Loving Life in Nairobi!

Pastor John (overseer of Bible School in Nairobi, us and Wisdom (worship leader at John's church)

Although we've only been here a few days it feels like months! (In a good way). We've experienced so much in a short time. We have felt so ALIVE here! Teaching at the Bible School these last couple days (and preaching at John's church) has been totally amazing. We are in love with the students and are already wishing we had more time with them before moving onto the next school. It's been exciting to see on their faces while we are teaching that they are really GETTING IT and that it's going deep. I had one girl pull me aside after I taught today and with tears in her eyes she told me that it was exactly what she needed to hear and that she felt like I was speaking right to her. Our desire is that these students would really be transformed- not just get more head knowledge and we've really felt a grace for that as we're teaching. It feels like what we're speaking about is being released as the words come out of our mouth! The amount of time we have in each school feels like so little, but we know that God can multiply the little that we have and make the impact great, so please continue to pray for that! The school overseer, John, has been pouring out a lot, so it's nice to be able to give him a break as well - and he's told us that he's really blessed to just be able to receive this week.

We are still not totally adjusted to the time change, as we've been getting up at 3:30-5:00 in the morning and not able to fall back asleep! The beautiful thing is that we've been having the best times with the Lord- and often we get out of bed and don't try to keep sleeping because God is speaking to us so much as we lie there that we just want to get up and write it down! Although we prepared quite a bit before we came, we've been getting a lot of downloads since being here in the early hours. God's speaking to us a lot about cultural transformation and about creating a container for kingdom culture.

Well, the early rising is making my eyes want to shut right now, so I should probably get to bed. Thanks so much for your prayers. We really feel so much grace!!! And, like so many of you spoke over us before we left, it's been easy AND fun! We love you!

PS- I have to brag on my husband. He's been doing amazing and I love hearing him preach. His struggle in our 3rd year "preachmasters" class is always keeping his messages to 6 minutes but now he doesn't have to worry about that so he is thriving!!! He makes friends everywhere we go! Africans love him. We've enjoyed living in a community where we are the only "whities" and taking public transportation (which, let me tell you can be downright SCARY!)- it allows us to mingle a lot more with people and experience the culture- very fun. =)