Hey o! I am trying to write a little bit errday. And for some reason it seems like a good idea to share a bit with you. Let me know if this gets annoying, please.
Today is Sunday, and we started the morning off with a power outage (a regular Sunday adventure, it seems). It happened right as I was getting ready to fix my hair, and it came back on as we were walking out to get into the car for church. I ran inside and fixed my hair and luckily, Paul was being a slowpoke this morning and no one was waiting on me any longer than they were waiting on him. I was proud of my sneakiness. :)
Church at Agape is always interesting. It's geared towards kids, and so most of the time, I have to dig for something to really get out of it, and that is not to say that John and Morris are not incredibly intelligent men of God. They totally are. But it just takes some getting used to, I guess. Today we talked with the kids about being a light to our families and friends, and when we are born again, we are no longer who were, but God lives in us, so it's a new life through Him. It was pretty cool. Morris had a box that was wrapped with white paper and it said "Salvation" on it. He called Kennedy up and he unwrapped the box and was explaining that when you become saved, you get all of this good stuff. Inside the box were some cookies, some candy, and some kind of fruit or something, all of which were for Kennedy. The kids LOVED LOVED LOVED it. And we loved that they loved it. :) Morris does a great job bringing the stuff to a kid's level. He is the shyest person I've ever met, to the point where he almost comes across as rude. But you get up him at church on Sunday and he's AMAZING. I love listening to what he has to say. He's good people.
After church we did some socializing with the boys and then we went to lunch at Kiboko Bay. My food was not that great, so I was kind of disappointed, and I'm pretty whooped from yesterday so I've been kind of cranky all day. But Paul and I decided to go see a movie, since I didn't get him anything for his birthday, I treated him to a movie. There's a theater at Nakumatt and I bought two movie tickets, two sodas and a thing of popcorn and it was 600 shillings. That comes out to like $8. Maybe. I'm still not great with the money-math. Haha. But we saw the new Xmen movie. (it's new to Kenya, okay?) I surprisingly really really enjoyed it. I'm a fan of the Xmen movies. And I'm a fan of Hugh Jackman. Mostly I'm a fan of the way Hugh Jackman looks. :) But overall it was a cool movie, and Paul enjoyed it. So it was a good time.
We took a tuk-tuk home. A tuk-tuk (pronounced TOOOOOOOOOK TOOOOOOK. You can yell it if you want, I just wanted to make sure you know it's an OOOO sound. We don't want you mispronouncing these things, do we?) is like a cracked out golf cart. It has three wheels. Sometimes the roof is a tarp. And the steering wheel looks like a set of handlebars from a bicycle. Ours did not have a door that closed, and I almost lost a shoe. Anyway, it was only 100 shillings, which is a little over a dollar. Well worth the ride, and definitely an experience. Paul even took a picture and some video. I'll have to post it later.
I came home and thought about taking a nap. But when it's almost 6pm, taking a nap just ruins everything. And plus the power went out AGAIN. At this point we all just laugh about it. It gives us a chance to turn off our computers and just TALK to each other.. haha. Then we went to dinner at the Imperial Hotel. Apparently they have very good steaks. I don't like steak. So I had a pizza that was really just Mexican food in a circle. I am going to have to pay for that later, and so is Shelly, I'm sure. She's my roommate tonight, and I've already asked for forgiveness.
Anyway, I'm pretty dang tired. Tomorrow I go back to work in the office, working on the database. Not the most fun of jobs, but whatever I do, I do it for the Lord, right? So.. Hooray. Or something.
Say prayers for Jo and Tommy as they are in Cambodia ministering to orphans. I had a chance to talk to Jo for about 4.3 seconds today via facebook (which is always an adventure) but at least I know she is alive.
Also, I wanted to share a story very quickly. A few weeks ago, John and I were working on the database. John (same John mentioned earlier in this note) is in charge of Reintegration at Agape. His job and passion is to get the boys back in their homes with their families. The team goes out and meets with the family, shares the gospel, provides counseling, and tries to heal all of the brokenness that exists in these homes around here. John is really good people, and he is absolutely AMAZING with the kids. Anyway, a few weeks ago we were looking through files and I came across a file of a boy who had been kidnapped from his home and sold into human trafficking. He got all the way to the border of Tanzania until he was rescued by the Red Cross. They brought him and a few other boys to Agape for temporary care until they could get back home. I asked John if that happens a lot around here, human trafficking. He got big tears in his eyes and I knew what it meant. It breaks my heart. For real. We talk about this stuff back home but for some reason, it hits much harder when you see these kids and all of the struggles they go through. I know that life is not fair, but this really IS. NOT. FAIR. People don't belong to anyone, and it's ridiculous that someone can sell a little boy for sex slavery. I hate it so much, with everything in my being. But I know that God is in control of all things, and I see Jesus in people like John, who fight on the front lines everyday for these beautiful boys.
Anyway. Love and miss you all. Thank you for reading.
Riss
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