We prayed for rain...

Monday-

We are now all convinced that God does answer prayers indeed! We prayed for rain at church on Sunday… the sky opened up on Monday morning!!!

But let’s start with the beginning. Monday morning gave us the first car casualty: it rained a lot here in Nairobi during the night and one of our three vans would not start. We sent the ladies first so they could start children’s activities and the men stayed with Bob and I and we waited for about an hour and a half for the van to be fixed. Actually it gave the men a chance to introduce themselves and kind of bound before starting the bed construction project.

By the time our group arrived at Jubilee, the ladies had all the kids split in groups, computers, art, music, crafts, etc. Kudos to Sonia who spent the whole morning organizing all the stuff that had multiplied in the suitcases before it reached Jubilee!!!!

When the Kenyans say “the rains are coming”, they are not joking!!! It came and it poured for about 10 minutes turning the dirt road into a mud pit. Not just the kind of mud we have at home, more like “mock” that builds up under your shoe soles and sticks and makes walking very difficult. Ten minutes later, the sun was back but then it poured again. It is actually a blessing for Kenya and good news for Jubilee as the crops were planted last week.

Of course rain will not stop a true Belgian girl so activities continued as scheduled. Anna took the five girls from Form one downtown and together with Margaret, they purchased their new uniforms. She also bought them their lunch at the Chicken Inn!!!

The trusses are now creating a new landscape as the high school construction is progressing really well and the older children are very excited. Bob and his team tackled the bunk beds and by the end of the day, three brand new beds had been completed. I showed up once to take picture and what was the sanctuary on Sunday is now a perfect assembly line with all the team members performing a specific task with the help of two or three of the older children. The other children are at the windows, all of them watching and hoping that someone will call them to help and participate.

This being Bob’s project I know better than stick around and ask questions so I waited for the end of the day to have his comments. “We have another outstanding team”, he says. Rye and Nash, father and son team do an outstanding job. The people who were not familiar with carpentry are learning so fast, the ones used to construction projects are teaching the others. There are jokes around and good laughs and it is truly a blessing to be associated with such fine people.”

In fact Bob told me that it is going so well that tomorrow, some of the team members will start the construction of the school desks!!!

We completed the day with devotions with the children and the “activity” team together, under the energetic leadership of John and his guitar. Where that gentleman gets his energy is unheard of. The children love him as he can be silly and have fun with them but I also saw him very serious and concerned by one of our children who seems to be having a hard time coping with the loss of her parents. Jennifer is a trooper and gives herself 100% in spite of the discomfort of her early pregnancy. She is the star of the computer room together with Kristin.

What a team! When God assembles His people, He knows what he is doing!!!

Blessings to all.
Monique