June 2011

 Magumu, Naivasha
A weekend seminar for Children's Workers took us to Magumu AIC near Naivasha.  It was much colder than Nairobi, being over 9000 ft above sea level.  We were aware that the teachers were a more mature group than we often have in training.  The pastor and overseer of the churches represented had previously trained with us in Nairobi and has a big vision for the children in the community. Some of the children reached in the community were very confident, clever and interested in the things of God. In contrast one team found a child who needed much prayer, not ready to talk to anyone except her cat.

Nakuru and Kapsabet
Nakuru was the first stop on a journey to Rift Valley, a vast and beautiful expanse of Kenya.  Miriam, Edith and Margaret shared briefly in a Bible School and checked out facilities for a future training.  Then it was off to Kapsabet, stopping briefly on the way to discuss a possible media opportunity. 

Kapsabet is wet - everyday we had thunder storms so that the inside of Robin's vehicle turned brown instead of grey!  It was a most exciting time of  an interchurch pastors' breakfast, sharing with children in 3 schools, a community outreach and a children's 'crusade.'  In between there somewhere we held a training for Children's Workers.  What a great group of teachers hungry for God.  We left the group with the conviction that they must work together in unity which will help them make inroads for Jesus in Kapsabet.  "Kapsabet for Jesus' was the call at the climax crusade on the Saturday where the trainees had the opportunity to use their skills learned in the training.