Nairobi to Kisumu Toyota
Unpacking in our living room
Crossing a shamba to visit Benter and Wellington
Playing on a dirt pile at Jacobs. What Fun!!
Lake Victoria at the Yacht Club last eve.
Sunrise 6:42 this morning on the way to the house dedication
Raising the temporary house.
Tilapia and Ugali for lunch!! It was good! :)
This is just a glimpse of our journey. Today Jason and I went to a house dedication. This was a very important occaision in Luo culture. The son was moving out of his mothers compound and building the first house in his own compound. There is normally a lot of tradition and superstition surrounding occasions like this. Things are to be done in a certain way or the "spirits of the ancestors will haunt you and make trouble for you". Pray for Charles and Maurine. Charles was a member years ago and fell away. Maurine is currently on her way back to the church. Pray for her restoration. They chose to break with Luo culture and not carry the rooster, the axe and the machete across the threshold of their new house but to dedicate it with prayer instead. He also did not eat with the elders as he was supposed to; but with his hired help, which caused some rebuke, and "you will die in a bad way" from one of his elders. I'm not sure how much of it was serious. Thank you so much for your prayers we have felt them and desperately need them.
Time to get ready for Prayer Meeting. More later, Wayne
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