Just Two Days Left

Just two days left until I am on an airplane flying home. I fly out late Wednesday night and it is sneaking up on me real quick. There is however a great upside to only having two days left and that is I get to be back with Lisa and Luke soon.

 

I am spending some time at the New Adventures School today. I am excited to see how everyone is doing. I spent the yesterday afternoon with George Odhiambo who is in charge of the school. We talked about Kim and Michelle who are coming on staff to help out the school. We were able to nail down some of the specifics of their role and more importantly George gave his blessing for them to come. I expected nothing less but I did want to honor his position and to make sure we were on the same page.

 

We have our first group of children graduating from primary school this year. They take huge tests at graduation and I want to be able to pray with and encourage them as they prepare to take their tests.

 

This afternoon I am going to spend some more time with the orphans. I want to spoil them a little bit but I also need to talk to them about some things. Sometimes they need to hear from the Mzee (the old man) so that they will stay in check and motivated. But they also need to hear from me that I love them and that in no way are we planning on giving up on them.

 

Last night Eva, Kayla and I sat and talked with Maureen. We explained to her that we loved her but that her actions needed to change. We talked to her about the changes we want to make for her to put her in a good environment and to help her grow spiritually and her education both. We asked her how she felt about the plan that we laid out about living with a family in the church for the next two months and then going to boarding school starting in January. It was a difficult conversation for her but in the end she agreed. Only time will really tell how she does. She knows that she must do well these next two months in order for us to put her into boarding school. She has to show us that she wants to learn and grow.

 

So, you maybe asking “what now?” So am I! Now we need to find a family in the church to take her. We have someone in mind and hopefully that will work out well. Besides that we are going to start sending her to a Christian counselor as well as getting her an English tutor. Since almost all the classes are taught in English we feel like that is one of the major reasons she is doing poorly in school. We are also praying over her a ton. Her family background is decorated with involvement in the occult and many other strange things and we can’t help but feel that much of her acting out is because of some form of oppression. Please lift her up in your prayers.

 

Ok, I am off to the school. I will keep you as updated as I can in the next couple days but with all there is to wrap up and get ready to go I am not sure what I will be able to pull off.

 

Pray that I have stamina to make it through the end. We have been burning the candle at both ends and in the middle and Jason, Kayla and I are all pretty trashed right now. But with all that we know that we only have two days left.

 

PRESS ON! Fight the Fight!

 

Thanks for all of your prayers and support.

Scott