Serving Others

Jami Staples, one of our supported missionaries, just posted this challenging, convicting, and powerful blog entry.  Brian and Jami and their two boys have just finished passed the one month mark in Kenya!

Please continue to pray for them during this time of transition.

Here’s the beginning from their blog Africa Sojourn:

Shoes.  That’s rich…my inaugural trip into one of the largest slums in the world and all I could do was stress about my shoes.

I didn’t want to take my boys in there.  It’s tight and dirty and people are constantly pinching or pulling some part of their bodies.  I had wanted to go in for the first time without the stress of reigning in their juvenile tendencies and curious questions.  However, after our transportation lesson this afternoon our guide, James, told us that he actually goes to church in Kibera and is a part of a thriving ministry there.  Considering one is rarely offered such a qualified escort into this aspect of the slums (and considering a babysitter was a bit out of the question at this stage of the game), we jumped at the opportunity.  Besides, the main entrance is only but 100 yards from the gate to our development; it would be good to know our “neighbors”.
Read the entire post here.