Kenya........4 days later...............

I have now been home for 4 days.........New Hamburg Relief Sale, Relaxing Sunday, Manic Monday (first day back to work) and now I feel like I have finally landed........Tuesday....

This morning for my quiet time I uploaded some photos to picasa -https://picasaweb.google.com/105096455681016927052/ItsAllAboutTheJourney?authkey=Gv1sRgCIeuzfyj6M7E5QE#   -  feel free to check them out. There will be more coming as I have time. Anyway, this morning my quiet time was spent in adding photos and praying for those I met and whose stories I heard. I will not forget...I will continue to pray.....I will tell their stories.

It reminded me of Isaiah 58:10.

Isaiah 58:10 (The Message)

A Full Life in the Emptiest of Places

 ^9-12"If you get rid of unfair practices,
   quit blaming victims,
   quit gossiping about other people's sins,
If you are generous with the hungry
   and start giving yourselves to the down-and-out,
Your lives will begin to glow in the darkness,
   your shadowed lives will be bathed in sunlight.
I will always show you where to go.
   I'll give you a full life in the emptiest of places—
   firm muscles, strong bones.
You'll be like a well-watered garden,
   a gurgling spring that never runs dry.
You'll use the old rubble of past lives to build anew,
   rebuild the foundations from out of your past.
You'll be known as those who can fix anything,
   restore old ruins, rebuild and renovate,
   make the community livable again.

in the NIV it says 'and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry 

   and satisfy the needs of the oppressed...'  

I love these words - spend and satisfy. These are pretty powerful words. It connotes giving all you have..........not just try to help but actually spend yourself and satisfy their needs! 

As I settle back into my normal (okay maybe not so normal, but normal to me) routine I want to continue to pray for Kenya..........for the people of Kenya, for the government of Kenya, for the MCC staff and partners, for the children, the moms and dads, the grandparents, the orphans and widows, the poor and the hungry, the young and the old, my brothers and sisters. Please join me in praying for the people of Kenya. Check back for more stories and once again, thanks for reading my blog!

Until later.........