Day 5
Sunday, December 15, 2012
Sunday mornings begin at 3 am apparently. I was waked by the beautiful singing of
the children in the main room that is outside my bedroom. I got up and joined them for about 30
mins of songs and prayer. As soon as it was over everyone went back to bed for
a couple of hours. We woke up again
dressed and showered to have church.
I knew I was preaching at the VCH church today and I did. But towards the end of my sermon, Ms.
Vicki told me to make the end short because the Reverend Juma was waiting on
us. Acadius joined us for the
church circuit. Acadius is a
bright young man. He is a teen at
VCH and is always helping me. He
is good with electronics and is always taking pictures and filming events for
me. Today he insisted that I not
carry a thing. He carried my
backpack everywhere today. He is
always singing praises to the Lord.
At the moment we were rushed out the door, that is when I
found out I was also preaching at a church in the bush. We drove for 45 minutes on very rough
dirt roads. On the way I found out
I was not only preaching at one church but at two churches. I asked Ms. Vicki how that could be as
I was to speak at the first church at 11 am. She said, “Oh, It is okay sister. Church will start when you get there.” We arrived in the small village of
Bushawli. It was a small bush
church. They were so very
kind. I spoke and then
we quickly left to get to the next church. I can’t remember the village name. There I not only preached but was told
I would be the one to pray over the Reverend Joseph and commission him. That in itself was a huge honor! After I finished preaching and the
invitation was given several people came forward to accept Christ and many
other came for me to lay hands on them and pray for them. It was so very powerful. I can not even believe God would chose
me to have such a powerful impact on that village. I was humbled beyond belief as I prayed over so many
people. Reverend Juma who is over
the entire district said he would like for me to go to three more churches
today but we informed him I had planned to meet with Pastor Wambua . Then we were requested to stay and eat
lunch. I did not want to be rude
so we said we would stay for 10 mins. Ten minutes turned into twenty minutes and Ms. Vicki
had to call Pastor Wambua to tell him we would be late. He told her he had meetings out of town
so we plan to meet with him tomorrow or Tuesday before I leave. This freed us up to visit a bit longer. I was asked to pray over a man who had
just received some money to use for the Lord. After that prayer we headed out to come back to
Victorious Children’s Home to rest for about 15 minutes. My good friend Milcar’s Uncle, the
proprietor of Shieywe, invited us to dinner. We were to arrive between 5-6 pm. Since it was 5pm when we returned from the preaching circuit
we did not have much time. I love
Milcar and her Uncle has the sweetest spirit.
Vicki & I took Clair, one of the junior high girls, with
us to Milcar’s house. Clair
is a sweet and loving girl with a servant’s heart. Every night Clair would Secure the mosquito netting around
my bed and every morning Clair would come into my room to twist up my mosquito
net and make my bed. She spoiled
me. But this morning when she had
come in I had my bed made and I managed to properly twist and tie my mosquito
net up on the ceiling. So when she
came in she said “Oh!” and grabbed her face and the replied “ Melinda you have
done a good work! You are a good
learner.” It was a funny sight to
see her surprise. I am so
glad she was able to join us for this special dinner. I think she had a wonderful time. I know I had a wonderful time! It was so great to see Milcar and her uncle; I call him
papa. We had a delicious
dinner (By the way I did eat goat
tonight! I could not tell papa
no.) and then I gave them the presents I had brought for them from home. A lotion set for Milcar and a Christmas
music cd for papa. They were so happy.
Papa put the cd in to listen to right away.
We did not leave until late. It was hard to leave such sweet friends. When we returned home everyone was
served cake. The cake we were all
to full to eat the night before. Since my time here is drawing to and
end, I had to sit down and make a large to do list for tomorrow. This will insure I get everything done
on my last full day in Kakamega.
