Karibu Sana!!

"You are very welcome" was something I heard a lot of today. I made a little trip just out of the city of Kisumu to visit a compound called Nehemiah International. It is a Christian Farm that welcomes orphans and widows. Their hope is to have a completely sustainable farm and they are currently opperating at around seventy or eighty percent self-sustaining. I woke up this morning before the roosters and walked around in the dark on the farm. I came without a watch and I didn't want to miss chapel so I think I may have woke up before five. Chapel was at seven. So many people love God so much here on the farm. It is a great community of about sixty people. "You may be thinking, How odd?? A farm. How did I get there?"

I just happen to have two friends that both go to Cal Poly and are currently staying at Nehemiah. One is Anna Schuler and the other is Kevin Woodward. Anna has spent nine months of her life here in the rural parts of Kisumu teaching children and living on the farm. I was so glad to go with her and Kevin today and say some goodbyes. Anna will be leaving shortly so she has to tell all her friends goodbye. I ate a couple of dinners in huts and stopped at a "hotel" as the Kenyans call it. I waited for some transportation, helped with a Bible lesson, played an impromtu part as the young david fighting Goliath, walked though corn fields, played with children and greeted many wonderful Africans. People love Jesus here so much and they are not afraid to talk about it. It is not like America, but I really like it.

I am so glad to have come here and take time praying for the street boys and seeking God as to how I can best minister and befriend them. I want to see break throughs in the barriers that are built up with them. I am thinking about starting a soccer ministry and getting to know the children through that. I love soccer so I hope that is what happens. I hope to pour into these young men and see great fruit as the Lord changes them. I want to learn what it means to love people and genuinely befriend them. I can't wait to get back to the city and see God knock down social, physical, and spiritual walls that will enable His love and His Word to come in. I am so thankful to be here and very interested in what will come of me being here. I will go one day at a time.