Kipsongo

I can't quite express in words what Kipsongo was like and i don't think i would be able to get photos that would even do it justice. It is pretty much an extreme slum. The people there are not really working to get out of it and the situations of which they are in are pretty horrible. If I ever get my camera over there i will make sure to take some pictures because it was on of the craziest experiences. We helped sister Freda with her traveling hospital and were able to pass out supplies such as tooth brushes, toothpaste, floss, and various other medical supplies for those who really needed it. It was pretty crazy but a very eye opening experience. I will have more photos up soon. I just need to feel safe taking pictures as to no offend anyone or look out of place. More to come.

Oasis and Gilgal

The next day we went to oasis of hope and learned about what they have been doing there and how the kids go through school there and can come in off the streets. It was so great being able to go to this place where I had heard so much about it in the states be to actually see it was amazing. After they had debriefed all of us on what goes on there we all got some books and went into the classrooms to teach. So I decided to teach math and I ended up being the only person in the class teaching so it was super great being able to just teach the kids math and I absolutely loved it. Some of you may have seen some of the pictures put up on facebook of me at Oasis of Hope. I am hoping to teach a couple of days there at oasis.

After Oasis we went to a school called Gilgal where we met some of the brightest kids I know. Nearly all of them spoke English well enough to continue conversations with us and some of them asked very complex questions. It was so great seeing how they could come from a point were they would not really have anything and God would just be able to get an education.

Finally Here

Sorry everyone that it has taken me so long to write on my blog. The team that I flew with got delayed in Brussels for 24 hours and had a great time all of us hanging out and walking around the city at night. We got a complementary hotel room for both the girls and the guys. After traveling for a solid 3 days we finally made it to Kenya but we were still in Nairobi so we spent the night there because we got in at 10 pm. When we woke up the next day we took a very bumpy 9-hour bus ride to Kitale. So after 4 days we finally made it to Kitale. After a much-needed night of sleep we spent the day going into town. Then on Sunday we went to Deliverance church and Pastor Steve asked me to speak at the church so I spoke with Steve, Pastor Moses, and Hannah who gave her testimony.  I just briefly spoke on how I came to be in Kenya and how I have been trying to reach outside of my comfort zone to reach the people of Kenya. After the message we gave gifts to one of the widows of the church. We ended up giving her a cow, which was really sweet. Then after we left the church we came back and had some of the Mercy Girls who are a group of girls and a few boys who were taken from some horrible situations and moved to Purpose Driven Academy. A man who claimed that if the parents and missionaries paid him he would make sure that they would get to go to school and to feed them took many of them from their homes. But this man was very corrupt and ended up basically enslaving the children to do work and make money for him by selling milk and other things like that. They eventually got out after much work by Pastor Steve and Pastor Moses and many other people.  I took a bunch of pictures of them and a few video’s that I would love to post but I think it would take to long with how slow this internet is, but here are some of the pictures.

They preformed a sort of drama skit for us that was very good.

This little boy was so cute playing with the soccer balls.

We also had a nice little dance party when they were done with their skit and it was super fun

Josh deciding to keep this kid..

Chris was just busting some moves.