CCL's First Ladies Conference

Our first ladies conference was held this month. Ladies from Calvary International Fellowship in Nairobi, came and taught us about "Taming the Tongue," from James chapter 3. It was a blessed time as 20 of us gathered together to worship the Lord through song and dance, wonderful teachings, prayer and fasting. It is normal here like many ladies conferences to prepare lunch or at least chai (tea with milk and sugar) which is usually served with buttered bread but the leaders at CIF found there was a desperate need to fast for some of the gossip issues happening at church. We bodly went along with this as we as women face these same issues here in Kisumu. It truly was an incredible day of learning, surrendering, sharing and praising God for His faithfulness and reminders of His desires for us as women. Many women told Pastor Stephen the next day that they were surprisingly blessed and really enjoyed it. We were happy to hear that, as the fasting part was very different for our women and many were apprehensive. During the conference several women shared "Cardboard Testimonies," a way to share your testimony of coming to Christ in just 6 words. It fit the theme of being women of few words and was very powerful! Another aspect of the day that was encouraging was seeing our women lead worship, and translate. Translating is difficult and several of our women can do this but are apprehensive. They did a wonderful job and prayerfully have more confidence in this. Kelli Compean closed the conference with a beautiful teaching CBS style which really involved the women and was a perfect way to close the day. Each women went home with three roses that were white and pink. Kelli encouraged the ladies to be reminded by the white in the rose,of their purity in Christ and by the pink on the petals, that Christ's blood was shed for them and covers their sin. One rose was for them and the other two were for them to give to a friend or neighbor and to share with them what they had learned from the Word of God that day. We are so grateful to partner with CIF and to have had such a wonderful first conference. Thank you CIF and thank you Jesus for all you are doing in our lives as women.