Sherri
07-04-2009, 10:04 AM
This is the first time all week I've been able to use the internet and say "Praise the Lord from Kenya" to all my AFF friends!! We have had an awesome conference, which ended today (Sat.) and tomorrow we will minister in four churches (4 of us). Eddie and I will be at the headquarters church in Bukempe and Pastor Philip and Pastor Brad will minister in 3 churches in Eldoret while we are gone, because it's an hour and a half drive for us each way and we are staying right here in Eldoret.
The first night we had 15 pastors & wives filled with the Holy Ghost. There are a lot of pastors at the conference from all kinds of backgrounds. All of our Love & Truth pastors and wives have been there too and I was so excited to get to spend time with them again.
Let's see.........new experiences for the two pastors who went with us.........they each kissed a giraffe and they got to eat goat. I LOVE this country!!
I got to see all three of my little Kenyan Sherri's and got pictures made with them. Such cuties! Today we bought little Eddie a soccer ball, a lime green bicycle, and a backpack for school - he will be SO excited tomorrow!
I have gotten up and spoken Swahili every time; they were so excited that I could speak their language, even though I'm sure I made a lot of mistakes. It was worth all the studying to see the looks on their faces. They are such precious people and I cried when we left today.
We were able to bless all the Love & Truth pastors with a new dress shirt and a flashlight and a mosquito net, as well as some shillings. The wives got gift bags and LOTS of clothing for their children. That was fun - we laid out all the children's clothes by size and then turned them loose to get five items each. It was like a 90% off sale at Walmart; it was great!!
God has been good and I dread leaving. My only consolation is that I get to gear up for my trip to Brazil in October! I guess I should pick up a few Portuguese phrases before then.
Keep praying for us; the trip home is very long. It was 26 hours travel and that's the only part I hate.
The first night we had 15 pastors & wives filled with the Holy Ghost. There are a lot of pastors at the conference from all kinds of backgrounds. All of our Love & Truth pastors and wives have been there too and I was so excited to get to spend time with them again.
Let's see.........new experiences for the two pastors who went with us.........they each kissed a giraffe and they got to eat goat. I LOVE this country!!
I got to see all three of my little Kenyan Sherri's and got pictures made with them. Such cuties! Today we bought little Eddie a soccer ball, a lime green bicycle, and a backpack for school - he will be SO excited tomorrow!
I have gotten up and spoken Swahili every time; they were so excited that I could speak their language, even though I'm sure I made a lot of mistakes. It was worth all the studying to see the looks on their faces. They are such precious people and I cried when we left today.
We were able to bless all the Love & Truth pastors with a new dress shirt and a flashlight and a mosquito net, as well as some shillings. The wives got gift bags and LOTS of clothing for their children. That was fun - we laid out all the children's clothes by size and then turned them loose to get five items each. It was like a 90% off sale at Walmart; it was great!!
God has been good and I dread leaving. My only consolation is that I get to gear up for my trip to Brazil in October! I guess I should pick up a few Portuguese phrases before then.
Keep praying for us; the trip home is very long. It was 26 hours travel and that's the only part I hate.