Visiting Salgaa

We headed out right after breakfast this morning to minister at Salgaa. The local church began a ministry to the women there, some of whom were involved in the commercial sex business and are HIV positive. Pastor Habib and his team have been working there for the past six months. They are offering hope to many who have none. They have seen several give their lives to Jesus and begin to turn their lives around. Our only instruction was to show Jesus' love by showing them our love. We split up into groups and visited several homes. A group from Kabarak University also joined our various groups. It was interesting to see how the women lived and to talk with them about their lives. After praying together, we went to the church at Salgaa and sang songs and heard testimonies from many of the ladies. One ladies story in particular really touched the team. She had been involved in commercial sex but when she gave her heart to the Lord she knew she couldn't make money that way anymore. She had started a small business but lost it all in the riots. So she wasn't sure how she was going to pay back her loan and provide for her family. She had sold almost all of her furniture when she finally received some money from her beaded bracelet business. When one of the groups went to her home she was so excited to show them the two chairs she was able to buy. She had the most beautiful smile and the love of Jesus shone thru her eyes! After the Kenyan women gave their testimonies, Linda then gave her testimony and the team could see how the women were encouraged by Linda's faith thru very difficult times in her life. Thank you Linda for being willing to be used by God to minister to the women of Salgaa. We were offered a soda for a time of "swallowship" before we left.
Ashley (who is now fluent in Swahili) met her future husband Felix who is a student at Kabarak.
After lunch in town the team went to Elim's Curio Shop to do some shopping. We always like to visit Elim's because 10% of the profits go to a street kids ministry in Nakuru. When one of the shopkeeper's, John, found out we were buying some things for the Auction at NMC he wanted to donate something. We thought something small would be nice but he kept insisting we take the large giraffe. So if it makes it home in one piece, you'll have to watch for it in the auction! We were able to spend a little bit of time tonight with the babies. But look forward to a fairly free day tomorrow!