Sunday Worship and Culture

We had the joy of worshiping again with our Kenyan brothers and sisters, and what a time of worship!! They had just completed a VBS with their children, and the service began with the entire front of the church filled with children singing praises. And praise they did!! To share what they had learned that week, a group of children recited most of Colossians 3. Oh, that most of us could do that ourselves! It was truly an amazing time of praise and worship. We also had the privilege of hearing our ministry partner, Judy Mbugua, share a challenging message on forgiveness. It was one of the most impacting worship services we have ever experienced.

The Kenyans are some of the most hospitable people you could ever meet, and we were honored guests for lunch at Judy's house after church. Not only were we served a delicious lunch, with enough food to feed an army, but we were also welcomed by some of our sweet Masai sisters with whom we worked in June. They had walked for hours just to be with us for a quick meal! They shared some of their traditional songs and shared about what Homecare Fellowship has meant to them. It is wonderful to see these ladies now able to read and write; they've never had the chance to go to school, and now they have opened their second Masai school for women.

Then the team got to experience a great "taste of Kenya" at the BOMAS Kenyan cultural show. Talented dancers and musicians demonstrate songs and dances of many of the tribes of Kenya with brilliant costumes, amazing drums, and lively dances. It is a great way to get a better picture of the diversity of this country and appreciate their culture. The highpoint of the show was probably the acrobats who perform amazing feats. It's quite an entertaining and educational show! They also have a handcraft village where the team enjoyed finding some Kenyan souvenirs and seeing a variety of beautiful hand work.

Then it was time to load the bus, and we do mean load it to the hilt and stacked on top, to move on to the Pan African Christian College to set up for the second week of camp with the teens. It's been such a full week; we've seen God do amazing things, and we are trusting that He will continue to do a mighty work in the lives of the teens, our team, and our Kenyan helpers. Pray with us that the hearts of these young people will be tender and receptive to what they will hear and experience this week.