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Sorry that I haven’t updated in awhile.  I have been out of contact with the “Real World.”  We have been working in Eburru, which is a remote mountain village, since November 12th.  I’m in Nairobi for two more days and then I travel back up there to finish up on Sunday with the team.  I wish I could paint you an accurate portrayal of how beautiful it is in Eburru.  Imagine living in huts, in a small village on the side of a mountain that is just shy of 10,000 ft above sea level.  Then you have the view of the entire Rift Valley and Lake Naivasha below you.  We have electricity about five hours a night when we run the generator and we are cooking for about twenty people either over a small gas stove or over a charcoal stove.  Our showers look like outhouses and they are essentially a 20 gallon bucket placed on the roof with a shower head plumbed into the bottom.  I know most of you are probably thinking, “Man! Better you than me.”  I promise you though, once you see it with your own eyes its breathtaking.  It renews my perspective on the Lord and allows me to worship him through his creation. 

This is the camp we are currently staying at in Eburru.
 
 
What are we doing in Eburru?  What does the ministry look like?  Primarily we have been working with Pastor Steve Njanga, who felt led to plant a church in Eburru, after a Real-Life team was doing ministry in that location.  We have been doing VBS five to six days a week, as well as helping to lead small groups.  Last weekend we were able to take the youth from the church and partner with another village’s youth group to put on a Youth Conference.  Through this time, we taught sessions on Christian Commitment, Dating, Abstinence, and then split the guys and girls up so that we could better answer some of their questions.  It was a powerful time, and probably one of the favorites of the team.  However, for three of my girls, their highlight would be getting to assist in the birth of a little girl at the Clinic that Pastor Steve’s wife started. 

Things have been going well for me, but I have been having a lot of trouble with fatigue and I have spent hundreds of dollars on tests and haven’t found anything except for me having worms (again.)  However, that shouldn’t affect me like this.  I would love to be lifted up in your prayers as I have a lot of logistics to undergo in the next few weeks.

Team leaves December 6TH

I leave on December 8th to fly to Atlanta and then the next day I hop a plane to Ohio

On December 12th, my dad and his wife, Kathy, are driving me to Kansas City so that they can meet Dawn.

Then on December 14th, Dawn and I are driving from Kansas City to Texas, so that I can meet her family and friends and spend Christmas with them.

Finally, I fly back to Kenya on December 27th to lead a two week medical team.