Last day at Brackenhurst

Jambo to everyone in America! This Is Melissa Norris and Amanda Geddings. We have received the honor of writing the latest blog for our trip. Yesterday, we went to church at Baptist Chapel and we were there from 9:30 to 2:30!! Yeah… a whole five hours in church!! But you know, we didn’t even glance at our watches. We were worshiping and praising God to the utmost highest. Our very own Dr. Hawkins delivered a wonderful message on how Satan tries to bring you down when you are doing God’s work. But Satan, no matter how hard he may try, he never wins. God always has the victory!!! After church, we were invited to Pastor Euticuls Wambua home for Sunday dinner and lets just say the food was AMAZING!! Their hospitality is something that is greatly appreciated when you are ten thousand miles away from home. That kind of hospitality and the passion they have when they worship Christ is something that America has lost and we absolutely need to get it back. That fire for Christ needs to be rekindled.

Today, we had the awesome chance of going to the Keosha School that was started by Pastor Euticuls. While visiting there, we split up into 5 different groups, which were a story, face and puppets, recreation, music, and health. It was a joy to witness to these children. Let me tell you a little bit about these children. They live in the slums with the only food they get being from the schools lunch. As we entered the school we were greeted by choruses of “How are You”. Though throughout the day we could hear children on the outside wall of the school screaming the same chorus but they couldn’t go to school because they didn’t have the small amount of $2.00 a month.

The children were so welcoming and friendly that it was hard to say goodbye to them. We were then on the way to say goodbye to our interpreters. I‘ve never did like goodbyes, I was told once not to say goodbye but to say “see you later”. Well we said a lot of those!

When we were leaving Pastor Euticauls told us that he knows we have left a part of our hearts here in Kenya. The whole team feels like they are leaving a little piece along with another home. We all know that God has touched our lives and through us we have touched others. As we were here working doing what God has called us to do, everyone was saying “May God Bless You”. Well, we can honestly say He has already blessed us in way that cannot be explained. Seeing the joy in these people’s faces is priceless.

Tomorrow we take off for Masai Mara for a whole Safari adventure! And for the most of the group it will be the first time we see WILD animals. We are all pretty excited!!! For the past week and half we all thought that the only animals Africa has are donkeys, goats, and chickens!!

Kwaheri for now!
Melssia and Amanda