The Naz - God's plan - Kenya 2012

Day Three -

Our first full day on the site was quite an adventure! We went with BIG plans!! Plans for a Ladies Bible Study with the local Maasai women, a VBS with the kids from the vilage and of course getting LOTS of work done on the building project! 

When we arrived, Charles (our Kenyan construction boss), started the day by getting all of us, Kenyan and American alike in a circle and introducing ourselves and praying. It was a PERFECT start to our day! First thing, the guys got partnered up with a Kenyan and the women went into the church to prepare for the Ladies Bible Study.

As 9am rolled around, the suggested start time for the Study, we had one woman...but she encouraged us that more would come...just to trust God! (Ironically, her name is FAITH :)  She was right after about 20 minutes they started to come! They told us that they needed to get water before they could come...which is slightly more complicated then just walking to the kitchen sink! We opened by asking them to teach us a Maasai song, WOW, can they sing and worship! They sang with such energy and their WHOLE heart! Even though we didn't understand the words we FELT the meaning from their voices and seeing their hearts!  I was the first guinea pig to lead and boy was I a nervous wreck!! I had NO IDEA what to expect...but I started by sharing my background as a wife and mother and how hard we work as women...especially them!! :) They immediatly opened up and soon we were sharing stories, laughing over commonalities in men and children and just really having an incredible time of fellowship! We finished by praying both in Maasai and then in English and you could just feel the Spirit of God settle on that room! When the ladies left we felt so encouraged that GOD HAS A PLAN for that Bible study this week and I think we will learn so much from one another! Please pray for that this week...here the women do SO much and are truly the biggest influence on how the families here will mature in Christ!

The ladies then joined the men for a few hours on the worksite. We carried block for the pastors home and lifted steel beams for the food storage building! It was hard work but we saw instantly the connection the men were making with their partners. So many of our guys said that evening that they were shocked at how quickly they bonded with the Kenyan's and were sure that GOD HAS A PLAN for the relationships they are building this week!

Finally we did a VBS for the kids! We had lots of plans for singing and crafts, games and soccer...but we forgot the soccer balls, didn't have all that we needed for the craft and couldnt get the CD player to work!! ;) But...GOD HAD OTHER PLANS! We were able to just share the Bible story with them, and play...which was GREAT! We are so excited to see all that God will do this week in these kids!