The People Of Kenya

The past few days, as the team worked endlessly, it occurred to us today that we should all take a step back from our immediate mission and reflect on the people around us and how they have affected our journey up until this point. Kathie Mann, a Mission Volunteer with the General Board of Global Ministries and an immeasurably important woman in our work here, is a truly amazing person who greets everyone she meets with a brilliant smile and a warm hug. From the moment we stepped into Maua, she opened her home as a haven to the entire team. She has a gift for understanding exactly what a situation needs and how to accomplish it, which has truly helped us to do all that we have while we've been here. Mrs. Mann is the epitome of self-sacrifice and motherly love as she invites all of her teams into her home to share meals with her. 

Another significant figure is our dear friend Freda Gakii, a local angel in this community. Despite all the obstacles thrown in her path, from having her home taken from her family to truly devastating accidents, she lives to serve others. Evidence of this can be found in her habit of seeking out those without loved ones in the hospital and giving them the nurturing love that they so need. She has single handily cared for her family through thick and thin, and has done everything in her power to make better lives for them. She serves in multiple ways in her church by singing in both the youth and adult choirs and volunteering whenever she can. And to top it all off she's an entrepreneur with a little shop near our hotel.

These people are truly miracles brought to us from Heaven above, and nothing could ever parallel what they have done for us and this community. As we continue our work here and in other cities in Kenya, we pray that God will look over these two indispensable women and guide them with his love.