We left Kijabe about 11am on Saturday and headed back to Nairobi where there were a number of meetings waiting for us. I don’t have allot of time to go into this now since I am heading to church early to meet with Pastor Sheth but let me give you a short account of what happened.
Without going into detail I had one of the most disappointing experiences I have had in a long time. One of my long time friends in Kenya is desperate financially and he responded by formally confronting me with a number of people about how I need to “help out” the board members who work with us on the school. It happened in Kenyan fashion where we talked around and around until getting to the point but on a number of times during the conversation I just want to walk away.
I know that God can reconcile this and I am sure that with His wisdom we will be able to reconcile this situation but it hurt me deeply. I am sure I haven’t done everything right here and both last night and this morning I have been asking myself what I could have done differently and how I need to respond. I want to help him and yet a part of me (probably the prideful part) just wants to walk away from that situation.
What I would ask is that you pray that God would be glorified and that He would give me wisdom as to my response. Please pray for His provision for his people. I think that this is a good picture of how desperate some of the Kenyans are after this crisis that they would risk years of relationship because they don’t know what else to do.
I am going to meet with this pastor alone again before I go. Please pray that God would reconcile our hearts and that we would both have wisdom as we meet. I don’t think he really knows how this conversation affected. Because of that I am really praying that God would give me clear perspective on how to proceed.
Thanks for your prayer!
