Thursday, July 10, 2008

God is good.

Please be praying for our team. The guys have been evangelizing every day--three people came to the Lord just today!! Linus says that the African people are more likely to listen to Americans than to their own kind, interestingly enough. So, when American's evangelize, more come to Christ. I think that has been the case--even though everyone thinks Micah is African (specifically from the Kikuyu tribe).

Today was a great day--exhausting, but great. We spent all morning with the children and drew pictures for about an hour and a half (I know, rediculous attention spans, it's awesome). I think I drew like a hundred giraffes.

But Micah talked to Dr. Shaw, and next thing I know we're (Kelsey and I) are getting to go do house visits (Imani has a ministry called "shade" that helps people who are HIV positive in any way they can). We went to four houses, and the women we met were such amazing people. They literally live in closets with dirt floors, many of them. But their spirits are so positive, you go away feeling they just visited you. One woman we visited spoke English, and so we got to have a really good conversation with her and get to know her. We also got to meet her 2 cows (which were named dawn and dusk, basically, in Swahili) and her one 6 day old calf (which was still unnamed, but by the time we left had sufficiently been named . . . Jessica--that's right).

I just want to thank you for all your prayers, I can really feel God working. I wouldn't be here without ya'll, and you are keeping me going. Thank you.

4 comments:

Daurie said...

Congrats on the cow!!
What an honor!

I pray that God continues the blessings.


Daurie

Melissa said...

Jessica:
How exciting for you. What an awesome opportunity. I will be praying for you. :) I have a blog too, just click on my name. Also, I have Matt Willingham as a friend on my blog too. He is in Thailand teaching English. I know he would love to hear from you as well. Love you friend

Anonymous said...

Good to see things going well over yonder. I pray your work will have an impact even long after you've left to come back.

Anonymous said...

May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the steadfastness of Christ.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:5 [NASB]

Ohh Jess.
I think having a cow named after you in Kenya is even better than having a building dedicated in your name or even a song written about you. That is truly awesome.

"The finest gift you can give anyone is encouragement. Yet, almost no one gets the encouragement they need to grow to their full potential. If everyone received the encouragement they need to grow, the genius in most everyone would blossom and the world would produce abundance beyond our wildest dreams."
-Sidney Madwed

I saw this in a book. I am lifting you & the others up in prayer, & I know your work will not go unnoticed. I just want to say...keep on doing what you are doing...God is doing His work & you are such a blessing!!

(If I could send you a Post-It note of Love right now, I totally would!)

I love you, Jess!