I got a message from our friend Tara that they prayed for us at church yesterday. It is so wonderful to know we have friends back home praying for us while we are here. Yesterday we really needed prayers. Andy was on call Saturday and Sunday and I believed he got a total of 5 hours of sleep over a 48 hour period. There are many sick kids in the NICU and pediatric wards. He has a lecture he is presenting today for the residents so if you read this, I am sure he would appreciate your prayers.

On Sunday morning Arathena and I went to church at Bethesda African Gospel Church, the church on the hospital’s campus. It is similar to a western church service in that it is about 2 hours long apposed to an all day event. I really enjoyed worship, especially the Kiswahili songs. There is nothing like hearing other brothers and sisters in Christ sing in their own language. Especially Kiswahili, it is so beautiful. There wasn’t a Sunday school class for Arathena’s age so we tried to make it through as much of the service as we could without being a disturbance. We ended up leaving at the beginning of the message.
We walked up to the pediatric ward to see how far along Andy was. He had been called to the hospital around 2am and had been there since. We got to meet some of the kids on the ward and some of the babies and mothers I have been working with for feeding. It was nice to have them meet Arathena.

We are hoping to go to a local Kenyan church before we leave for the states, but not sure how we will fare with Arathena. When we went to a village church last time we were here, the service started 2 hours later than we were told and lasted 2 hours longer than we expected! My favorite memories though are of the heart felt worship and their offerings to the Lord. Even though many were not able to give monetarily to the tithe, they gave their first fruits of their labor whether it was their crops or animals. Others who had money would purchase these items and then the money raised would go to the church. It was a beautiful site to see.