Monday we taught an overview of the New Testament to over 100 pastors and church leaders from at least 6 churches in the Kitale area. Bishop Geoffrey uses the description that the African Church is 100 miles wide and 1 inch deep. Hopefully we helped at least a little. We got wonderful feedback and they really appreciated the handouts in Swahili.
Tuesday we went to the prison. We were in with the major offenders and felt totally at peace and safe. The sang for us and the Kitale Growth Church praise band sang for them. Carter shared his testimony and we preached the Gospel. Today we were told that 179 men accepted Christ that day! We also went to the women’s prison and Dyer shared his testimony and James shared the Gospel. While there we were able to see Baby Brian that was born while we were there last year and named after Brian Word.
Wednesday was amazing. After spending the morning at the church with the children we went to the county hospital. We were able to pray for many patients and shared some bread and milk. Two patients accepted Christ for the first time as we prayed! As we left we stopped and Pat led the team praying for a young woman awaiting surgery. A few moments later when she was taken to the operating room they discovered that she did not need surgery and she was able to go home that day. The doctors were puzzled by the situation and were told that some American Missionaries had prayed for her. Praise Jesus!
Later Wednesday we went to the local orphanage. We brought several soccer balls, a bag of oranges, a bag of mangos, a 100 lb bag of rice, and left a donation to buy more food. The children there are amazing and the staff are heroes to us.
We finished the evening with a special dinner at Bishop Geoffrey’s house with his family and some church leaders. It was a special time of sharing and reflecting back on a wonderful week.
As we look back. Monday we taught, Tuesday we preached, Wednesday we prayed, healed, and fed.
-Chris McInnish