Thanks to the volcano activity shutting down Europe, our Qatar Airlines flight to Doha was about 1/3 full, so we got a whole row of seats (3 seats) each to stretch out on.
We have been based at Safari Park Hotel where the Exchange conference is going to be held over the next week, which is a very nice hotel with wonderful grounds and facilities.
To get a better taste of the 'real' Kenya, we travelled to the district of Kiambu where Bishop Thomas Muthee pastors a fantastic church called 'Word of Faith'. We looked around at the church which is a work in progress, and also at the Community College which has been established to train and resource people to be able to get work for themselves and release them from the poverty cycle. It's a fantastic setup, which has been established with great integrity and structure (somewhat unusual for Africa unfortunately).
A couple of years ago, the political riots in Kenya saw a number of children orphaned through the violence that erupted at that time. Word of Faith established a children's home, which is not called an orphanage, but a 'Home for the First Born'. Again, it's well setup up to be self sufficient, with a plantation of various crops, and some cows. We added 700 baby chickens, which will grow to produce eggs to eat, and also for sale to support the children. Had a great couple of days with them playing football (soccer) with a few balls that we gave them, and then presenting the chickens which was very exciting!
Check out this video!
Today I went with Ps Melinda and a group from Yarra Plenty church to Bishop Thomas's church, where Melinda spoke a great message on how God seems to work slowly, and then all of a sudden, something will happen. Trevor Sampson and his son Jason, and I led the church in singing "Bambalela" and "As we Pray" which was fun, and the Yarra Plenty guys did a couple of songs and a fantastic drama that got rapturous applause.
We're now preparing for the conference to start tomorrow night. We've borrowed some gear from Word of Faith (PA, Drumkit etc) and Trevor brought up a heap of gear from South Africa, and the Yarra Plenty guys brought stuff too, so all up we'll have a good setup!
So, that's about the wrap so far - sorry it's not funnier or something! I'm a bit brain to be more interesting right now... hopefully something more will come to me at another time!
Anyway... bye for now...time for some dinner!!
We have been based at Safari Park Hotel where the Exchange conference is going to be held over the next week, which is a very nice hotel with wonderful grounds and facilities.
To get a better taste of the 'real' Kenya, we travelled to the district of Kiambu where Bishop Thomas Muthee pastors a fantastic church called 'Word of Faith'. We looked around at the church which is a work in progress, and also at the Community College which has been established to train and resource people to be able to get work for themselves and release them from the poverty cycle. It's a fantastic setup, which has been established with great integrity and structure (somewhat unusual for Africa unfortunately).
A couple of years ago, the political riots in Kenya saw a number of children orphaned through the violence that erupted at that time. Word of Faith established a children's home, which is not called an orphanage, but a 'Home for the First Born'. Again, it's well setup up to be self sufficient, with a plantation of various crops, and some cows. We added 700 baby chickens, which will grow to produce eggs to eat, and also for sale to support the children. Had a great couple of days with them playing football (soccer) with a few balls that we gave them, and then presenting the chickens which was very exciting!
Check out this video!
Today I went with Ps Melinda and a group from Yarra Plenty church to Bishop Thomas's church, where Melinda spoke a great message on how God seems to work slowly, and then all of a sudden, something will happen. Trevor Sampson and his son Jason, and I led the church in singing "Bambalela" and "As we Pray" which was fun, and the Yarra Plenty guys did a couple of songs and a fantastic drama that got rapturous applause.
We're now preparing for the conference to start tomorrow night. We've borrowed some gear from Word of Faith (PA, Drumkit etc) and Trevor brought up a heap of gear from South Africa, and the Yarra Plenty guys brought stuff too, so all up we'll have a good setup!
So, that's about the wrap so far - sorry it's not funnier or something! I'm a bit brain to be more interesting right now... hopefully something more will come to me at another time!
Anyway... bye for now...time for some dinner!!
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