Back to reality...

Not that my reality is a bad thing. Just difficult. Before I came here I pictured it being like a working vacation. Not even close...this is the hardest thing I've ever done in my life. Nothing is easy here.
Having the team here and hanging out with my brother really reminded me of all the comforts and conveniences I had begun to forget about. It's a good thing though. I realized how numb I had become to so many things. Things that I wanted to change for the better but instead they've just become an accepted part of my surroundings over the past 7 months.

Well, my brother is on a plane headed home, so I'm back to work. It was so great getting to hang out with him, especially this last week in Kitale. For the first time since I've been here I was able to forget about my work for a little while. Now I'm back home and remembering everything I still have to do. I just have to remember, one thing at a time...

I'm planning to move into a bedroom in one of the houses either today or tomorrow. My own space...finally...No working plumbing yet but I've got electricity, peace and quiet. I can hardly wait! By the way, Kenyan television programs and gospel music really suck. Oh, sorry...no offense to you Kenyans...it just isn't my cup of chai.

First thing on the "To Do" list:
Pictures! It has taken me most of the day to get these things uploaded. Like I said, nothing is easy here. Enjoy!

This past week...

has been AMAZING! Nairobi was a lot of fun. I usually can't stand Nairobi but it was nice to be in the "modern" civilization for a little while. The accommodations at the Hampton house were amazing. I got to eat tons of American style food...amazing. Hanging out with the team was...amazing. Everything was...okay, all together now...AMAZING!

The team went to a little revival meeting at a church in Nairobi. I had a messed up ankle so I spent most of the meeting at the hospital. When I did finally make it I could barely walk into the building with my cane. I felt the healing anointing as I entered the church. One of the ladies from our team grabbed me and started praying for my ankle. Right away I felt the swelling go down and I ditched the cane because I could now walk just fine. We had shoulder, back and hip pains and many other conditions healed. There was even a lady that had tumors in her abdomen disappear.

TheCall had some discouraging parts and some really incredible parts. The kids that Joylyn brought were by far the best part for me. To watch these kids pray is just, well, I only have tears to describe it. The kids went into the crowd to pray for people. I saw the Spirit begin moving in an area of the crowd so I had one of the leaders bring the children over. As the kids walked through the crowd people just started falling over. One lady almost took out a couple of the girls. I could go on and on about theses kids but I'm gonna stop here. I've got like over a hundred pictures of little kids praying for people.

We've got a lot going on in the next week. We're working on the houses, drilling our well,attending a huge children's event and all the other little things that seem to pop up every day.

Sometimes creative titles are just hard to think of

Dang! A month since my last post? That baby coffin thing was way to heavy to leave up there for a month.

I've just been stupid busy trying to get one of these houses to the point where it can be lived in. I feel like it's "Extreme Makeover Home Edition" and we've come down the the final moments before the the family arrives. Except I don't have a bus so I think I'll have to park a cow in front of the house. "Farm hand! Move that cow!" OK, so I thought I was funny. Unfortunately, I'm the only one that gets my jokes here. I'm close but still not where I was hoping to be. I got power but no plumbing yet. At least the team will get the "true African experience" by pooping in a hole and bathing from a bucket. I've actually come quite fond of the "squatty potty". I think we need some in the States.

Heading to Nairobi tomorrow morning. I'm hoping to catch a capoeira class in the eventin. Can't wait to see the team. The Expression 58 team arrives tomorrow and the Dinuba crew on Thursday. TheCall is on Saturday so we'll have a couple days to experience the madness that is Nairobi.

I need to sort through some pics so I can get some more up. If you're like me, the pictures are my favorite part of a blog.C

It shouldn't be

Yesterday I was at the lumber yard waiting for some materials. In a corner of the yard there was a man building a small wooden box. I tried to imagined what this little box was going to be used for. When he was halfway finshed with the lid I realized what he was making...

...A coffin...

A little coffin. It broke my heart. No coffin should be that small.

...No coffin should be that small...

So many pictures

I've taken a ton of pictures the past couple of months. More than the previous months. Problem is, most of them are just boring. Building pictures. OK, so I know a few of you would be very interested in what goes into a building here, but most of you don't really care. So I'll save the building pics for another time. Here's a handful of the less boring pics. Enjoy!

There is no back pain in heaven

I had the opportunity to speak at church again on Sunday. I shared four truths about God, and who I am in God, that have really moulded my veiws. The Spirit gave me a word about low back pain before I started speaking. After I spoke I called up everyone with low back pain so we could pray for them. Five ladies came to the front and the rest of the church pulled heaven down. One lady fell under the power (next time I better have catchers) and another shrieked and jumped as a spirit left her back. When it was over two ladies reported complete healing, two had vast improvement and one usually has pain in the evening so I'll get her report later. "On earth as it is in heaven"(Matthew 6:10).

Finally...I'm back online. The connection is pretty fast too, for Africa.

Friday, Noah and I took a trip to Eldoret which is the biggest city near us. We have to go there for certain things that aren't available in our small town. We came back with a car load of door hardware, plumbing, and electrical fixtures. It's was a fun little shopping spree.

We also dropped by the car dealer's place. It's not looking good (in the natural anyway). It's sounds as if we weren't the only people this guy screwed over. From what we heard he's taken a bunch of money from other people and went into hiding. It's really unfortunate because he was running the business out of a church that his dad was the pastor of. Now this guy's mom has to go reresent her son's business in court. I'm not sure what's going to happen with this mess. Hopefully, at worst, I will only lose $1,000 on the deal. I'm just standing on the truth that, "for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose (Rom 8:28).

It's about time I got some more pictures up too. I'll work on that next.