First off, I’m sorry that my last update was so heavy. I wanted to paint an accurate picture both of
what I’m seeing and feeling. Honestly,
this has been a really difficult week for Scott, Denise, and me. Our friends in Kenya have witnessed things
that they can’t even put words to or just don’t want to because of the
horror.
It has been very difficult for some as they have lost their
small shops that provided for them or because food prices shot way up. So if they could barely afford food everyday
for their families imagine then what it would look like if the food prices
doubled or tripled and they are still earning the same or less than they were
before. We even had some of our partners
in the ministry call a meeting with us only to tell us that we need to pay them
money as a means of keeping unity in the body of Christ. Scott and I walked away from the meeting
feeling beat-up and downright extorted.
However, Scott was able to meet with this pastor the next day and clarify
everything. We have since been able to
reconcile our differences and see just how desperate things have become in the
slums.
This trip was also difficult for me because my body would not
adjust to the time change. Every night
regardless of what time I went to bed, I could expect to be awake by 2:30
a.m. So sometimes, that meant that I got
two hours of sleep and other times I might get lucky and get four. On the plus side, I had a lot of time to
think through things, pray, and spend time with the Lord. However, the downside is that in the middle
of the day I would be exhausted to the point that on several occasions I would
fall asleep wherever we were. The last
day was the most difficult for me because we were completely slammed with an
agenda literally, until we left that night for the airport. I was so exhausted that I couldn’t sit in one
place for more than five minutes or I would fall asleep and did. All of this together just made me frustrated,
every night I would beg the Lord to help me find sleep but it never seemed to
come.
Refugee Camp in Naivasha, Kenya 5,000-6,000 people
