Saturday, June 22

Today our group in Thika broke into 3 smaller groups. Dr. Wien and Dr. Fudge (who is a doctor of Nuclear Physics or something else I can't spell) took Lauren Wright, Brad Holder, and Will Whitmire and ran another medical clinic at the same church where he was yesterday. Today was a huge blessing as he was able to see every single patient that came (about 75 people). The students did a great job of helping him count out medicines and assist in many ways. Molly Breitenfeld ran another large women's ministry group with the help of Waverly, Gracie and Allison Lee. They came and joined our group for the afternoon when they were done. Jon and I took the remaining team to AIC Kachika church where we simultaneously hosted a VBS for about 140 younger children in one building, and a youth rally for older teens in the next building. Alexis Wien and Brittany Wright did a fabulous job leading the music for VBS, Valerie Lee told the story of Christ's death and resurrection, and Mikayla, Christopher Fox, Hilary Woodard, and Samantha Peoples and I were able to do 3 different crafts and play games with them. We got back just in time for dinner and our evening devotional. Jon just talked to Brian and found that all are healthy and well...with the exception of Ty Westfall, who has a really bad case of craving ice cream. They are just about finished with the church they are building there in Kajiado and did evangelism in an open market there today. There is some confusion among these new believers as they seem to be leaning toward a prosperity gospel now. Please pray that our team will be able to discern any bad theology and correct it lovingly before they leave. Thanks to our cousins, Steve and Debbie Wolcott, who speak fluent Swahili, and were able to catch this. With the language barrier, it is hard to know if they are truly understanding the gospel, and they are new believers so they cannot really decipher truth from untruth yet. I am heading to bed so we can get ready for church tomorrow morning. Thank you for the continued prayers!