Classes Done - On to Kitui
I made arrangements for Gini to call me this morning. She calls at 6:30 am my time, which is 8:30 pm on Thursday evening in Edmonton. We have a great connection, so we talk for about 25 minutes. It’s always good to hear from home.
The quiz and class notes get printed in good order, just after the faculty prayer meeting. I preach my final chapel on James 3:15-17, The Application of Wisdom. Then my last three hours of teaching. We spend quite a bit of time on the doctrine of election, and I take them through Romans 9. There is a lot of good discussion. I expect that many of them will continue to study this doctrine. At the end of the class I thank them all for their good participation and attentiveness in class. I am about to close in prayer when one of the older students, Pearson, interrupts and says a word of thanks on behalf of the class. He says they have appreciated my coming, and also making myself available to the students for discussion after class as well as for my patience in answering their many questions. It has been a good education for all of us.
After class I take a class photo outside. Richard is frantically looking for me. I am late for lunch at the Kim’s. We have Italian and Korean buffet with Judith Collins and Gary Johnson. It is delightful. I have to excuse myself early though, because Gary wants to get out of town early so we reach the mission station before dark. I quickly pack and off we go. But the traffic is very slow in Nairobi this Friday afternoon. We spend the better part of an hour in the city. We stop in Machakos for coffee and then out to Kitui where we load up with petrol for the generators. From Kitui to the mission station is only 38 km, but it takes us over an hour to get there. Every few minutes Gary Johnson has to tell a story about one thing or another that has happened on these roads. We arrive before dark, in the wonderful providence of the Lord, and also without any rains; there have been very dark rain clouds before us most of the way from Machakos, but not much rain has come. As we come near the clinic, I meet Joel, who has had a large tumor removed from his jaw, and a bone from his calf used to rebuild it.
Pat greets us at the door and we unload our belongings. I am introduced to Pastor Juma, who also helps in the Johnson household. After a wonderful supper, Juma sets up video presentation for the surrounding community who gather on Friday and Saturday nights to see them. Judith and I are taken up to the Team House, where we will be staying. This is quite an impressive building that has a wide verandah in front and a kitchen and eating area flanked by rooms on either side. There are about four bunkbeds on the two front rooms on either side: one side is for girls and the other side is for boys who come to work at the compound in manual labour as well as evangelism teams. There are rooms in the back for chaperones. There are baths and showers and everything is quite modern here. One thing is lacking: no indoor flush toilets: they are outside, but they are remarkably clean and no smell!
Gary has Juma turn on the generator for the evening so we can get some work done on our laptops. Then we prepare for bed and at about 10:00 pm the generator goes off and so do the lights.
The quiz and class notes get printed in good order, just after the faculty prayer meeting. I preach my final chapel on James 3:15-17, The Application of Wisdom. Then my last three hours of teaching. We spend quite a bit of time on the doctrine of election, and I take them through Romans 9. There is a lot of good discussion. I expect that many of them will continue to study this doctrine. At the end of the class I thank them all for their good participation and attentiveness in class. I am about to close in prayer when one of the older students, Pearson, interrupts and says a word of thanks on behalf of the class. He says they have appreciated my coming, and also making myself available to the students for discussion after class as well as for my patience in answering their many questions. It has been a good education for all of us.
After class I take a class photo outside. Richard is frantically looking for me. I am late for lunch at the Kim’s. We have Italian and Korean buffet with Judith Collins and Gary Johnson. It is delightful. I have to excuse myself early though, because Gary wants to get out of town early so we reach the mission station before dark. I quickly pack and off we go. But the traffic is very slow in Nairobi this Friday afternoon. We spend the better part of an hour in the city. We stop in Machakos for coffee and then out to Kitui where we load up with petrol for the generators. From Kitui to the mission station is only 38 km, but it takes us over an hour to get there. Every few minutes Gary Johnson has to tell a story about one thing or another that has happened on these roads. We arrive before dark, in the wonderful providence of the Lord, and also without any rains; there have been very dark rain clouds before us most of the way from Machakos, but not much rain has come. As we come near the clinic, I meet Joel, who has had a large tumor removed from his jaw, and a bone from his calf used to rebuild it.
Pat greets us at the door and we unload our belongings. I am introduced to Pastor Juma, who also helps in the Johnson household. After a wonderful supper, Juma sets up video presentation for the surrounding community who gather on Friday and Saturday nights to see them. Judith and I are taken up to the Team House, where we will be staying. This is quite an impressive building that has a wide verandah in front and a kitchen and eating area flanked by rooms on either side. There are about four bunkbeds on the two front rooms on either side: one side is for girls and the other side is for boys who come to work at the compound in manual labour as well as evangelism teams. There are rooms in the back for chaperones. There are baths and showers and everything is quite modern here. One thing is lacking: no indoor flush toilets: they are outside, but they are remarkably clean and no smell!
Gary has Juma turn on the generator for the evening so we can get some work done on our laptops. Then we prepare for bed and at about 10:00 pm the generator goes off and so do the lights.
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