Last night, I was invited to a small worship gathering among the American's that I met. Nancy and Don are the couple who started Christ Gift Academy, the school that is for orphans. It is actually a really well-respected school and quite a few kids from there have been going on to secondary school, which is a HUGE accomplishment here. Seriously, I don't think I would have made it in school if I had to go through what these kids do. The other people present were Joe, who was my original contact. He works at the school and I got connected with him through the girls in Kisumu. Then JP and Jesse are a young couple who are also out here long term - they have three kids and they also work at the school. Then the four volunteers from Seattle and me! Anyway, it was so nice to have a time to pray and sing and to hear a little more about what everyone is doing out here. I was really encouraged by the commitment, love and compassion that this group of people has for the people of Mbita. This is not an easy place to serve - there is a lot of corruption and a lot of deceit among people. Of course, not all - I see so many examples of people helping and supporting each other in the communities. There are many widows who just have nothing - no work, no money, but five kids to feed and their neighbors help them with what they can. But at the same time, there are so many people exploiting others and just acting like that's totally normal! Anyway, I was reminded by this group what it really means to serve and encouraged to keep going, even if it feels hard sometimes.
Tomorrow I'm going to Sangla Village, another community, but today I wasn't in the field. I went to the clinic for a little while and then transcribed here - pretty boring day. :) Oh, and maybe watched a few episodes of Prison Break (I found it searching through Soti's dvd's). Never really watched the show before - it's pretty intense!
I'll let you know how tomorrow goes.
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