June 12, 2012

Today was my first experience with the Kenyans markets!  We left early and got to market as they were unloading their wares for the day,  How can I say this delicately....the selection was interesting.  Carrots, pineapples, tomatoes, and an assortment of other vegetables all resembling the fruit or vegetables we eat in the US...but so far from it!  We throw food away if it looked like the fruits and vegetables the Kenyans bought everyday!  I haven't figured out how to post pictures here...so check out my facebook page for photos.  I tasted a tree tomato for the first time....the proprietor offered us one to taste(do I refuse and possibly offend or do I chance getting sick) well I tasted it and it was not good...
Was told later these tree tomatoes were very sweet and they make juice out of them...will try that at a later time!

Then headed to a Bible study at another missionaries house here in Mombasa.  They were just completing a 5 month study of Esther.  I was struck by the realization, "here I am in Africa and within this body of believers and were Americans, or should I say Texans. British, as well as Kenyans all studying and worshiping the same Bible the same God!  This might not be signification to you but it sure was to me!  It doesn't matter what our skin color or nationality we are we will all one day be citizens of heaven!  That is huge!  Our world would be a different place if more believers grasp on to this truth! 

Tomorrow we return to MBEWAU Academy!  Meeting with teachers tomorrow...please pray that I will be sensitive to the Holy Spirit's leading as to what is the greatest need these precious teachers have and how I can begin to fill this need!  Continue to pray for wisdom and direction for me...my blog is named Starting at the Jordan...enable me Lord Jesus to know what to do now that I have stepped into the Jordan! 

There is another team arriving on Friday, please pray for their travel safety and a quick adjustment to the climate as well as all things Africa!