Hello everyone! (this blog is being brought to you by amber and sara healy )
We are excited to say that we have moved to our second location…Kibera! Wrapping things up in Kijabe was really hard but we had an awesome last week and an even better last night saying goodbye to all the amazing people we met. Our first two days in Kibera were spent getting adjusted to the disperities between Kijabe and Kibera. Kibera is the largest slum in Africa, there are roughly 1 million people in a mile radius. For most of us this was our first time seeing real poverty on the streets. Houses are on top of eachoter and made of sticks, mud, and manure. The streets are made of trash and there is one river that runs through the slum that is the only water source and is cantaminated with human waste and things you could not even imagine. The first day, we had to hold our breath many times because the smell is so horrific. Despite all of these circumstances the people are INCREDIBLE. They have pure joy and live simply. Community here is much like what we experienced in Kijabe.
We are staying at a bed and breakfast outside Kibera, it is about a 15 minute walk into the slum everyday. We only have 2 weeks of ministry here so we dove in right away. OUr days are a lot longer here than in Kijabe going from 9-5 but it has been amazing thus far. OUr first day of ministry was open air evangelism on the streets of Kibera. Pastor Timothy has a passion for evengelism so he pushed us out of our comfort zone. As opposed to door to door evangelism in Kijabe, Pastor Timothy saw 20 men sitting on a wall and said lets start here! The fruit that came from that day was amazing. Through the Lord’s grace 15 of those men came to know Him and profess thier lives to Him that day. 1 day a week we work at a preschool where we sing and play with the children. It is a one room school house with 70 kids and 4 teahers. Another day is spent at the primary school where we teach Christian education for grades 1-7. 3 days a week we are at a detention center for kids who have run away from home, become street boys, and then are collected by the police and brought here. The boys are ages 9-16 and there are 33 of them. This has been our (Amber & Sara) favorite ministry. We really have a heart for these boys. WE came in with the idea that they would be really tough and hard to reach but we have been amazed at what the power of love can do.
God is working and we are excited to see what can happen in the next week! Continue to be praying for our team unity, for good health, and strength. A prayer that we can surrender our will to the Lord’s daily and continue to seek His face in everything we do. We all love you and miss you all so much. OUr team is getting excited to come back and share stories with all of our loved ones but pray that we can stay focused and be fully present for the rest of our stay.
IN christ, sara and amber 🙂
From Amber- MOM I WISH YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! I LOVE YOU!
