say we aren’t talking about Jesus.
I told him I could not deny that Jesus is a
part of healing my foot.
He then asked
me to talk about nature and not about Jesus.
I giggled and we walked on.
The other night I had a steady stream of visitors.
Which I also enjoy.
One woman, Charity, and I dreamt for awhile
about a woman’s ministry here.
I told
her that I would love to call it “Order of the Fervent Heart”.
I read that in an Amy Carmichael book once,
“I should like to think that we all belong to the Order of the Fervent
Heart.
If we are anywhere but in the
Love of God, we drift apart.
If any have
been cooling, drifting, if any are not warm in love towards one another, will
they not find time for drawing near once more, first to their Lord, then, as
His love rekindles them, to one another.”
So fun to see Charity’s imagination go wild and hear her share her
dreams.
Wow.
Put my measly dreams to shame.
Charity kept talking about peace amidst all
the suffering and financial struggles.
And I think that sometimes (though we might think it is unfortunate) that
there is no way to bring God’s best out in us, but through suffering.
Tomorrow we head to a town in the mountains called Kijabe,
to drop off some things and visit some friends.
I feel like my time here is quickly coming to an end, I do feel like I
have unfinished “business” here…so just praying through what that means for
me.
Thank you again for all your
prayers.
There is still much to be done
in these next 10 days.
Rock on!
