Open our Eyes and Hearts to be the Hands and Feet of Jesus

Jambo Sana friends and family. Yesterday was a very productive day. We had a long meeting (typical for Kenya) with the Fruited Plains employees. We have an amazing team of people working for Fruited Plains. They are just great people who are intelligent and eager to serve. The cool part is they are all from Mt. Elgon. This certainly was not a requirement to work for Fruited Plains but it just worked out that way. We are so blessed to have the team we have. We all then went to look at the 5 acres where we are currently growing our maize. The beans have already been harvested. It has been a dry season this year so we won't yield the kind of crop we were hoping for. We are doing a very conservative estimate of 600 families we will distribute to in February. That is roughly between 4,800 and 6,000 people who will benefit. Not too bad for a dry season.

We met with the advocate who has been working on Lucy's birth certificate the past year and a half. We had to start all over! At least we were able to meet with him today and get the ball rolling again.

This morning when we woke up we (Mike, Lucy and I) decided that as we were out and about running errands, we would keep our eyes open for opportunities to assist people in need. We asked God to help us see those in need and how we might be the hands and feet of Jesus. We handed out biscuits to MANY street kids, chated with them and got to know them better. There was also a woman with a very malnurioushed baby. I asked Lucy what she thought we should do and she thought buying some milk would be good so that is what we did! We also were able to surprise an extremely needy family with some groceries. Lucy was very helpful in knowing what to get. She even contributed some of her own money. She was not asked to do so. She just wanted to. What a great day way had as a family. It is not too difficult to find opportunities to serve those in need in Kenya. I believe God will provide all of us opportunities to serve those in need no matter where we live if we just keep our eyes and hearts open. I encourage you all to try it! Just commit to one day and see what God does.

Tonight Lucy made us dinner. She taught me how to make Ugali. She also made Sukamawiki which I did not think I liked but I liked hers alot! She made some kind of meat stew that Mike liked and I made a vegetable soup. It was all very good. It was fun cooking with her. Who I am I kidding, you all know me, it was fun watching Lucy cook. It was even more delightful to eat her tasty cuisine.

Tomorrow we go to Mt. Elgon and will meet with some of the pastors we have relationships with and see the 1 acre that will be the future headquarters for Fruited Plains. We can't wait to get back up on the mountain. There is no where else we would rather be.

That is all for now. Keep writing to us. We long to hear from you.

Kwaheri for now.