"Praise the Lord who has given rest to his people Israel, just as he promised. Not one work has failed of all the wonderful promises he gave through his servant Moses. May the Lord our God be with us as he was with our ancestors; may he never leave us or abandon us. May he give us the desire to do his will in everything and to obey all the commands, decrees, and regulations that he gave our ancestors. And may these words that I have prayed in the presence of the Lord be before him constantly, day and night, so that the Lord our God may give justice to me and to his people Israel, according to each day's needs. Then people all over the earth will know that the Lord alone is God and there is no other. And may you be completely faithful to the Lord our God. May you always obey his decrees and commands, just as you are doing today."
"We got to Nyeri Baptist church a little after noon, and were able to worship with Pastor Peter, his son Joseph, about 30 or 40 kids, and 100 adults. It was truly great to see the Spirit work through them, and humbling to see how well they welcomed us into their house of worhsip.
Peter gave the sermon (English), while a translator did so in Swahili. The translator seeme dto scream into the mic, whereas Peter would bring his voice tone up and down. It was funny that Peter was barely above a whisper, then the translator SCREAMS what he says in Swahili.
After church, we were able to take pictures with the children and kids before we loaded back up and drove to our hotel---Westwood. It is a very nice place, one that we'll be able to make our home for the next few days.
Trecy and I get to room together in room 486---with one of the best views in the hotel. Simply gorgeous. We quickly loaded up and went to the clinic before the sun went down. Clinic is in a school off the beaten path. We set up shop, and found that we were missing a bag of all of the pain medicine. We are praying it shows up but are a bit apprehensive about what will happen. God will provide what He wants, and we have to trust Him.
We got back at 8 pm and went straight to dinner, set up in an upper room with chairs around the outside---reminds me of a Seder!
Internet is spotty at best----was able to FB Katie, which was good."
Sunday was a busy, busy day. We traveled from Kentemere all the way up to our clinic in Kiawara. We had worship service, checked into hotel, had several meals, and essentially got our game faces on, for the next morning it was "go time."
So Sabbath? A time of rest? Not so much. That would come at the end of the week for us, as you will see.
Below are a bunch of pictures, the captions explain themselves.
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| Then I asked him to take mine... |
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| After service, this boy ask I take his picture... |
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| Suddenly, they all wanted to take pictures...I had to stop with the one in taking pictures. Note that unless you are prepared to let 40 kids do what you let the 1 kid do, don't do it! |
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| Beautiful little girl after service. |
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| This man seemed to be mentally challenged, but filled with spirit and fun and love. He was dancing through the aisles and singing along with everything. |
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| All of the children singing songs so that we could record them. Some of these children are considered OVC, Orphan-Vulnerable Children. You can read more about our partner Bernard's program as it relates to OVC here. |
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| Pastor Peter's son, Joseph, who rode with us to Westwood Hotel for lunch. |
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| On top of the hill in the background is a prison and the small village below is one of the most "unsafe" places in the area, according to the Pastors. |
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| The kids making faces as we leave. |
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| Heading to the Cho. We'd be seeing this scene over the next few days and as you can see, it is absolutely gorgeous here. |
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| Some of the out buildings----the white one is a large meeting room used for preaching the Gospel. The two-door building on the right is where the 40 pastors, (who volunteered their time, walking from miles away from their villages to spend the week here) slept. They served the food in the right door, and we ate where I am standing (out in a field). |
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| Building in the back ground is one of two that create an "L" shape. That building is where the people would come to first meet with the doctors, and we (and the pharmacy) were in the second building. |
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| This is where they cooked our food----notice the dark black soot on the top part of the wood---I wonder how many meals are represented by the black smoke/steam that is created each day while this was a school. |
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| Would we call it ironic or divine foresight that caused us as a dental team to choose this room? After we chose it, we noticed this sign, describing the different types of teeth in a human mouth! |
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| This is the view out the back window of our room. |
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| The dental office---three stations, one washing station, and a whole lot of gauze! |
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| This is likely not what the dentists mean by "brushing your teeth." Molly and I were both assistants this week. |
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| From left to right, starting with the khaki shirt, Dr. Trecy Watson, Dr. Keenan Smith, Molly Puryear, Dori Clark (yellow), Amanda Gay, Dr. Ryan Magg, Me. |
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