The Three M's: 9-17

Today we got to work with CHE again and do some evangelism! We went door to door and just talked with people. Ruben took us to an area where he didn’t know the people and we got to tell people about Jesus. We met Veronica and Josephine. Ruben asked them if we could talk to them about the gospel. They agreed and Leann started to explain how man is sinful, God is holy, He had a plan, He sent Jesus to die for our sins, Jesus was resurrected, and now he is the bridge between us and God (in a nutshell). After discussing it together, the women decided that they needed to accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior. I got to pray with them at that point. They repeated after me. They confessed their sins, expressed their belief that Jesus died and rose again, accepted his gift of grace, and declared him Lord. It was SO amazing! I was praying it and they were praying it by repeating me through Ruben’s translation. It was probably the most spiritually moving experience, other than getting baptized, in my entire life. Ruben invited them to his Bible study that was meeting that night and they both agreed to come. It is amazing that they are getting plugged in so quickly.

We discussed how to live the Christian life with them as well – praying to develop your relationship with Jesus, reading the Bible, being in community with other Christians for support, and then sharing the good news with others.

Next we met Agnus and Flora. They invited us into their home. Both of them said that they were born again Christians and we discussed Romans 10:9-10 with them to make sure they understood salvation. “That if you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.” They both totally understood it and were indeed saved.

We asked them what we should pray for with them. Agnus asked us to pray for her health because she has tuberculosis. At that point I was pretty nervous because we were in a tiny shanty (like a 10x10 room) and she had been coughing into a rag. At first when I heard her coughing the thought that she might have TB crossed my mind, but I just thought that she might have a bad case of bronchitis. However, she has TB. It is quite contagious and is spread through droplets (like when she coughs the bacteria in her lungs is sent into the air and then we inhale it). We definitely should have been wearing masks. So pray that God heals her of TB and that he protects us from getting it. I think we will be fine, but prayer never hurts.

We left their house and went to Maurine’s house. She had a few kids and was really nice. We chatted with her and she was a Christian. I got to go over the Christian lifestyle with her. It was a good experience. We went back to Pangani and left with the Kamau’s at 3:00 to hit up the Massi market. Wallace dropped us off (the three interns) at the market/mall and we got to look around for an hour. He said he would be back at 4:45. We didn’t have any cell phones.

Well, 4:45 came and went. Thirty minutes later a security lady came up to us and handed us a cell phone. It was Wallace calling to tell us he was going to be late and we told him where we were. I am amazed at how well connected Mary and Wallace are. They pretty much know everyone in Nairobi.

After checking out the market Mary and Wallace took us to the food court to get some dinner. We went to a delicious sandwich shop and I stuffed my face. Like a Kenyan. And I drank some tasty fresh pineapple juice. Then we got some gelato. Mary sat and talked with the three of us for a while. She was giving us some words of wisdom and she discussed the three M’s. Know your maker. Know your mission. Know your mate. Only when you know the first two can you really find your mate. She knows this from life experience. She found Wallace after she had a solid relationship with God and knew her mission. Once the first two M’s were in place, she could find a man who would partner with her. Such good advice from an amazing woman.