We went to a church service this morning after seeing ruins
of past people who lived there a few thousand years ago so that was really
interesting to hear about. The church service was really long but it was filled
with different peoples involvement including our leader Daudi and our
professors who spoke a couple times. We were honored guests and had open seats
that were reserved for us! It would have been good to be able to know what they
were saying exactly so it was a little hard to engage but it was a beautiful
service with beautiful people and beautiful singing! After church we went to a
few different families homes and evangelized. There was a Masai choir that
traveled around with us and they would sing and we would say an encouraging
word then pray as a group. There was no story alike and each were heartbreaking.
Although there were some circumstances that were not ideal each person still
had a smile on their face and did not mope around in their sorrow. We can learn
this from the people as Americans. We are so spoiled and yet we always complain
about something that is not going our way but in reality we live like kings
compared to most! Lupton speaks of this in Toxic Charity, “[…] we might feel
and inner nudge to stop immediately and help a person, offering food or money
or a ride. This may well be the intervention of the divine showing
unconditional grace at a critical point in someone’s life” (49). We really need
to put our selves aside and focus on what matters, like lending a hand to
others and building relations on a personal level with people. One action or
talk from us to another in need can make that small difference. It could be the
small snowflake that starts the avalanche of success.
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