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Published: April 24th 2009
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009:
Our second day in TZ!
I could write a book on it!
It started out very much like the first day. We went back to Moniqua's house, and studied again. Then, we ask if she was ready to accept God's word and be baptized. She was! I was so fired up. :-P
The Church at Maji Ya Chai doesn't have a baptistry, so Kamarabi drove us to Usa River, about 10 miles away. A lot of local Church members went with us.
The well-worn baptistry was outside, and you fill it up with a garden hose. Talk about a long time!
The preacher from Usa River baptized Moniqua--such a joyous moment!
Well, during this time, Kamarabi had been called back to Maji Ya Chai, because someone was sick there. It turns out, Lauren was sick and had to be rushed to the ER. Oh, I mean, a little clinic about 2 hours away. Thankfully, it was open and Stephanie Stafford was working there. Lauren turned out to be the first "wazungu" (white person) in the clinic. She was fine later--her sickness was due to lack of sleep and a motion sickness patch.
Anyway, now we have
no ride.
We wait for a couple of hours. Then we hear that there is to be another baptism. Great! We think.
So when the man got to Usa River....it wasn't one man at all, but four! Four men who Rod studied with came to be baptized. They were Masai (the native tribe) so it was pretty amazing about their embrace to Christianity.
Within about 2 hours, we had 5 people baptized! WOW!
By the way, at Usa River was the first time I used the "cho". Yes, the outhouse. Not the best facilities out there!
Mom was holding a class today, along with Janet. We just barely made it back in time for that, so no more one-on-one Bible studies for today, but it was definitely worth it!
During the women's class, we decided to hold a children's class. Maddie and I went out in the church court-yard, area to hold it. There were five kids, pretty good in my opinion.
The only problem was, we didn't have a translator. Maddie knew the kid's songs in Swahili, and we also had the words, so I was able to (lamely) sing along. The songs that we sang were: God Is
So Good, I Have the Joy, This Little Light of Mine, Jesus Loves Me, Oh Be Careful Little..., and This Is the Day. It was awesome!
We decided a game was a good idea.
Musical chairs didn't quite work, and they actually didn't get the concept of Tag!!! We decided on Duck, Duck Goose. There is no word for "goose" in Swahili, so we played Duck, Duck, Chicken. :-D "Bata, Bata, Kuku". It was a hit!!! The kids LOVED it! We played for a long time, and then older kids started dropping by on their way home from school, joining in the game. We sang the songs again with the older kids. We ended up having 16 kids! Wow! It was really quite amazing how we kept those kids so long, and without a translator. But it was SO FUN! The kids are amazingly well behaved and so sweet!!!
Altogether, that was just about one of the best days of my life!
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