Little is Much When God is in It!

It has been great to be back in Kenya. Saturday morning we started driving towards the Tanzania border. We drove for about an hour and then headed down a dirt road out into the bush. We drove past many small villages and came to another road that wasn't much bigger than a cattle trail. The red dirt roads were very rough. The mostly flat land with gullies and washes reminded me a lot of west Texas. This is dry, dusty country but very beautiful to me.

The first church we came to was Mwakalanga. There we visited with the pastor and several church members. Brandon was able to lead a 17 year old young man to the Lord standing in the pastors front yard, praise the Lord! Then we went to visit another family in their home. We quickly learned that she only spoke her tribal language and Swahili wouldn't work. Pastor Chondo began speaking to her in it and we found out that churches in the area faced a problem. Another denomination of church was spreading rumors that churches helped by mzungus "white people" where hurting people and children. It is totally false but one of the tactics the devil uses to distract from the work God is doing. Fear will keep us from truly trusting God that He can take care of us.

We headed out again and drove to Dzombo Church. As we pulled up to the church in this remote village I saw a very small "shelter." This church was maybe 30x15 in size with a few pieces of metal for a back wall and half of the sides. It had a brand new cement foundation that they were very proud of and thankful for. Before they had a rock floor that was very hard on the worship teams feet. As we sat down in plastic chairs under this small shelter a youth choir made their way in to sing several songs. I love a Kenyan choir! The pastor began to sing and the whole group began to worship God. No a/c, lights, sound system, no real walls, but the One True God was there.  Their worship blessed my heart. The church there may not look like much now but they have a great foundation to start with. They have so very little but they have God and His joy that surpasses all understanding.

Little is much when God is in it!