1-28-10answers

1-28-10
Thur
22:41

I saw Kefa, his wife , and his 5 month old baby boy today (their first baby had gotten sick while I was in Kenya 2 years ago, and died soon after I had left). Kefa said that God had blessed them and wiped away their tears. –Father, when I am in pain, I want to never question Your love for me , and never diminish my love for You. Build and grow me into such a man-
-Lord, keep Benja’s body and heart from harm- One of the things I had a heart to do here is to mentor and teach some of the street kids about truly following Christ and understanding God’s heart and law. I especially had Benja in mind. I was so looking forward to seeing and hugging him. Today, I saw Peter the street kid (Benja’s best friend). Peter told me that Benja (who is 17 I think) has been in jail for a week because a corrupt pastor falsely accursed Benja of threatening him. The only thin I know for sure is that Benja is in jail because of a problem with a pastor. I went to the jail, and after they looked for him several times, they told me he was at a different jail in Kitale. I will try to visit him there tomorrow.
Before I came to Kenya, I prayed that Benja and another man who I love would be put through hard times if that’s what it would take to make their hearts softened enough to grasp for God alone. I didn’t expect to find that both were answered on my first day here. Now is the hard and sad time. I pray that God brings True Full Life out of what now looks only like death –Lord, not for nothing, but it would be nice if You answered some of my prayers in more cheerful ways. I truly thank You for Your answers, but these last couple of weeks have been a little on the rough side. Than You though, cuz I know that You have way better plans than I do-