It is 10:10pm here in Nakuru. We just arrived back at the hotel about an hour ago. It was a long day, but a great day! Lots of people, the most all week, in a shorter time than any other day. We actually stopped seeing people about 5:30pm (normally about 6:00 or 6:15pm). What a day - and again, it was amazing to see God at work.
First - a quick update on everyone. Sandy was as steady as can be, and she stayed in the lens building area all week long! She was a calm, steady rock. Jeanine was the entry point, and greeted each person and tested their eyes at the registration table. She was spirited and joyful. Kindy (am I spelling that right?) tried her hand at triage starting on Wednesday, and loved it. She rotated between pulling lenses and sharing the message of the gospel - and was a wonderful and helpful addition. Sara also tried her hand at triage on Wednesday - and loved it! It was so fun for me to watch as she guided people to a relationship with Jesus! And she did it with such joy!! Margaret continued to take turns in triage - and was a real gift and blessing to us in that area. She also pulled lenses, but her great love was sharing the message of Jesus with the Kenyans. Doyle stayed in triage most of the time. He was faithful and discerning. On occasion you would find him putting lenses together, but most of the time he was sharing the gospel with these wonderful people. And I, PJ, moved mostly between triage and the auto-refractor. And by the way - thanks for the prayers. God really did a miracle with the batteries today! Praise the Lord!!
I've got to share this. We had lots of people receive Jesus this week, and plenty of them did it today! But the one that stands out to me is Abijah. Abijah was a young muslim woman that came across my table. She was dressed in her full, traditional garb (sorry - I am blanking on the technical name). As we talked, she said she was very interested in knowing more about this "Jesus". All she knew, from her background, was that he was a prophet and teacher they respected. But she found a Bible, and began secretly reading it. After we had talked for 15-20 minutes, I simply asked her if she "believed that Jesus, the Son of God, was also truly God...that He died on the cross to take away her sins...and that by believing in Jesus Christ, she too could have forgiveness and eternal life." She responded with "Yes, I do believe that. And I want to have Jesus Christ in my heart." (abbreviated version) WOW! Amazing. We prayed together, and she responded with pure thanks - and the statement, "I want to know more about the truth." She is fearful of sharing this, for she could be beaten or killed. But she has Jesus in her heart!! God was truly at work again today!
Ok - enough for now. This will be the last update, as tomorrow we leave this hotel. Keep praying - for God to move in Kenya in mighty ways. And for God to move in the States in mighty ways as well! To God be the glory!!
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Fri, November 20, 2009
by Jonathan Goeke