I owe all of you an apology for not getting this to you sooner. I think I just needed some time to digest the weekend and prepare my thoughts for you. Pastor Jerry was invited to fly out to Redding from Florida for the weekend a couple of weekends ago. He ended up finding the time and hopped on a couple of planes and landed Friday night in Sacramento. We had breakfast Saturday morning with some friends and talked about God and His works in Kenya for the morning. I tell you what my friends, I really like this guy and can't wait to get to Kenya to serve with him. He has such a grounded love for the people that he gets to work with and it shows!
After a couple of days of spending a lot of time together we dialed in some of things that I'll be working on as soon as I get there. So here they are. My first project will be repairing the floor of a cistern in Isiolo. Isiolo is a mostly Muslim community with a little bit of Al Qaeda, venomous snakes, malaria, and scorpions. I'm very excited about the type of motivation these things provide in getting the job done in an expedient manor. After that I'll be repairing some pump issues with the water system at their school in Nanyuki. From there I'll be working on fencing and property lines for the youth camp and the orphanage in Naibor. I think that Naibor will end up being my home when I go back for the 2 year trip due to my two biggest projects being there. I look forward to building my first home there. I've always imagined building my own home but I never thought that it would like this...actually the one that I dreamed about had a toilet.
Some of the other things that I might be helping out with are teaching math science at the school, helping in the three orphanages, teaching fire trainings with the municipal fire dept., first aid and CPR classes, vocational classes, trying to help Noah (Kenyan block builder) get his business going smoothly, learning Swahili, general maintenance of all of the different sites and above all else pursuing Gods will and love.
Father I pray that you bless all of those involved in this journey. I pray that you forgive me when I stress out about not having "enough" money for this trip and continue to help me grow in my faith in you. Thank you for picking me to be a part of this adventure and journey. I love you Father. AMEN!
