Brooks
We are now in Kitale … ahhhh, home sweet home.
Familiar faces, familiar places. It's rainy season, so we have been
drenched more than once out walking here or there, but the lush, green
mountains are so worth it and I'm getting used to using cold water and a
bathroom scrub brush to clean the red mud off my feet at night. Today
we spent out at Bikeke Village at Liberty School where things continue
to change and mature. Director John Wanyonyi started there with a
tin-roofed, dirt floored, no-siding building with one volunteer teacher
and some orphans because he went to this remote village to reach people
for Christ. Today there are almost 300 students, 14 teachers, 2 cooks
and 2 watchmen. Because of you and others like you, these 300 are not
only being educated, but they are eating every single day. They have
somewhere to go during the day; they are happy; they come because they
want to learn and they want a life different than what they see around
them. I am astounded what is happening at this school. We do what we
can; but it is really because we come alongside and support what is
already going on. Believe me, John would accomplish this vision one way
or another. He believes God gave it to him. He is the one who people all
over (and I have been with him when he was greeted this way) call him
"Anaweza." This is because his mantra has been, "Jesus is able to do
more than I can think or ask." (Jesu Anaweza means Jesus is able in
Swahili.) This man believes God told him to go to Bikeke. He believes
God told him to care for the children and reach their parents. He was
doing it before we ever met him and I am very confident that he will be
doing it long after we leave. One day at that school will change your
life. Why? Because what you see is humbling. Children are smiling
because for this moment they are safe, protected, nurtured, loved, fed,
and some are even housed there. They are experiencing the love of God in
very real, tangible ways. They have hope; they play; they laugh; they
work hard. In an atmosphere of Grace, grace abounds and it shows.
Without you and your compassion, your love and desire to see God work in
amazing and astounding ways, this vision would not be happening. Over
and over again John begs us to convey his appreciation to all of the
Appleseed partners. So, again, asante sana (thank you very much)!
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