Today was our last day of work before a fun day tomorrow and return to Nairobi on Friday for our flight back to the U.S. We drove to Naivasha to do some work at the Rehobeth United Methodist Church.
We worked on barbed wire installation on a security fence and broke rocks to prepare for placing concrete around the base of the fence. This was a hard day psycolohically for our team. This community is built on top of a landfill, and it smells and looks like it.
And yet there is hope there and the love of Christ is there and in a sister church on the hill. And there is stark contrast as we look one mile to the northwest at beautiful Lake Naivasha. And as always, we were surrounded by dozens of little happy faces who wanted nothing more than recognition and love (or maybe just to feel a hairy arm, but that's another story!) A day like today really challenges me to question why I am so blessed but often take for granted how much I have. This is my annual reality check and just one of the many benefits of coming to Kenya each year.
After our lunch of sandwiches and chips we brought, we did another water filter and hygiene trading and distribution for 35 members of the community.
This was the second such distribution SWOK has done in this community. We left around 5 to head on the 1&1/2 hour ride back to Nakuru with one stop on the way. We detoured to Gilgil where we stopped at Loving Hands Safe House, which is a rescue center for young vulnerable children infected and affected by HIV / Aids.
We dropped off large sacks of food for them and got to spend a few minutes for them to sing a song for us and that we could give them some attention and love. This is a great ministry that Jane Kinuthia is doing!
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