Quickly Quickly has no blessing!
This is just one building of many!
We Americans are pretty impatient people. We want fast food, 15-minute oil changes, overnight packages and instant oatmeal. If we thought we’d have to wait 5 years to have our house built we’d immediately fire the contractor and hire someone else! However, the Kenyans have a different approach to life. They believe in taking life more slowly and they don’t get impatient.
Gathering in the dining hall to greet us
We laugh when we get here and our hosts tell us to ‘throw away your watch’. Then we experience a Kenyan worship service that has no schedule. Sing till you’re through, pray like you’re not waiting on anyone, Preach until the message is complete.
Seeds Orphanage is a study in patience and a testimony to God’s faithfulness. Many of you remember that 5 years ago we stood on 15 acres of land with a small footprint of a building foundation. At that time the ministry had expended all their funds, but was nowhere near expending all their faith. Richard Makani and I walked the land and I listened to the vision God had given him and
Jeanne made some friends!
his wife Hellen for this land. It was a vision of an orphanage that would minister to hundreds of children. A vision of 4 tilapia ponds, a cattle barn, greenhouses, dorms, and dining halls. Today we listened to the melodious sounds of 220 children in the newly completed dining hall, singing about the love of God! We listened to the thundering sound of the rain on the tin roof, but we were dry because God had provided the roof. We walked past the 100+ bed girls
They love Frankie!
dorm, the smaller boys dorm, the houseparent’s quarters, the new kitchen, the woodshop and all the green growing crops! God has provided! It wasn’t overnight, but he provided and the children are happy and healthy.
Over 220 children will be well fed tonight. They will sleep in warm, dry beds. They won’t worry about anyone coming in the night. Most importantly, they will know the Lord is our Provider, Jehovah Jireh! Richard and Hellen are obedient and faithful and their faith doesn’t waver when God takes longer than we think it ought. On Saturday evening we witnessed the results of their faith. The bible tells us that it is true religion to care for
Michael didn’t want to leave!
orphans and widows. That is what we witnessed. Every time you give to missions you also help. Every time you pray for a missionary these children are the blessed recipients. Always remember that God is not slow as some see slow. Many times we want to ‘rush’ God asking Him to answer our prayer NOW! Come spend some time with Richard and Hellen and you’ll see that rushing gives no blessing. “But they that wait upon the Lord will renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” Is. 40:31
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