Mambo Sawa Sawa

This past week, Thindigua Parish hosted a Vacation Bible School for over 400 children and young adults! Each morning we began with a time of praise and worship, followed by a brief devotion. Here is a short video to share part of the joy and energy that this time brought to each day!

The words of the song are:

Mambo sawa sawa. Mambo sawa sawa. Yesu akiwa enzini. Mambo sawa sawa. Mambo sawa sawa.

Things are already better. Things are already better. When the Lord is on the throne, things already better. Things already better.

This song has been a powerful testimony to me since I first came to Kenya in 2006. It continues to remind me of God's presence in our lives and God's victory over the brokenness we know in this world. We live in God's kingdom here and now, and that gives us the hope and strength to continue working and praying for God's kingdom to come quickly!

Holiday Programme

April is a busy month here in Nairobi. This is largely due to the fact that all of the primary and secondary school students are on holiday. Instead of closing for 3 consecutive months in the summer, Kenyan schools close in April, August, and December. Last week Loresho Church hosted a holiday programme for children age 3-12, so the church was filled with sounds of laughter and song. The older children spent the week learning to crochet and studying what it means to be "Rooted and Built Up in Christ."

Personally, I volunteered to spend the week with the 3-6 year olds, so we spent our time coloring giraffes and kangaroos, singing Father Abraham, playing "Walk on Water," and generally having a good time! Wednesday we took the entire group on a trip to Kikuyu town to visit one of the first PCEA churches established in Kenya. Friday we ended the week with a "Culture Evening," where children presented information about their various tribes. Each presentation included traditional foods eaten, interesting facts, and how to say God is good in the language. We heard from the Luo, Kikuyu, Kipsigis, Meru, Luhya, and many more. We even heard about a strange community called Darlington in a place named South Carolina where they do something called the Shag :)