Please pray for me today. I am physically struggling with sinus stuff. The roads are very dusty and we must keep the windows open for air, but closed to keep us from breathing the dust. It's a hard choice some times. :) Since I have sinus you know what I decided...to enjoy the breeze and have a clear view of the beautiful landscape.
I plan to write at length later this evening because I do not have time to properly write about yesterday - worship, orphanage -
the bus is waiting.
Today I taught grade 2 at the St. Francis of Assisi Grade School and visited CCRC Joska - Christ Compassion Rescue Center for Street Kids. I covered grammar, math, phonics and art. Some things are universal with children. One child needed to go potty and 15 needed to go. (There were around 40 children in this class.) The desk were hand made and rough - consisting of a bench and top long enough for 3 children to fit at tightly. The floors were dirt and the walls, because they have been recently updated, were concrete. Many of the children had no pencil and some no paper. The ones with pencils were small and old and they sharpened them with their teeth. Now imagine picking a pencil up from the dirt floor and sticking it in your mouth to clean it so it will write again.
At the break we played duck duck goose. That was a sight trying to teach them but I did it! I was not successful however playing red rover. I couldn't keep the names straight and they couldn't remember their numbers. Oh, well, back to class.
In the afternoon I went with 4 from our group to visit in the home of a family of 7. The father has been unable to work due to a stroke, the youngest daughter has had TB and the medical bills are piling up on them. The sons have been unable to find work and the mother has cared for the father and daughter. There is no food and they fast most days. I have taught my Sunday School class about famine and drought but I have seen it with my own eyes. Well, let's just watch what God is going to do with this family. After today they will never be the same because the power of God was accepted upon that ground and on that home. I stood amazed in the presence of God today and have cried so so much that my nose even more chafed! But it is unstopping my sinuses!!
The dinner bell has rang and I will go eat. The cook here is fantastic and the meals are very healthy. Each bite comes with questions and confession when I have sat in the home of the hungry.
Continue to pray and feel free to forward a link to anyone that might be interested in our work in Joska Kenya!! Thank God for our many many uncountable blessings in the USA.
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