Team Bus pre-dance party

The team spent the morning at New Life Home Trust. The house was started 17 years ago, by a British couple, as a response to the large number of abandoned and/or malnourished babies in Nairobi. Over the years they have cared for thousands of children, many of whom have been reunified with their families or adopted in to new homes.
There are currently 50 babies (ages three and under) living in the center we visited today, with an additional ten (ages 4 and above) living in a nearby group home and attending school.
We were not there to do anything out-of-the-ordinary for their Thursday. Instead, we came to help with the typical daily routine. Of course, while we awaited our assignments, we took some pictures:
The team

The girls were split in to two groups: crawlers and toddlers. We walked in to a room filled with sleeping babies and were each handed a child. Our only responsibility for the morning was to care for that baby.
Daisy


Tyler

BP would put the car on the boy's head and say "where is it?"
the kid was so excited about the other cars,
he never noticed one was almost constantly missing

Sly and Nikki feed their babies

I found them eating chips and hanging out...
smart move, if you ask me.

The perfect setting for a "what's God teaching you?" conversation

After lunch, Pastor Frank had arranged for us to "take over" a chapel-esque meeting at Riara Girl's Secondary School. The American-side of the team had little understanding of what this would be, but we were well-rested after an easier morning, and ready to jump in.
Jaya, Jason and Josh


During tonight's debrief, a few of our students shared about the anxiety they felt heading in to this time of prayer: fears of praying aloud, fear of praying for a stranger, fear of praying for a peer. They shared, with humility, the moment of handing it over to God; saying "I'm willing" and, with joy, the moment that God showed up. Two of our team members were able to lead students to Jesus tonight. What a memorable evening...and what a tangible experience of God's faithfulness.
I can't believe we are only three days in to the trip.
I love the pace of time right now...there are so many more places to go...and so many more stories to create and share.
But for now, I'll leave you with this little girl:
I said, "What's your name?"
She said, "Michelle Obama."
She said, "Michelle Obama."

Just so awesome.
1 comment:
SO great SO great SO great! LOVE the pictures and the stories and the lessons and Michelle Obama too!!
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