Sunday Outreach in Bomani

We began the day attending church at Crossroads Fellowship in Mombasa. They were celebrating their 7th anniversary and had just over 1000 people in attendance. It was pure joy to worship with these believers. There were so many people in the auditorium that our team gave up their seats and most of them went to help with the children's celebration. It was a good morning.

After lunch at Voyager we headed off to the community outreach in Bomani. The property was filled with people from the community when we arrived. They had already had lunch and were waiting for us to arrive to play in the volleyball tournament. There were 4 teams. We were one of them. With about 5 minutes to organize we put together a pretty good team, but in the end couldn't win over the Kenyans. We didn't make it out of the first round. There's always next year! :)

During that time we enjoyed reconnecting with the teachers, staff and children we met on Friday. It began to rain before the championship game so we moved to the church building for the service they planned. The adult choirs sang, presentations were made and Guy had the opportunity to talk about the hope found only in God for this life and eternity. I'll try to upload a picture, but that little church had over 600 Kenyans in it. It was a wall to wall sea of faces! That didn't include all the people outside the church and on the property.

We took pictures with the team of Kenyans and Americans and shared a meal before leaving. It was 7 p.m. and completely dark when we left. It's the latest we've ever left a center, but all was well and we made it back to Voyager just fine. Some of the teachers from Vipingo came to enjoy the day as well. It was so hard to say good bye to all of our friends at the end of the day. We have come to love them dearly and appreciate all they do as our teammates - our hands and feet of hope, love and faith in Kenya!

Tomorrow we visit one more center. It isn't one we support, but it is a glimpse into our future, Lord willing. The school in Tiwi goes up to 8th grade. We will hear their presentations, feed them lunch and then spend time with the children. The older children are fluent in English and it's fun to talk to them. The trip itself is a lesson in Kenya history and geography.

Thank you again for praying for us! We are all well and soaking in all that God presents us each day!

Denise