A Great Day Of Worship!
It Was Nice To Be 'Home'
We went to Kidetete today to worship with our "home" church in the Iringa area. Garry gave his testimony with greetings from family, friends, and College Street church.
We worshiped with traditional hymns like “Amazing Grace,” a Kidetete language and dance gospel song, a good ol’ Swahili praise song, and another upbeat hymn. Floyd preached and led in the Lord's Supper. We met with the Kidetete Nursery School leaders, the church family, and the children of Kidetete. This was a truly a great time of worship.
We then did a “drive by” inspection on a piece of property that hopefully will become the Daily Bread Life Ministry's Children Home's Farm (pig, chicken, corn, and beans). We are praying as partners come forward to complete the purchase of the land for this farm.
We left Kidetete for the Children's Home and lunch with Mpeli and his wife, Neema. What a great welcome by the children. For me, Floyd, this was a very emotional time as the children sang and praised God.
Once again, they called out to me, "Baboo,” which means Grandfather. They sang "Thank you Lord, where would we be, where would we sleep, what would we do, how would we live, no blankets, no shoes, no school." Then they knelt down, both knees on the floor, hands raised to heaven, smiles on their faces as they sang at the top of their lungs, "Thank you so very much Lord, we praise you, Lord."
Garry spoke to the children and I greeted them with words of encouragement and thanked the staff for their great ministry of love. While Garry visited the home for the first time, I went to see the plaque commemorating the official recognition and opening of the Children's Home by the District Commissioner of Iringa. This was a great blessing to the Children's Home and a good friend who leads the area.
That afternoon, the Victoria Living Church came to be with the children. They brought clothes and soap. Once again, we were overwhelmed by their testimony. They are a church of 50 members. While reading the Scriptures and praying, they were convicted to help orphans. They prayed and fasted for 21 days. Then, the Lord led them to the Children's Home. What a blessing as Pastor John said, "This is just the beginning. We will be back each month. We will not forget you." This was a powerful time of celebration for the children, Garry, me, and the staff.
This is the second church this month to begin assisting the children. The Director of the Ruaha National Park has also visited and brought gifts for the children.
Great news! The medicine for Neema's face that was found by Joseph Kovacs in Hungary and brought to Kenya by Adrian Giorgiov of Romania in December, then delivered in to her in Tanzania by Bonnie Parker in December is doing wonders on the sores, blisters, and whelps on Neema's face. It is unbelievable, where they were in some places is now smooth skin...just wait until you see the pictures to be posted later!
This great Sunday was finished off with a feast of roasted goat, roast chicken, roasted bananas, and soft drinks at the Miami Super Bar – yes, this is a local restaurant.
We went to Kidetete today to worship with our "home" church in the Iringa area. Garry gave his testimony with greetings from family, friends, and College Street church.
We worshiped with traditional hymns like “Amazing Grace,” a Kidetete language and dance gospel song, a good ol’ Swahili praise song, and another upbeat hymn. Floyd preached and led in the Lord's Supper. We met with the Kidetete Nursery School leaders, the church family, and the children of Kidetete. This was a truly a great time of worship.
We then did a “drive by” inspection on a piece of property that hopefully will become the Daily Bread Life Ministry's Children Home's Farm (pig, chicken, corn, and beans). We are praying as partners come forward to complete the purchase of the land for this farm.
We left Kidetete for the Children's Home and lunch with Mpeli and his wife, Neema. What a great welcome by the children. For me, Floyd, this was a very emotional time as the children sang and praised God.
Once again, they called out to me, "Baboo,” which means Grandfather. They sang "Thank you Lord, where would we be, where would we sleep, what would we do, how would we live, no blankets, no shoes, no school." Then they knelt down, both knees on the floor, hands raised to heaven, smiles on their faces as they sang at the top of their lungs, "Thank you so very much Lord, we praise you, Lord."
Garry spoke to the children and I greeted them with words of encouragement and thanked the staff for their great ministry of love. While Garry visited the home for the first time, I went to see the plaque commemorating the official recognition and opening of the Children's Home by the District Commissioner of Iringa. This was a great blessing to the Children's Home and a good friend who leads the area.
That afternoon, the Victoria Living Church came to be with the children. They brought clothes and soap. Once again, we were overwhelmed by their testimony. They are a church of 50 members. While reading the Scriptures and praying, they were convicted to help orphans. They prayed and fasted for 21 days. Then, the Lord led them to the Children's Home. What a blessing as Pastor John said, "This is just the beginning. We will be back each month. We will not forget you." This was a powerful time of celebration for the children, Garry, me, and the staff.
This is the second church this month to begin assisting the children. The Director of the Ruaha National Park has also visited and brought gifts for the children.
Great news! The medicine for Neema's face that was found by Joseph Kovacs in Hungary and brought to Kenya by Adrian Giorgiov of Romania in December, then delivered in to her in Tanzania by Bonnie Parker in December is doing wonders on the sores, blisters, and whelps on Neema's face. It is unbelievable, where they were in some places is now smooth skin...just wait until you see the pictures to be posted later!
This great Sunday was finished off with a feast of roasted goat, roast chicken, roasted bananas, and soft drinks at the Miami Super Bar – yes, this is a local restaurant.
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