Greatings, one and all!
Here's a brief recap of the last couple of days.
Yesterday, Amy Dot and Mary Lou went to spend the day at a rally with the Plateau women. About 99 women showed up and the day was a huge success. Read the story of the Plateau women posted on elikenya.blogspot.com.
Jean stayed back at this center to sew, and I continued painting, bagging (a paint technique) and praying that the paint would last until the job was done. It is unbelievably difficult to get paint here (in Eldoret). The hardware stores here are woefully deficient. However, PTL, the paint - thinned though it may be - did last and by supper time the room was transformed with al lot of help from our friends. It was good to have it done in time for today's ladies rally.
Wayne spent the day sorting through the “store” i.e. tool/storage shed, and found all kinds of things nobody realized they had here!
Today dawned bright and beautiful, but with very sad news from home. Mary Lou received word that their dear brother-in-law Wally passed away. With many phone calls, internet contacts, and some miracles, arrangements were successfully made for Grant and Mary Lou to meet in Nairobi today. (Grant had to be flown from Tanzania with a detour over Mt. Kilimanjaro!) Tonight, they are flying back to the States. They will be sadly missed by our teams here and in Tanzania, and will be much in our prayers.
About 85 ladies showed up for the Ladies Rally today. Dot represented us in the morning sessions while Jean and I continued sewing curtains for ELI's Kipkaren Training Center, and Wayne continued working on his to-do list (which somehow seems to grow LONGER as the days go by, rather than shorter!) In the afternoon Dot, Jean and I all shared briefly at the Rally, and then gave little gifts to all the ladies. We are overwhelmed by the love shown to us here. It's not hard to fall in love with these people.
After a full week, we are looking forward to a day of rest tomorrow - after we help with Sunday school and possibly sharing a musical number in the morning service.
God is sooo good and continually shows us his faithfulness. Thanks again for all your love, prayers and support.
Blessings, from Carol and the Team
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