Saturday :)

1-14-12
The group was slower getting up this morning because we all had to wake up a lot earlier and the drive yesterday wore us out. The pastor and his wife made us chai and white bread for breakfast. Then we packed up and we drove an hour down into the rift valley where we met members of the pokot tribe. The view going down into the valley was amazing, Bruce Solomon you would have loved taking pictures of it. It is quite a bit warmer down here than we have been used to. We held a vbs for about 125 kids under a tent, that they use for their church.... they don't have a building yet. The kids took a little bit longer to warm up to us since they have not seen this many wazungus(white people) before. Which brings our grand total to about 1000 kids that heard the gospel and received a salvation bracelet. The men had another very successful day evangelizing, another 24 received Christ as their saviour, which brings the total for the mission endeavour to over 50 professions of faith, buenasifewe!! A quick story... bro Russell was witnessing to a group of ladies down in a dry riverbed and a goat herder was passing by, he stopped and got reallllly super close to bro Russell's face and waited... I was told he didn't have a pleasant look on his face either, when bro Russell finished he said... Ok my turn!! Bro Russell shared the gospel with him and he accepted Christ and wanted to get baptized, he couldn't go right then because he had his goats but he quickly found someone to watch them and followed us the rest of the day. Bro Russell thoroughly enjoyed this moment, not too often does this happen and it was his little moment to enjoy and thank God for. He was so excited and every single person they shared the gospel with accepted Christ, these people are so hungry to hear about God, it is so amazing! The land here is very untouched and they want to know about God and all about the bible. For lunch we had... wait for it... roasted goat, and it really wasn't bad. We had goat stew and roasted goat along with rice and beans and ugalie. Our whole group was stuffed into this 12-15` diameter mud hut that looked so cool and wasn't really that hot once we got into it. The people serve us before they eat and they get whatever is left over, they are so sweet and nice! When we came out of the hut a bunch of one humped camels were in a nearby "yard" so we all walked over to see them... we got some good pictures! Then we loaded up and headed out... the long bumpy ride back to the bible institute. We were all so dirty and ready to shower so it was luke warm bucket showers and we all felt better! We had devo time, testimonies, and reflection. We had rice, beans, and chicken for dinner and then it was lights out... we are all pooped from today, being so hot and busy it wore on us... but it was all so worth it. We had a good time having all the girls stay together, we love our momma Terry, we have really enjoyed her and all our conversations, we are going to muss her so much. We are taking so much away from this trip, we are so blessed to be here. God reveals Himself in a new way everyday.
c&a