Whew! What a week! Let me take this opportunity to thank those of you who have made comments or sent encouraging emails. I don't really know how to respond to comments on here, but I read and appreciate them.

It has been a good week. We were just reflecting as a team yesterday, about the last ten weeks. It has been quite a journey and though there is much ahead, we have come a long way already. My response was that each week, I think, whoa, if I came just for this week, it would have been worth it. Then the next week comes, and I am humbled once again, and again I am blessed by what God has for me. This week was amazingly transformational, and I am humbled once again. There is so much to say, but I don't even know where to begin.

Our speaker this week was an awesome man of God from Kitale, which "coincidentally" is where we are going on our second week of outreach. Actually, before this week, we heard from God, but did not have any other contacts in Kitale (except Lilian, who is from there). But as we prayed, some of the same things that came up were things that, when we talked with our speaker John, were actually real needs in Kitale. I'm excited to see what is ahead, and looking forward to seeing our speaker and his family in the future.

I was also in the kitchen this week for cooking as my work duty. It was a lot of fun despite how much work it was. Tanya, I talked to two people about chapati. One said they were from Kenya, and another said they were from India. ha. But I do know one Kenyan who has been to India, and she said the chapati was a little different. Interesting. :) Anyhow, it was a lot of fun to make them, as well as everything else. :)

We had an interesting morning today. Around 5 am, we heard some screams, and then found out later what was happening. I guess some neighbors were robbed early this morning. Then, three of the guys on our team found out that their clothes were also stolen, right off of the laundry line! It was very sad and a bit scary. But as I processed and prayed about this, and wondered what God wanted me to do, I just felt His peace as He gave me a word about His provision, from Zephaniah 2:7. It was very helpful. I also found out that the base leader contacted the night watchman company, and I think they are supposed to help pay for some of the costs to make restitution. At first I was afraid to do laundry again, but I have peace now and am no longer afraid.