We have nearly finished the mural now, just touch ups left. The head teacher asked if we could now paint the outside of the building. Um...no way! this has been a struggle enough trying to reach up so high, and i must learn to say no sometimes. i've been reading max lucado's book "in the eye of the storm" and he talks one chapter about saying no. that sometimes there are perfectly good requests that you have to turn down for the sake of balancing the rest of your life. it's funny that i've already gotten myself into over committments here. imagine that in the slow world of africa! i'm realizing that i need to focus in more on a few things that i'm good at instead of trying to do everything. there's been some things that i haven't been able to go to here that i wanted to, but i've seen that these things carry on just fine without me. i know this is so obvious, but i definitely have a bad habit of revolving things around myself instead of around God.
Matt is on his way home tomorrow. I can't believe how super fast this month flew by. I think b/c I have been the busiest this month and have been more focused on doing things that are really up my alley.
God has really taught me the power of prayer in the last few weeks. I'll have many more stories to explain when I come home but I can see the evidence of how God is watching over me.
all the class 8 kids are getting ready for their final exam in 2 weeks. it's crazy how they pour themselves over old exams studying. i'm thinking this is even worse than ISTEP. parents give their kids success cards for good luck on the exam...isn't that crazy? at the school i was at this morning they're having a prayer meeting one afternoon next week to pray for all the kids and the exams. prayer is good yes, but i fear that too much emphasis is placed on this one test. so at this school this morning, this is the place with the mean head teacher, we talked about the wisemen. and for the last few times all of the muslim kids have been staying in class and seem interested. i have no expectations for them becoming christians, but i hope that seeds are being planted. right now they're only 3rd graders, so i'm sure most of their beliefs are formed by what they hear from parents. but just opening people to another perspective is good, think.
i tried french toast here last week...it was deep fried, yes deep fried! it tasted like a funnel cake without sugar. they deep fry everything here, but then again in america they deep fry twinkies, which is even worse.
funny....there's a musical starting next week in nairobi. it's called "Obama, the musical." i cut out the ad b/c it made me laugh. oh, and the government is making places or discussing the possibility of enlarging the runway in one city in case obama is elected and air force one needs to land there! i guess they think obama is going to come rushing right over or something...as if there aren't other priorities at home and the rest of the world.
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