Kitale

Yes we watched the lord of the rings a few weeks ago and they’ve been stuck in my head  lol.
Well, we’ve now been home from the city in western Kenya called Kitale for a week. It took that long to get caught up with life again… laundry took two whole days lol. Kitale was wonderful, though also very tiring. The drive there is only 12 hours now instead of 18 because they recently paved one of the roads…  though that apparently is bad for the business of the towns on it b/c now the cars don’t slow down enough to be swarmed by ppl selling everything from mango’s and bananas to sunglasses and watches. Lol

There are several things about our trip that I never want to forget. We traveled around to all the many Bible colleges that our ministry has going there, and at each one we were introduced and asked to say whatever the Lord had put on our heart. For me this was awesome… I think the hardest part about public speaking is knowing when to shut up. However,  the hardest part about “preaching” is knowing what God wants to say to a specific group. I spent a lot of time praying before each session and a few times found myself completely changing topics five minutes before I spoke and having verses I hadn’t thought of in a long time just come into my head, each of those times I found out the “new” topic spoke directly to the goings on of someone there. Once Pat and I went to a women’s prayer group and I had planned this elaborate speech on true beauty, then I felt at the last moment that I should speak on Titus 2:3-5 about how we are to be examples for the younger generation. I came to find out that the pastor of the church had had it on her heart lately that they needed to be more involved in teaching their own children rather than just letting their little brains be molded by a VERY corrupt school system.

Also as the days went by with me spending time searching for what I was supposed to say, I found that every time I would open the Bible, something would arise in me a new revelation. There isn’t a verse that I read that I couldn’t use to teach, everything became a sermon in my head.

I have to say my very favoritest thing though, was watching Charly. At 1^st he started every speech with     “I don’t usually talk allot, so this will be short” then went on to astound us all with the profound truths he’d found in a few short simple verses. While I elaborate everything (for the fun of it) he simplifies things that seem so complex. I think his way is better; he makes people feel like, “wow, it really is that easy”. About mid week Pat told him that he was no longer aloud to say he didn’t talk much, or have much to say, because he’d obviously heard from God and that shouldn’t be downplayed. He got more and more confident each time to the point that when we came home he said, “You can’t tell me that didn’t just feel right, like it’s what we’re supposed to be doing.” I can’t express how proud of him I am.

Of course all these things would have made it an awesome trip on their own, but I must admit I fell in love with Kitale for another reason as well. They had, a real American style *drum roll* Coffee Shop! Named of all things: “The Coffee Shop” haha. I had a real mocha latte, with steamed, thick, foamy, and smooth milk and chocolate sprinkled on top and I was in love. I already miss the place. I think we went almost every single day that wasn’t spent entirely out in the desert villages. I’m told they used to have wifi and a fairly large library but both recently moved to new locations so as to have more room. Drat that. But still, it was a lil slice of heaven; for I’m sure there is the most fabulous café ever in heaven. I mean what’s eternity without a wide variety of the most delicious substance in existence.

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Now it’s back to the basics, teaching in the mornings and watching the kids in the evening. Today is Jaden’s 5 month bday and we’re gonna feed him his 1^st real food, mashed banana in a few hours. I will post the pictures asap. But for now I must away, Thank you all for your prayers. HUGS