Sunday morning... We enjoyed our first African worship service today - the joy and enthusiasm and energy and praising God was beautiful! The air wa filled with the sounds of whistles, hooting, calling, and spontaneous prayer. They are beautiful dancers who's bodies feel the music and are so inspired to praise and worship our Lord. Several times throughout the service a spontaneous conga line would form and would wind all the way through the church, out the doors, back in again - finally after 10 minutes the conga would stop and the service would continue. A church service in Kenya lasts neary 4 hours - I doubt anyone in the US would sit in church that long!!
The Praise Team asked me to join them - and knowing NO Swahilli or what they were singing I joined the team in dancing and clapping (and I am sure I looked quite silly!!)
On Saturday afternoon, Anne took us to her dress shop - for us girls there are no words to describe how excited we were...the piles of beautiful fabrics, the pictures of all of the patters/style on the wall! We each picked out fabrics we liked, a style of dress and Anne's dress maker (Kevin) will have the dresses made in 3 days...you can tell Anne loves the dress shop as well - she was smiling and so excited to help us pick out our favorite fabrics and a style of dress we would most like! I think we could have stayed in that dress shop all day long and I would have lovd to purchase several more outfits...next trip I think!
We are all doing well...we are healthy, are falling in love with the children and enjoying all of the new sites, sound and smells of life in Kenya.
Thank you for your prayers...more as soon as we can get to a computer again (we are at a little hole-in-the-wall Cyber cafe now...it's upstairs of a little shop and the ceilings are less than 6 feet high!) Tanya
I have thought of you often and lifted you in prayer. I am so excited for all that you are experiencing. I am asking God to give you continued health, strength, and wisdom as you seek to serve the people of Kenya in His name. I am sure this has been a life changing trip. Blessings!
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