Beyond Blessed

The sunset from tonight

Hi everyone!

I had a great weekend and it went by fast! Sunday morning I went to church with my girls. It was a Swahili service and it was from 12:30 to 4:00. I never cease to be amazed at the energy that it takes to keep up with a group of Africans praying to our mighty Savior. I was the only white person in the church service so it would be an understatement to say that I stood out. Once they saw me they immediately asked everyone in the building if they could translate the pastor’s sermon into English so that their munu guest could enjoy it with everyone else. Then, the woman in charge of the Sunday school tapped me on the shoulder and asked me if I could please put my hair up because it was distracting all of the children sitting behind me. Needless to say, I was blushing for the first full hour.

Yesterday I started a mini bible study series over Hannah, Ruth & Naomi, and Esther with my girls at the rescue home and they were so excited. I’m really hoping that they understand everything and learn a lot. I feel like I learn a lot every day that I’m here so even if they don’t, I’m sure I will. I’ve been busy preparing little crafts and activities that go along with the stories from the bible and it’s been really fun, but really messy…

Every day that I spend here I am amazed by at least one thing. Some days I’m amazed by the fact that it’s only 8:00 am and I’m already cleaning up after little knuckleheads who used the floor as their toilet. Some days I just sit in amazement at the resilience of the children around me despite their situations, past and current. Yesterday in particular was an amazing day for sure. A woman on staff announced that she had received a phone call from a family in Missouri who was interested in adopting Nancy’s baby if her final decision was to put him/her up for adoption. Praise God! Apparently they’ve already been through the international adoption process before and would raise the child in a home that seeks to serve the Lord in everything. The housemothers told Nancy this morning and when I saw her she seemed as if the weight of the world had been lifted of her shoulders. What a blessing. I’m still praying that God’s will be done regarding all of the decisions and the birth and just everything. It would be incredible if each of you would pray about it as well.

Sorry that this post is a little shorter than I wish it was, but I need to get ready for tomorrow’s lesson on Ruth and Naomi! A woman who is a professional ballerina is arriving on Thursday as a volunteer to teach the girls dance lessons, so I hope to get some good/hilarious pictures of that for y’all! Bye!