Well this week was a little intense. Trying to get the audits done before the end of the month required that we be in Kilili on Saturday besides our usual number of forays up country for the week. We were back at Kyambeke on Sunday for church and a baptismal service. We had 4 converts and 2 children of record that took the plunge. We sure have some great people that have joined lately. Several have been struggling with the language thing for several years and we were just fortunate to be here when they finally overcame that obstacle. I am sure a big part of it was that the Lord finally answered a bunch of prayers.
The long rainy season seems to be here as the truck was pretty much a moving mound of mud when we got David to wash it today. Of course it didn't help when I went "mud bogging" to get home last evening. We ran into a major snarl of vehicles at about the Athi River junction coming home and although there were buses and Matautus stuck in the bush everywhere I told Sister Bishop I was sure our 4 wheel drive would get us through my proposed shortcut. She was very doubtful and was rather vocally questioning my sanity as we slogged through the bush but if nothing else she has a lot more respect for the truck today as we did just fine. The bumpy roads are taking their toll on our little Isuzu though as I had to take the front bumper guard off today as the repair we had done on it 5000 kms ago gave out again and it was fixing to start dragging. I will see if the fleet manager wont get me a new one Wednesday. If not we will just fix it and have them attach our front plate directly to the bumper. I am going to invest in a D-handle shovel and tow strap as they are looking like they would be great accessories to keep in our vehicle. We came across a stuck Matautu full of members on our way into Kilili Saturday and I stopped to help. All I had was a long nylon rope and although we did get them on the road again I now have 2 short nylon ropes.
We spent some time reviewing the baptismal questions with some of our investigators in Kilili while there and it looks like we could have 8 more converts this Sunday. The Assistants are going with us to do interviews and we will have the service for the successful applicants right after church.
Attended RS Birthday Celebrations at Kilili and Kyambeke this last week and Ilima is having theirs this Friday. I have several shots of Sister Bishop shaking her "bootie" in traditional Kamba style that will get sent soon. One branch had also made up a song about our missionary efforts. Three of the missionary packets left here for South Africa last Thursday so I am assuming they will have their calls soon. Joshua's 23 year old brother has caught his little brother's missionary spirit so we might have another applicant from Ilima very soon. He is living in Nairobi but I got the feeling his current Bishop would rather we helped him through all the hurdles required to get his packet together.
Well I hope everyone had a great Easter weekend. They celebrated with a 4 day weekend here with Friday being Good Friday and today was just called Easter Monday. There were a lot of people left to go up country to their ancestral homes as the post election violence did not allow some to make their usual trips at Christmas time. The Peace efforts had very solid results this week when the peace initiative required constitutional amendments sailed through parliament. The President and Prime Minister designate are beginning the implementation process now.
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