GUMC Kenya Mission: The Thief - Reflections and Re-entry

We have spent today at Lake Nakuru National Park, taking the opportunity to view God's most amazing animal creations and also preparing for our entry back into a world in which we can drink the tap water and expect flush toilets and hot showers almost anywhere we go (things we all took for granted just a couple of weeks ago). We are more aware that our material wealth and comforts are good but often prevent us from relying on God the way we have seen demonstrated here in Kenya. We have seen those with so little in the way of material possessions express the joy of faith and worship eloquently. They fully rely on God

We met a young strong lion first thing this morning. He was hungry and obviously on a search for his next meal. All throughout the park we saw baby animals and I couldn't help but thinking that one of these could be that meal. The setting made me recall the many Kenyan mothers I've met this week. On sleepless nights in Maua I thought of these mothers especially when the sounds of the cold mountain winds rattled our windows. I imagined the worry of Kenyan mothers huddled with their children and praying for their health, for survival. For the "lions" are inadequate shelter, malnutrition, malaria, measles, parasites, disease of
all sorts, and daily hazards that, like a thief in the night, will take a child away. I think of these mothers and their prayers. I think also of the orphans who have no mothers to pray for them. So I am asking you to say an extra prayer for all of them.