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| Children looking in on church |
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| Grandma with her grandchild |
So, On Sunday, I attended church at Kiamaiko. Each school is named
after the slum it is located in, and if there is a church there, the
church is the same name. This church/ school has a locked gate because
the community is predominately Muslim. The children were looking in on
us as we were preparing to go to church, under the tent. Today was a
special day because the fellowship was turned into a real local church
with church leaders whom we commissioned this day. The ceremony was followed by a goat roasting and eating. At first I thought gross, but what is the difference , as we have Pig Roasts all the time...the goat actually was not that bad. I heard four sermons that day, all in translated Swahli, we were there from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m....that is my all time record for church going on a Sunday! Whew....Speaking of school, pictured above are children at Mathare North; children clean after lunch. The broom is made of straw. Woman sweep walkways daily with these wisps of straw. They do take pride in their walkways and hallways. Also, older people are very difficult to find in the slums. They simply do not make it. But this is Grandma, she lives in Kiamaiko and she brought her grandson to church on Sunday and stayed for the goat eating ceremony.
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| Monday morning Assessments.... |
Things are looking up and I am continued to be blessed on a daily basis. We have almost finished all our assessments. Look at these darling little ones that came to see me Monday morning.....these special needs students are getting the short end of the stick and I think I am changing the system...Woo-Hoo!
I am now drinking Chai out of the staff cups (big plastic cups) instead of the visitors small glass coffee cups. The staff told me today that I really am a Kenyan now!
Hi Lois. Thanks for all you are doing!
ReplyDeleteLois, Rachel and I just learned about your blog and I have read through all you have written. Though your last post mentioned missing things about America, I sense you will miss Kenya once you are back here. You are living out Jesus' command as noted in Matthew 25:31-46
ReplyDelete31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
41 “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’
44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’
45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life. ”
You are building up great treasure in heaven right now Lois. Treasure each moment. Carpe Diem!
God Bless, Andrew and Rachel Scott