Day 3- Nairobi Kenya

Dear Hope Church,

This is Marieke writing to you about today's work in Nairobi, Kenya.  It's a pleasure, no a blessing to be serving with you all again.  I love being a part of this family!

Today's work with the women at Lifeway Mission was beautiful and unexpected.  For the last few months, the Lord has been teaching me about what it is to be a Godly woman.  I knew God wanted me to share on this topic, but I really didn't want to.  I knew that speaking on such a challenging topic in my home country's culture would be difficult, never mind a culture and language unfamiliar to me!  So, I was very nervous going into today, and was really praying for God to be glorified and only God's truth to be spoken.  It's such a weight to know you are teaching people, especially when God's word says teachers will be judged more strictly.  I wanted to be sure it was right.

I had 10 pages of typed content going into our discussion, but after watching 2 hours of the ladies act out our focus passage of scripture I had already crossed out 5 pages of that content.  I prayed before I spoke, knowing now it would have to be the Lord providing content. The women were responding and engaged with the material immediately.  Halfway through the women began interjecting and were eager to know more.  So, we ended up breaking out into small discussion groups to read over scripture.  The four women traveling with Hope Church went to "lead and guide" conversation.  In my group, I was challenged and blessed to hear how eager these women were to obey the word of God!  I am blessed to be in the presence of sisters so eagerly serving the Lord halfway across the world!

I don't know them or understand these women well, but I see the Lord working in their hearts.
Afterwards one woman shared with me how blessed she was to be encouraged, and how excited she was to go home and share the content!  Praise God that He would choose a fool like me, ill-equipped, so that I know it was only the Lord that could be moving and teaching.  Be encouraged knowing that the Lord is alive and active!  His word does not go out void (Isaiah 55:11).  His word is working, moving and bearing fruit here in Nairobi.  Bless the Lord.