In Nairobi!

The rain just stopped pouring down, good news for the Kenyans.  We spent the day on a scavenger hunt around Nairobi getting to know the city.  I was following around a group of five students as they stumbled through this busy city, all of them on their first trip in the third world.  I had conversation with a Tibetan Buddhist under an overhang of a skyscraper in the pouring rain about the salvation of Jesus Christ.  "In Christianity," I told him, "salvation comes first, and then the good works come as a response to the love of our savior."  I seem to find Tibetan Buddhists everywhere.

Yesterday we spent the day walking through the Mathare Valley slum, one of the most decrepit living situations in the world today.  Their hope in Jesus is astounding.  With less to distract the poor they seem to figure out what the world is really about much quicker than those in the world's one percent.

Tiffany and I are having a wonderful time learning to minister together to the students on the trip.  We are both leading small groups, mine being five men, hers five women.  It was so wonderful to hear their responses to the depravity of Mathare; all of them were excited for ways to change their own lives in order to join in the mission of Jesus Christ that is already strong in that Valley.  What a beautiful thing it is to watch the love of the Lord grow in the students. 

Please be praying for the staff team, especially for wisdom in the process of deciding where and with whom the students will be sent on their 3 week ministry assignments.  These meetings can be long and stressful, and we are all already tired after long days.  We need your prayers.  I will try to post a video next week, I've got some awesome footage of our experiences here so far, so... stay tuned!  :)

In Him,

John