Praise God!

Last Thursday John had a meeting with the high-school kids' parents. They brought a bunch of the necessities for the kids (lotion, t.p., toothpaste, soap, shoe polish, etc...). *ANSWERED PRAYER* This is gonna be a huge help. John also informed them of the upcoming fundraiser we are doing on April 26. Please be praying for this! These people do not have much money at all. Mark did the numbers according to his old job and said that it would be the equivelent of him paying about $65 for a two pound bag of rice! They just don't have the funds. However, each parent has agreed to pay 1500Ksh (Kenyan Shillings) for the fundraiser! This is way awesome becuase most only make 80Ksh per day.

NOTE: Currently it is almost 80Ksh to $1.00

On Friday John met with the primary school kids' parents, and they brought a few things as well! We added them to the storeroom and are thanking God for his provision.

NOTE: So AMCC acts as both an orphanage and a children's home. Some kids' parents are deceased and others simply can not afford to feed them.

Sunday was the best day of all and the Lord showed His faithfulness in a great way. We've been praying for rain for a while because Kenya has been in a drought. We prayed Saturday night for rain and the Lord answered our prayers! It poured on Sunday three or four times in the morning! More rain means more growth in vegitation from friends and partners of AMCC, which means more food for the kids! Praise God! THEN, Sunday afternoon brought with it the sunshine and a pleasent surprise. Some employees of BIDCO Oil Co. showing up with cabbages, carrots, onions, tomatoes, potatoes, maize and wheat flour, cooking fat, rice, sugar and even clothes!!! Our God is King over all things! He knows our every need and want! They didn't bring any maize or beans! Halelujah!

We put our faith in Him to give us food and He has! It didn't come from the wazungu but from the God of Heaven and Earth and Kenya and BIDCO and AMCC and us, His people! He is soo good and He is so faithful!

Other than that things are becoiming quite the routine. Sometimes when we finish washing clothes, Mark and I will help to hang them.

Mark by the way rocks my face off! He's the best partner in advancing the Kingdom of God I could have asked for in this situation. We're quite the team and I'm so excited to be here with him. He's so dang smart.

So things are pretty awesome here, except for one incident that happened three days ago. Our landlord's son, Steven drinks too much and seems to cause a lot of problems around Kimata. So on Sunday morning i was awoken by a woman screaming bloody murder. John beat me out of the locked gate in the back of AMCC only to find Steven mauling his wife with a hammer! We ran him off immediately. Mark and I inquired whether we should call the police but John said that Steven had gone to jail many times and had paid his way out because of corruption. This is the only violent thing that has happened around where we live. Please pray for Steven and his drinking problem and for peace with our landlord's family. And for wisdom in dealing with Steven as he is an aquaintence of Mark and me.

Steven's wife had minor wounds and I think she has left Kimata for a while. Alas, God is good and will bring justice! I hope to be writing another blog in about a week. And we're up to 8 followers! Thanks guys! You make this time writing blogs worth while! Till then...