June 11/12

June 11, 2006...

Here was my day…
7am wake up
9am walk 2 miles to school
10am teach on Loving the Word of God to a student-run service at one of the local boarding schools
11am take tea (a Kenyan must) with students
12pm walk back to Karima Church (on the same property as our house)
12:30pm Share my testimony with Church
1pm meet the church members individually
2:30pm visit a dying woman (Dorca). Read and pray over her through a translator
4pm go to a service for a young woman who just died
4:30pm speak at the service (no warning and with not knowing anything about the person that died). Actually, at that time I was assuming the service was for an old man- I had not found out that it was a young mother).
5pm walk back to our house with the father of the woman who just died
5pm find two people waiting at the house to visit with the pastor, so I excused myself and helped prepare dinner

The rest of the evening was pretty mellow. As this day comes to a close, I am praising God for the words He gave me to say today. Fortunately, I had at least 12 hours notice before teaching this morning, the rest I found out at the same time everyone else did that I was supposed to speak. God is faithful at providing words when we are called upon to speak.

Getting accustomed to Kenyan culture has not been easy, but I am finding that the Lord has been renewing my heart moment, by moment. The relationships with Phyllis, David and Evelyn (their niece who lives with them) are deepening very quickly. Part of that is because there are no distractions (TV, video, radio or anything else…) and for safety reasons, I am with at least one of them at all times. I feel truly blessed that they have welcomed me into their family.

I will try to post picture the next time I'm in Naivasha! Thank you for all your prayers and support! I feel truly blessed!

In His love,
Tami

PS- this morning on my walk in, 20+ kids were teaching me how to sing psalm 23in Kikuyu (they were on thier way into school). What a great way to start the day!