11-12-07

Mon17:02 If it wasn’t for the supercol family that I have here, it would be very hard for me to come back to the compound (because it is nicer and more comfortable than anywhere else I go) -God, heal those in my family who need healing. Make us one as You are one.-Today I started a time of prayer, fasting, and building relationships (I have been putting it off for far too long). [wanderingmindcomment= it is a weird thing to be the first mzungu (white person) that a lot of people see]. I started the day by seeking God in prayer, worship, and the Word (not because I am spiritual, but because it is simply my only hope of sanity and survival). I am not hearing God speak to me clearly, so all I can do is follow Him as best I can.Anyway… after I joined the house for a morning devo, I left to walk to town, with only my clothes and a cell phone. Soon after I left the house, I met a kid on a bike named Benjamin (the kid was named Benjamin, not the bike). He led me to the place he lived, in an unofficial orphanage in a slum called Kipsongo, about a 30 minute or so walk away. There were about 15 guys and 15 girls who lived there. The guys slept on straw mats on a cement floor in a small 2 room building.After I left there, I went to town and found a couple of street kids. I hung out with them for around 3 hours. I saw where some of them slept (in front of shops where the tin sheet roof extended out enough for shelter from the rain). They taught me some Swahili, and most of them sniffed glue. While I was walking with them, a big fight broke out across the street. One of the kids (Daniel) escorted me away, while a giant crowd formed at the fight. After a while, the kids said “bye”, so they could “find shillings” (mostly by begging) (nobody was going to give money to a kid who was walking with a mzungu [everybody assumes that white people are rich]). So then I walked to Tuwani Slum to go to the school we help. I got to have a good talk with Wycliffe. He is so encouraging. After I left, I walked home in the rain. It was a good day.