Passover

Hello Everyone!

We are currently in Kisumu and praising God for all He is doing and showing us! We will blog later about our time here (it's really amazing)but we wanted to share with you about our Passover last Friday before we forget too many details. We have been non stop since last Thursday and will continue until we return home really. Thank you for those who are praying for us on our trip. We are feeling those prayers and certainly needing them. We are feeling ware fare but praising God for His greatness, victory and might! Please continue to pray for our girl who is once again having tummy issues and that we would continue to have wisdom as we search for a home or at least home area and meet with people regarding ministry here. For our family who is checking this blog please know we will send our pic e-mails out soon. :)

Passover was a very special evening for everyone in our house and the community of believers that attended. It was a joint effort on all of our parts and we were so blessed with all that the Lord did. It started out with just a few families (ours included) but quickly began to grow in number. We decided we were going to need our classroom to fit everyone and the school was so helpful in allowing us the freedom to expand our house (moving a bookcase so our dinning room connected with our classroom. We had around 20 adults and 10 children. There were several wazungu (white people) and many Kenyans and the Korean family as well. :) Noelle and the guys set up the room so beautiful and Matt began with everyone outside doing the Psalms of accent. Matt began the service and went through all the elements and then broke for dinner and Jacob continued with the story and of course incredible connection to the Gospel. Both men did an incredible job. Matt seemed in his element and we both commented later how special it was for us because it reminded us of Shoreline. I cried as Matt sang the first blessing. :) I got to help in the kitchen to make sure dinner would be on at the right time and helped behind the scene and then took the kids upstairs for crafts and fun after dinner. (KG's toys were more of a hit than Veggie Tales on the computer. :) People commented as they left how much they learned and how much they enjoyed it and one Kenyan woman said she even renewed her vow to the Lord and rededicated herself. We were so encouraged and watched God answer so many prayers including how to fit everyone in, having enough food, and having a boy who is usually out of control calm and cooperative! We felt like it was 11 at night when most of the guests left (3 stayed the night including Stephen and his family. We had also had our ministry lunch with Stephen and Ed Compean that afternoon, so we were pretty wiped. After dishes and some clean up and a little fellowship and then a preparation for our early morning the next day (leaving for Kisumu)we climbed into bed (OK fell into bed) praising God for how mighty He is and filled with a joy that we had celebrated Passover and our Savior nonetheless in Kenya our new home!