Kenya Mission - Week 2, Mlolongo Purifier

Hello again folks! God continues to sustain and bless us during this adventure. This week we ventured to Mlolongo which is considered a sister city to Nairobi. It is about a 30-45 minute car ride from our host's home in the "South C" district. Mlolongo is a very urban setting centered around a truck weigh bridge area. The main road is paved, but only the main road. Dirty, mud and huge ruts meet you as soon as you turn off. Unlike our work in Kamnoit, the Mlolongo site is home to a mixture of tribes.

Our workshop activities here were much the same as the Teso tribe site - personal hygiene, water purification, Bible studies and evangelism training. The biggest difference was our ability to spend more time with this group given their proximity to our sleeping site; plus we were able to adapt the programs to apply the things we learned last week. For example,  we added two segments to the evangelism worshop. In addition to explaining the purpose and process of sharing testimonies,  we offered them a craft to make bracelets or necklaces with the evangelism colors: blue, green, black,  red, white and yellow. The third segment was a role playing activity where they broke into groups and led their peers to Christ through testimony and the sinners prayer. It was such a blessing to see the aprehension shift to boldness as time passed. 

Here is what you'll see in the link below: Tony and the church leaders "harvesting" rocks from the currently dry riverbed for the filtering barrel; outside and inside images of the church building; images of the town surrounding the church; the craft circle making the color beaded artwork; the humble stoves they use to make tea, rice and beans for 50-60 people at one time; us teaching and the beautiful people of Mlolongo!

Mlolongo church pictures

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