Tuesday - 2nd Day of training

We started close to on time today.  It's always an interesting flex with time of breaks and meals and lessons. Today we definitely learn some new things that were hard. But we made progress. 

Everyone it's supposed to come ready with three presentations ready from three different passages. And it's part of the homework they're supposed to do. And I was told that everyone had done it. But, as is very often normal at the second workshop, people really are not ready. Ready. But we managed to make what we could work and we had some quite good presentations today. The message statements need a lot of work, but the content itself was quite good and I was so pleased that every one of them walk through a text. That may seem so simple, but it is so profound. They are making progress and it is thrilling. 

After training today we went with some of the older boys that live with the pastor here to A school that is 8th grade on down that had a little soccer field. There were bunch of kids still there so we played soccer with a bunch of little kids and the big kids. It was so much fun and the great thing was I did not get hurt. But lots of laughter and fun had all around. 

Tomorrow is our last day. And then we will take the bus overnight back to Nairobi. And then we leave Autumn Nairobi at 10:00 p.m.. but we want to make sure we get that back there well before 10:00 p.m. so that if anything goes wrong we can still get there and not miss our plane. So tomorrow night starts the journey of not much sleep. 

It's been a blessing that texting and days works here and I've really enjoyed being able to keep up with people.

One of the things that Damien and I just keep being amazed by is how much food Mama Betty tries to feed us even when we say we don't need much. She just keeps sneaking food onto her plate sometimes. And even when we say we can't drink caffeine at night, she still thinks we must have to drink some tea with caffeine in it because that's what everyone does. She is so precious and her story is so amazing! 

My prayers that that the men and women really get the training. That all the things you've been doing start clicking and they're able to show that tomorrow. Pray that we say goodbye well and they know they're loved and they're encouraged and ready to continue.  Pray that they pass on the training that and those they pass it on to also pass it on.