Tonight I learned how to dance. The steps I learned from a team of girls in their colorful dormitory room and the rhythm I tried my very best to follow. What a wonderful finish to a wonderful day!! Dancing is one of my favorite things to do and the children of Tumaini Childrens’ Home in Kenya very much enjoy dancing and singing together. I am thrilled to join them any time I can! They have such joy and grace in the way they interact with other people and I admire them for that.
Today, the Tumaini Partners-including Abigail, Tim, my dad, Kathy, Julie and Wendell- met upstairs for what I think was an annual meeting while the rest of our team worked on various projects. We worked all day—touching up the red, bright blue, cream and black paint on the windows, railings and walls outside, delivering sewing materials to the Tailoring School here at Tumaini and sorting through tubs of supplies we’ve brought to give to Tumaini, Huruma Childrens’ Home and to send with the Eastminster group when they leave for Chuka. God brings us joy to serve Him as we serve and lift up our brothers and sisters here in Kenya!
We also spent time with the children when they returned home from school between 4:00 and 5:00 today. Megan and Denise directed the beginnings of work to put together a Tumaini “yearbook”. The Dierolf sisters took pictures of 50 children today, 80 more to go! We also wrote down answers to basic questions such as, “what’s your age?... favorite subject in school? … what do you want to do when you grow up?... etc” We will put each child’s answers in the book, next to their picture. It is a gift to spend some time talking with each of the children because each one of them has something special to offer. In knowing each child, I am blessed. By knowing them I know more of my Savior and my closest, dearest Friend—Jesus Christ, the Living God. He said, “Let the little children come unto me”, and I follow His example because it is true that “theirs is the kingdom of heaven!” I can see glimpses of it here in a different way then I see the kingdom in the USA.
Devotions and music followed free time, chores and tea time. We had a delicious dinner and then some of us, myself included, spent time with the kids in the study room where they work every night—very diligently, I might add. And from the study room I ended up where this blog post started—led to a dormitory room by some of my new friends, Sarah and Monica and introduced to a piece of their lives through pictures, artwork and dancing! How privileged I am to be able to share this time with all of these friends: my team mates, the children, the staff and the members of Riamukurwe Parish!
To all our friends and family, asante sana (thank you very much) for your support and prayers! Bwana asifiwe! Praise the Lord! …. Can I get an AMEN?
--Lindsay
1 comment:
AMEN and AMEN!
kaki
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