Now I know you get traffic jams of cattle and sheep in NI, but I've never shared the road with a herd of camels before! They must have been taking these to sell somewhere - I think it's a pretty unusual sight even for Kenya, because everyone was stopping to stare!
All's well with me here -- I was at a church called Kesogon this morning. One of the Bible College students preaches there most Sundays, and today he got up and preached in English!! (Usually the preacher would speak in Swahili, and someone would translate for me.) He said that he just decided to preach in English, although his notes were all in Swahili and he had never done it before. He did a good job though -- I was really encouraged by the message itself, as well as his ability in explaining it. Sometimes that's a problem here -- the students know the truth and the doctrine, but they can't seem to communicate it clearly to the people. But I was encouraged today. Then we were invited to a lady's house for lunch -- now I'm stuffed!! I've been teaching computers to Form 3 class for a couple of weeks now. They range in age from 17 to 19. I asked them, for typing practice, to type a paragraph about themselves, and some of the things they said were really revealing. A lot of them know the language of Christians -- like saying that the most important thing in life is to know God, and that their desire is to be a good Christian etc. But sometimes I wonder if they just say this to please me or because they know that's the right thing to say. The majority of people in Kenya will say that they are saved -- even if their lives completely contradict that profession. But a few of the kids did ring true in what they said by way of giving a testimony of salvation. It certainly gave me a bit of an insight into their lives and encouraged me to pray for them more. Pray for these kids -- I'm going with Margaret now for their evening devotions at the school; pray that I'll have a chance to speak with a few of them.
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