It has been quite a fun morning. We usually go to do the service for the teenagers on Sunday mornings with Fridah and Grace, or one of the two, and one of them teaches. We then add on and also interact with the kids. It is a lot of fun. However, this morning, I found out that neither of them were going to go, and then found out right before I left that it was just going to be Duncan and I to teach the kids. So we left the base with no program and no idea what we would be doing.
On the way, we decided that we just needed to pray and God would tell us exactly what to say and do. So we were just listening and silently praying as we walked. Right when we turned the corner onto the road, I felt like I was supposed to teach on John 15, about staying connected to the Vine, and obeying God's commands, but I decided to wait to see if Duncan heard the same thing.
We keep walking, and Duncan says "Kristy, I am really not hearing anything."
My response was, "Keep listening, God will speak." More silent walking. I prayed that God would say the same thing to Duncan if He really wanted me to speak on that, and to tell me something different if that were not the case. Again Duncan tells me that he is not hearing anything from the Lord, and again I told him to just wait. More walking. I had so much peace that God would say the same thing, that I was miraculously not worried at all.
Finally, about 5 minutes before we got to the ferry, Duncan looks at me and says, "Okay, I have something. I feel like God wants us to talk about obedience, and obeying God's commands."
Great! Exact confirmation!
So we spoke on that and the words flowed. I felt like it was even easier than last week when I spoke and had prepared more. Praise the Lord - it was all Him.
Anyway, we also had to say good bye to the kids, and speak blessings to them as they go on in life, and as we won't see them for at least the next three months.

Lecture phase of my time here ended with a BANG this week. It was quite a week filled with so much of God speaking into so many of our lives, for the upcoming three months and beyond. I am asking for more clarity and courage from God to enable me to follow what He is telling me to do. Things were only confirmed more this morning when the pastor at church spoke on some of the exact same things as our speaker did all week.
Our fiery speaker this week came to us from Eldoret, where we will be going to work as our third place. He actually works also part-time with the Toposa people in Southern Sudan. He shared some of this ministry there, and it really broke some of the people on the team. One of the guys on my team shared that he had not cried for 10 years, but after seeing these people, who do not even have clothes, he said he could not control the tears coming from his eyes and heart. That is beautiful.

Friday night was a nice, light, end of the week though. We had a multicultural celebration, and each tribe or nation shared something of their culture. Oh how we LAUGHED. :) Lisa and I made salsa and guacamole, mostly because we were craving it, but we just said we were from North America, and Janelle (from Canada) joined our group. Most of the tribes did a song or a dance, and I busted out the ribbon stick. :) hahaha. It was great. I videoed most of the acts, and will have to post those when I come home. One of the highlights was the Luhya people, who came in with all these leaves all over themselves, or Judy and Martin who did an English barn dance. Fun times. It was a good ending to the first three months, as the PCYM people are also going to be leaving for their outreach soon as well.

This may be my last post for a while. We do not know if we will have internet for the next three months. If that is the case, God bless you abundantly, and I will have lots of sharing at the end of August for you.

And one thing to make clear, while we are going to be doing a water project in Golini, and possibly working in a school in Kitale and with the IDP camps in Eldoret, and with the school and church in Vipingo, our PRIMARY focus is to share with people about Jesus.
And while I care about these people because the Lord loves them, I care about you all even more, and would love for you to know Jesus the way that I do. I hope you know that Jesus loves you, that it's more than a kid's song, and that He is the only way to have an eternal life in Heaven with Him. If you are interested in knowing more, He is already interested in you. Talk to someone. I will be more than happy to talk to you when I come home, God willing. Above all things, I am just saying this because I care for you. I value you and love you, and so does God.