Back to Kanana

Today I went back to the village of Kanana with Noel, the youth pastor at the Assemblies of God church, and a few young adults from the youth group. We dropped off more blankets and food at the clinic to be distributed and found out that there were no translators available to go out into the village with us today. I asked Noel if we could just go out without them, but he explained that the translators are also serve as caregivers and know where the sickest people live. Without them, we wouldn't really know where to go.



So instead we stopped at the little Christian preschool (see pictures above and below this paragraph) in Kanana and visited Ruben, an older man who runs the school and lives right next to it. He showed us the inside, and we were disappointed to find that there were no kids there today. We prayed over him, gave him a bag full of food, and headed on our way.



Noel stopped at a burger place called BJ's on the way back into town, and we all ate cheeseburgers and fries (called "chips") together. Since we couldn't go out into the village, Noel decided we should have "fellowship" instead. I've met some really nice people through the church, and it was fun to get to spend some time just getting to know them better. (Sidenote: At lunch today, I also learned that African boys can be just as immature as American boys.)



Please continue to pray for those who are very sick with AIDS living in Kanana. Like the people in Freedom Park, they live in very poor conditions, and many do not have access to the medical care that they really need. Please be praying not only for physical healing and restoration, but also that they would come to know Jesus as their Savior before it's too late.