My wife Suzanne and I arrived here in Nairobi last week on Thursday night. It is great to be back to this city which holds lots of memories for me. I lived, worked, and exhibited my Christian faith here in the early nintees before moving to the United States. I have since been through the city at least once a year mostly on my way to the neighboring countries for mission work. With God's help, I have retained many friends and connections here inspite making my aboard in Minneapolis. I guess it is the normal life of a world evangelist to have friends from all-over the world.
When we arrived at the Airport this time though, one friend who has always been there to receive me was ambiguiously missing: Josphat Mboko. Josphat, an old friend and mentour to me since my teenage years, went to be with the Lord this past summer. He and his wife Scolastica were in a road accident and both died, leaving their teenage kids orphaned. It was shocking when I heard about it in early August cause he was getting ready to come to Minneapolis for my wedding when the accident happened. God bless their souls as they sit with Jesus.
One clearly noticeable change in Nairobi is that the city looks a lot more cleaner and greener than it did in the ninties. The other change are the longer traffic jams. The jams start at six in the morning and continue throughout the day until after nine at night. It is not unussual to get stack on the road three to four hours trying to make a stretch of four miles. That is how crazy it has gotten here. I am told every day Nairobians add an average of 500 new vehicles on the road. Yet there is little being done expand the existing roads or to build new ones at the moment. It can be annoyingly slow trying to make it from point A to point B.
Other than that my wife Suzanne is doing great. When we first arrived she was very tired and we had to make quite a few adjustments in our schedule so that she could rest adequately. I will tell you more about what we have been doing and whom we have been meeting with in my next post.
Yes, I want to tell you all about what God is doing here in Muhanga but my body fails me. I want to tell you how He is moving through our Kinderroots team where already several thousands of children have been ministered to over the last two days on hills, plains and valleys surrounding Muhanga. Where hundreds have already given their lives to Christ. I want to tell you how God is moving through our Prisoners of Hope outreach program to where three thousand prisoners were reached with the love of Christ earlier this afternoon with hundreds of them giving their lives to Christ. Where we delivered supplies worth several thousands of dollars to the delight of the prison officials following a devastating fire at the facility that gutted much of what they had beyond salvaging. How God worked to open doors so our team could go in and bring the Good News of Christ. How doors to another prison with even more inmates are wide open for the gospel tomorrow morning. I want to tell you of s
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