I just love it here!

Disclaimer... sorry I'm going to be one day behind all the time!

I just love it here!

Our guest house is soo nice, I was so surprised. Our showers actually work well, which is really nice because last year the showers were either cold or scorching hot. But they only turn the water on at certain times of the day because of the drought, so there are small designated times to shower and use the sink or the toilet, which isn’t much of a sacrifice when compared to the conditions of the local Kenyans, especially in the slums. For lunch we ate at Amani Ya Juu, which is a women’s ministry that gives needy women jobs to sustain them. These women come from Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, and other African countries, and they all have different stories but similar situations: they need work to improve their lives and survive. The two ladies at Amani Ya Juu that showed us around were beautiful and so nice. They shared with us about the ministry, the products they made, and the spiritual needs of the women who worked there. All the ladies working gave us hugs and welcomed us kindly and you could just tell that God blessed the place and that all the women were so happy because they loved God and were at peace, which is fitting since “amani” means “peace” in Swahili.

I ate this wonderful salad which my mom would have loved, and it had macadamia nuts, which are my new favorite type of nut, although I do believe I still have a loyalty to walnuts. The bus ride was soo bumpy and I was sitting in the back and I decided that I do get carsick because I thought I was going to die the entire time and I felt like throwing up so then I moved up a seat to sit next to John, because I would rather suffer his company than die in the back of a bus (just kidding, you are great John haha).

Before lunch we went to the Nest orphanage and hung out with the kids, who were toddler age-ish to like, young elementary school ish age. They were so adorable! I held hands with two girls while some other team members, taught the rest of the kids the hand motions to a song. Erika told a Bible story to the kids, about Daniel and how he was thrown in the lion’s den but survived because an angel was watching over him, and some of our team acted out the story and it was super funny because we made three lion costumes (for Josh, Brendon, and Garrett) and they were roaring friendlily (is that a word? in a friendly manner?) at the kids and they loved it. We did a craft with them too, making lion masks, and ahh I just want to take one home… or I just want to take like 5 home with me and be their mother. Haha.

Oh and since I have add whenever I’m writing about my day, I’m just going to slyly jump back to when we were at Amani Ya Juu, and I was going to buy a bunch of things, including this super cute elephant backpack, but we had lunch late and then the store closed!!!! Hopefully we can go back and buy a bunch of stuff to help out the ministry.

We’re going into the slums tomorrow, which will be a challenge because its so hard to go in and see and then leave for the comfort of our hotel… its like slumdog millionaire except its real and it just breaks your heart.

As we continue, I can feel God working more strongly within us, and I pray that as we prepare to go into the slums tomorrow, the first time for many of us, we will let the Holy Spirit move us and share the good news of Jesus and share his love.

Yayyyyyyyyyyyy

Love,

Kristine