Safari Tomorrow

So week 2 of ministry has come to an end and we have begun week 3. I think it would be an understatement to say that the team is tired and definitely ready for a break. We leave for the Safari tomorrow morning and it definitely cannot come sooner. I think everybody could really use the couple days off to rest and relax and be rejuvenated for the next three weeks. The last two weeks have been so amazing and productive though and I would have to agree with Naf when he said that he couldn't believe that we have done as much as we have in only 2 weeks. Thinking about how we have been able to connect to the students and build so many relationships so quickly has just been such a blessing from God. Please pray that as we set out on the Safari that it would just be a chance for the whole team to rest up and be able to come back to Nairobi completely energized! We will be back on Thursday night. We are going now because the students just entered their week of final exams which are about 70% of their grade for the semester so they are not really available to meet this week.

Last Thursday and Friday we started evangelism in the dorms with the students. It was very encouraging to see the students step up and lead as we went into the dorms, especially among the girls. I went in with Naf and we went to a couple rooms and shared the bridge which was awesome. The second room we went to had four guys in it that were not Christian and didn't really have an understanding of the Gospel and it was so great to share with them. They definitely were sitting on the fence though, but we got their info to hopefully continue to follow up with them, pray that we would get the chance to see them again. I know its hard when you share with a group of guys because none of them want to open up or act interested to you because of what the others might think, but one of the guys Alan was very interested and I would love to continue talking to him.

So last Friday was a very interesting night, we went to this Friday night worship/performance/concert at the student center on campus to see one of the Navs girls dance. The main performer was a Kenyan Gospel artist named Mbuvi with way too much energy and affinity for white people. He made the four of us from the team that were there sing really loud into a mic in front of about 100 or so students....it was so ridiculous and maybe a little embarrassing, haha. We had to sing "Osavinya" which means "The Lord is my Strength or Shield or Fortress" in Kampa, which is a Bantu dialect, which is one of the native languages kinda similar to Swahili.

Thanks so much for everybody's prayers, they have been so helpful and encouraging. I will write when we get back from the safari and let you all know how it went.

In Christ,

Chris