Showers of Blessing in an Dry Land

I’ve seen Him in the Lightening and heard Him in the thunder and felt Him in the Rain, My God is near me all the time.  My God is near me all the time.

Today was a very special day.   We traveled to Bernard and Mary’s property in Lamuri about 45 minutes from Nyeri.   Bernard shared with Bill, Kip, and Garry his vision for the property—a center for transformation: Leadership Development, a Secondary School, a Retreat Center, a center for agri-business training and development, and horticulture area of fruit and native trees.  We were truly blessed.   The area is a semi-arid plateau that sits between Mt. Kenya in the east and the Aberdare Mountains in the west.   The property has an approximate elevation of 6600 feet.    When we arrived it was dry.   To go ahead and get this over with.  Bernard asked me, "Is that your hat?"  I said, "well it's mine on the trip, but it's Bonnie's hat."  He said, "Well I thought it looked like the one she wears."   So that is the reason for the strange hat that I am wearing.   

On the property are sheep, goats, chickens, and a dairy cow.   Fruit trees have been planted.   The property has been fenced.   A small home for a care taker and a wooden/tin sheet barn for the animals.  Currently the property is a little over 16 acres divided into two equal plots.  

After Bernard shared his vision and we walked the property, Duncan, Stephen, Robert, and the Caretaker were busy BBQing a half of a goat.   The BBQ goat was mighty tasty.  We also had chapatti, greens, a salad of onions & tomatoes chopped up together.   We had chai, coffee, and water to drink.  

While we were on the property, a three donkey cart came by loaded with fresh milk containers.  They were headed to town to sell the milk.  Dairy products are a big agricultural product in this area.  

After lunch, we talked about how God had worked bringing us together.   Bernard is excited to have begun his dream of a transgenerational formation center.   We all shared the impact of the trip and the journey that brought us together.  

I reminded the group.  On this day on that property as we were together, we could with confidence know that God had brought us together.   We knew today that we were right were God wanted us to be.   With confidence we could say that we were in the middle of God’s will for us.   This was a great moment for all of us and one that we would not forget.  

As I mentioned earlier, this is a semi-arid area.  The rains ended over two months ago.  Now, the ground was dusty, the grass was brown, and trees, shrubs, and even the animals showed the effects of a lack of water.   Now is not the season for rain but the beginning a dry time.   Within an couple of hours the wind was blowing and in the distance we saw rain clouds.  As we were finishing up, God blessed us with rain.   In this area rain is always greeted with “Praise God”.  God blessed us today in an unbelievable way by sending the rain.   I believe that He sent it to us just to confirm that this was His place and He is going to prosper the vision.   Words are inadequate to describe the feeling, emotion, and Spirit that was in the tent as the rain fell at the end of the day.   

At the bottom of Today's blog is a picture of Thika Falls taken by Bill Kenny on his first morning in Kenya.   

You can see the rain running off the tent.
God's Blessings showering on us.