Spontaneous Evangelism: 10-1

This morning Leann and I briefly talked to Fred Juma the head of the CHE department about the rest of our time here along with our goals. We are thinking about adopting Babandogo to work in. We want to have some health meetings with members of the community to discuss issues like hygiene, disease prevention, and alcoholism.

We spent the day with Robert. The first item on the agenda was to travel to Kaimiako and meet with a CHE group. I got to see the MOHI School and the community. There were quite a few goats in the area, so I guess the goat business is booming. We met with the group’s finance man. He keeps all the record books. They are doing a microfinance project and are using their profits to start a “baby care program.” (Basically it’s a daycare.) They are saving up their money to put in community toilets.

Then we travelled to Babandogo to do some follow-ups from Tuesday’s evangelism. We met with a group of about 8 men who Robert had talked to on Tuesday. He invited them all to church on Sunday and they all said they planned on attending. A member of the group, named Daniel, asked me and Leann to meet a lady around the corner. We checked with Robert, and then went over. We passed through an alleyway and came to her house. Daniel wanted us to talk to her about health and hygiene. Totally put on the spot, Leann and I discussed a few basics with them -particularly about keeping the area around their house free of trash. Inside the house was very neat and clean, but outside was dirty and had piles of trash around. We also asked about their spiritual health.

At this point, I went back to find Robert. He joined us and did some more evangelism. All the ladies were saved except one, and she accepted Christ. I absolutely loved the spontaneous evangelism. I need to do more of that at home. I need to take the time to invest in the lives of the people around me.

The men who Robert was doing a follow-up with want to post a verse of the day on the wall at their shoe shining business. It was so encouraging to see people accepting Jesus as their Lord and Savior and then wanting to get involved. These men will probably end us starting another CHE group in the area.

We ate lunch at the Babandogo school and then met with our friends in the CHE group. Today they elected the officials in the group. Robert, Leann, and I left while they were electing so that it would be totally their own decision. I think this is a brilliant policy and I love that the group will soon be self sufficient and self led. The guys love that we are attending their meetings. They want to give us Kenyan names. I hope they come up with some awesome ones.