Kenya 2022

While our time doing VBS came to an end, the ministry moved forward. We spent the day with 120 8th grade students playing American football and European football! The Kenyan 8th graders just completed an intense nation-wide exam, so this was a great way for them to release some energy! We brought several footballs with us and the students seemed to enjoy throwing & catching the ball, and learning a few NFL plays. As the Kenyans competed in a soccer tournament, they invited a few of our team members to join their team. It was so good to see! After lunch we were invited to play in an exhibition match - 8 of our players versus 8 of their coaches. After two 10-minute halves, The score was tied 1-1. We went into penalty kicks, each team getting three kicks. And we won the penalty kicks 2-1!! Unbeknownst to us, Dennis, the Director of Sports for MOHI, had medals for the winner of the match!  Our amazing afternoon was only matched by our celebration dinner! What an incredible surprise...

For our final VBS, we switched up the teams.  People who had done sports were now doing dance, people who have done games were now doing storytelling, people who had done storytelling we’re now doing music. How fun it was to see everyone step up and serve the beautiful children yet one more day!  We enjoyed one last home visit in the community and were told that in the past three days our students had visited 50 homes!  When we returned from our home visits we were brought into the main meeting room where Valley Christian students became the honored guests of Hope School Kariobangi! There are some pictures and videos below, but I will readily admit that they will not do justice to what we all felt. Love permeated the hot and dusty air as songs were sung in English and Swahili, Bible verses were recited, cake was eaten, and gifts were given. All of the students received colorful precious Maasai warrior blankets! It is truly an act of God when strangers can quickly be come ...