Back from our 3 week assignment in Thika!

Habari Zenu! We just got back from our 3 week assignment in Thika and it was so wonderful! It was hard to leave but now we are back with our team in Kasarani for our last few weeks here.

We were with a wonderful family. Pastor Patrick and Mama Clementine. Our mama works at the Del Monte pineapple factory and they live in the Del Monte housing, so we were living right next to fields of pineapples. So unlike last time both Ryan and I were in Kenya, we had electricity and a toilet this go around! This was a great blessing for us, I think we had enough squatty potties for the rest of our lives ;). And we got fresh pineapple everyday! I do not think I will be able to eat pineapple in the US after having it fresh from the shamba (farm).

We did a lot of everything. We preached at 2 churches every Sunday, in two different towns. We talked at many schools and even taught at one. We did evangelism (hut to hut home visits telling people about the love of Jesus), we prayed with and over the sick, we played with many many kids, we went home to home encouraging people and built many relationships, we had 2 open air crusades, and cooked, cleaned and rested :)

So some details about where we where. We lived at Del Monte which was in between Makongeni and Kihiumwiri. (so we were actually never in Thika, Thika was just the biggest town that was close to us). Our pastor's church was in Kihiuwmiri which was a small and very poor town. One pastor in the area said it was a slum, but I did not think it was like a slum. It was actually a very beautiful place. It was on a hill and it was so green! Everyone had their own shamba (farm) so we ate food fresh from the ground or tree. this is where we did most of our ministry. Most kids there had never seen a white person before so we attracted crowds of children where ever we went. The people of the town were Kikuyu and many knew English so we got to build many relationships while we were there. Four people got saved while we were doing Evangelism and 3 people got saved when we had an Open Air Crusade, Praise God. Oh and now I can say Praise God in 4 languages!
Swahili: Bwana Asifiwe! Masaai: Mesisi Yesu! Kikuyu: Mwanthani Arogoswo! and English: Praise God!
We also traveled to Makongeni, which is a bigger town and did ministry there. We preached at their church which had 200-300 people in it!

We became very close with our host family. Some nights we would laugh and laugh. They taught us how to cook and some nights would only talk to us in Swahili so that we could learn it faster. Ryan is so good at Swahili, it has been like being with a Kenyan. He has picked it up really fast!

Please keep praying for us as we enter the next phase of the Global Project. And please be praying for the people of Kihiumwiri and Makongeni.

Our pastor and mama send their greetings!
Love you all!