Day One - Nairobi

Attentive Eyes with Hope and Light
Here at the Kowengare, another Lutheran congregation told stories of Jesus from pictures used in Sunday Schools since the 1960's, providing hope and light then, there and here now.

Kirk and Karl sitting back at the end of day one -- in a place with WiFi -- and at least one view of the "ends of the earth." Today we experienced the largest slum in the world, called, "The Kibera Slums." We walked deeper and deeper through narrow caverns, open sewage pits, hanging laundry and small, small, "shelters" that "house" about 1 million people. Our senses were alerted, offended and ocassionally freightened -- especially after one of our leaders gashed his head on a low hanging corrugated metal roof, entering a home. Yet even after about a half mile journey deeper, we met a man in an old small, dirty ~6'x8' dark room who's name was -- Immanuel! Yes, Jesus was there. We traveled around the world to find Immanuel -- because Jesus was there! He had recently been to Pastor Dennis' ocassional med clinic and received the gift offered on the edge of the slums. His pastor was there, we were there and most of all Jesus was there!

We toured one other slum in Nairobi, and there found Jesus as well. A Lutheran church, ministering to HIV/AIDS orphans was reviewing Jesus' stories from an old CPH color flip chart. A group of older orphans formed a musical group called "The Conquerers" and filled the place with incredible sounds of praise to the Lord who had surrounded them with love!

Day one: We found Jesus working at the ends of the earth. We were blessed by the seeing of it (and tired from the journey)!

In His Service, Karl, Kirk and Elizabeth (now centered in Kisumu)