Friday, June 7, 2013

James 1:27 - "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world."

There are not sufficient words to describe our experience at Huruma today.  We were able to complete the water line project as well as paint the children's dining hall!  Halleuliah! 

When we arrived this morning, we divided into two groups to finish our projects.  Some of us went to shovel the dirt back into the trenches that we dug yesterday, and the  rest of us began to paint.  Those of us who were shoveling heard a great commotion coming from the dining hall.  It seems that the resident rat was disturbed from his nest high in the rafters. As he fell to the floor, all the Presbyterian painters jumped up on the tables!  Unfortunately, the rat was not able to escape without losing his life.  It was for the common good.

Our farewell this afternoon from Huruma was very touching.  The daughter of Nancy, the director at Huruma, made purses for all us ladies.  Grace, the daughter, is starting a purse making business.  She gave us all the purses she had made so far, her first fruits, as a "thank you" for helping the orphanage.  It was such an humbling experience.  There wasn't a dry eye in the room.  They love us so much!

Tonight, we will be worshipping after dinner with the children at Tumaini.  This is going to be an amazing experience.  The children sing, present skits they have written, read scripture, and some will offer a short sermon, and there will be much praying.  We can hardly wait.

We continue to feel the power of your prayers.  Thanks so much for all of your support, and we can hardly wait to share our trip with you!

Blog written by Cathy DuBose