Happy New Year

The New Year was ushered in with many attending over night prayer at the church. (I always leave the slums before dark) They prepared for their prayer walk as morning welcomed them into the first day of 2009. Two by two they walked the streets of Kawangware.  Each step was taken in prayer.  Many prayers were said and many steps were taken. We pray that God will bless Kawangware and touch the hearts of the people.

 

January 4^th, 2009, the first Sunday of the New Year. What a glorious day it has been.  There are so many children around the area of the church.  Some churches do not allow them inside. With doors and windows closed tight it is their job to handle the cares and needs of little ones through the heat of the day.  They are not much bigger than the ones they care for.  So many children just need a hug, a pat on the back, a touch or a smile.  It costs so little to let them know they are loved. One little girl kept to herself today.  She stayed her distance with head hung down.  After a big hug she joined us with a smile! 

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With hand drawn Sunday school papers prepared, we move wooden benches from the church to the outside.  We find a small area of shade and set up a black board.  The children flock to the area with excitement as the very colorful flannel board lesson is displayed in front of them.  Today we shared the John 3:16 and how Jesus died for them.  Before our two hours were over we had over 40 children!  They were so excited to have a paper of their own that they could color.

 

At the end of the two hours I joined the service already underway inside the church.  The church is very full and steadily growing.

 

The generator is broken today but that does not stop the songs that pour out of the heart.  The music of joy and thanksgiving leaves through the doorway of the church. It touches the heart of a lonely woman. She has lost hope.  As she is walking home from the store she hears the music from the church. She decides to come in and listen.  She stays for the whole service and at the end she wants prayer.  That morning she had gone to the store and she bought rope.  She was on her way home to hang herself when she heard the music coming from the church.

 

Rose a woman whose life has been wrapped around the bottle has not had a drink in two months.

 

Two more women from the church now have jobs.

 

A young woman who could not have children has much to rejoice about. With tears of joy in her eyes she gives God the glory for answered prayer. She is going to have a baby J

 

Pastor Chris has fully recovered from malaria.

  

School resumes tomorrow.  There will be around fifty happy faces sitting on their wooden benches in the church.  They have been busy bringing in water to pour on the dirt floor to keep the dust down.  The church is having three wooden windows put in the free wall of the church this week.  The other three walls have another structure abutting it. These windows will allow more light in for the children. With more ventilation they should be cooler too

J

 

 Ps 118:24

This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and

be glad in it.