School Time!

Every day I wake up, go to devotions with all of the staff members of Rafiki, and then head off to school! I am helping in the Kindergarten and 2nd Grade classes. In each class I work one-on-one with the children who are a little bit behind. We work on reading, hand-writing, and math. It has been such a blast and such a privilege to work with these precious children.

My favorite student is Onesmus. He is in the kindergarten and struggles with reading, but we are working on it! Here are 2 pictures to show how precious he is...

 

Games Week was a blast!

So, all week I was the escort for the 2nd graders for "Games Week." As I said earlier it is very similar to VBS. We have sports, arts & crafts, enrichment, and music. The children love it when it is "Games Week" and my 14 children were a blast to be around. Here are some pictures of the activities throughout the week! Thanks for reading :)

"Frez-bee?"

I am loving these children! They are such a joy to be around and have truly been saved from darkness. The word is being engraved into their hearts and they are learning so much from the teachers and their given mamas.

This week is "game week" (which is very similar to VBS) I have the second graders who are so precious and very needy of attention and love. So i give them plenty of it!

Today I got to go on a "play date" with 4 onery, funny, preciou

s boys! On our play date I taught them how to play frisbee... But, first I had to teach them what a "frez-bee" was :) They learned very quickly and had an absolute blast! Here is a macho picture of them showing me how strong they are...

Their names are Aaron, Onesmus, Moses, and Amos

and below is a picture of us resting.

Thank you all for your prayers, encouragement, and support. Please pray that the Lord will provide more funds for this ministry, "Rafiki Foundation"- the electricity has doubled in price and is causing some stress on the financial side of things. And, continue to pray that these little precious ones will grow up in the Lord and become great leaders in their country. 

Love to all of you! 

Daily Bread

So, I am in Kenya! It has been amazing already. I love the precious children and the sweet workers here in Rafiki and was so extremely happy to see Emily. 

There is such a great need for love, food, and shelter here.

I want to share a story that I will never forget:

The first day I got here we went to see a house of one of the Rafiki workers, Joyce. She walked us through the town of the dirt roads filled with children, goats, and pigs. As she led us the sweet children stared and screamed "how are you, how are you, how are you" trying to mimic Americans. It was pretty adorable.

When we got to her house we were struck by the poverty even more. Joyce, is pretty well off in her town yet has very little to survive with. As she was hosting us in her 5x8 living room she humbly asked us to pray for her, that the Lord would provide her family the daily bread they needed. 

The next morning we had devotions with Rafiki Staff and Missionaries. I sat by Joyce. As we were listening to the devotions, thumbing through our bibles trying to keep up with the teacher, I came across a laminated bible verse that I had never literally been able to relate to but Joyce does everyday. The verse was Matthew 6: 25-28 which tells us not to about worry about our lives, but uses worrying about food and clothing as the examples. I gave this to Joyce and as she read this tears filled her eyes and she gratefully accepted it and immediately put it in her pocket.

I have never worried about if I was going to eat or drink or have clothing and shelter. I have more than enough daily bread, and I was humbled to know someone who worries about that very thing everyday.

Let's be grateful of our blessings and look for ways to share them.