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hair crew was such a trooper and was deeply moved by the conditions these people live in after we got back to naomi s village crew led the bed time devotional one last time we read daniel in the lions den and then crew led the discussion questions as well as shared what jesus did on the cross for them he also led them in some singing of course there was also more loving on the sweet babies here and then we went to tuck the boys in and say prayers with them they were precious as usual and what a blessing to pray with them we came back to our rooms and began packing our bags we start our travels home in the morning here in the room we found all of our 4 kids horribly sad this is their last night they have struggled processing all the excess we have at home vs the absolute nothingness the people have here the people here still have so much joy in spite of their circumstances too which makes it even more difficult to wrap our heads around we had a lot of good conversations tonight it was a sobering night where we could all be moved to tears easily eager to be home and see the rest of our families yet feeling like we are almost leaving a dream here because could people really live like this is this even real we are so thankful to god for his sovereignty in placing us here right now there is no where else we are supposed to be to god be the glory great things he has done posted by chilton family at 4 25 pm 16 comments sunday july 22 2012 kenya day 5 july 22 2012 today started with breakfast and then we had a church service here at naomi s village the church service was really a sweet time lauren was able to lead worship and also lead in bringing the word we quickly left and went to lunch at a beautiful place which was really a hotel but they call it a country club the scenery was incredible and we had really good food crew had a friend his age named rachel her parents are isaac and esther the pastors of rift valley fellowship esther is a ferocious woman of god she does not hesitate in how she ministers to others she is in the home of prostitutes she goes to the homeless she tirelessly meets the needs of others and considers them first she speaks truth loudly and boldly i reminded crew of how his dad and i always tell our boys that one way they can judge one of their future wife s character is to look at her mom i told crew this might be the first young girl that i would say if she grows up to be like her mom please marry her he assured me mom you know rachel is just my friend i love that boy after this we finally had the opportunity to go to the church service of the rift valley fellowship in maai maaihu we were wondering who all would be there and we were all so excited when we saw that two of the prostitutes we had visited two days before mary and zipporah i had the opportunity to speak with mary and hear more of her story she said she had come to know jesus two years ago but because of her poverty and no opportunity for any other job she has had to resort to hotel work with huge tears she talked of how she hated that work yet she did not want her five year old daughter as well as mother to not be provided for she talked about how much it would mean to her if she could go to driving school because then she could get a better job as a driver and be able to stop her job as a prostitute i asked her why she couldn t do this and she said there was never any way she could make enough money to afford to go i asked how much it would cost and she said 11 000 shillings which is 132 us dollars it breaks my heart to think that 132 could get a prostitute off the street i was so encouraged to see the many people flooding into the church the gospel was clearly presented and the new people in the congregation were shocked at the fact that the pastor was in there with the people he allowed prostitutes addicts and the homeless in his church he doesn t wear this big pompous robe and beg everyone for money he prays for the needs of his church people he is in the daily grind of life with them it spoke so much to these people because the church in kenya is nothing like this i believe having a church like this that clearly preaches the gospel is going to draw people in by the thousands i am so thankful for the work of pastor isaac and his powerful wife esther we came back in time to have dinner with the children here at naomi s village two days ago one of the boys i had previously written about pulled crew aside and gave him a cross necklace he has really bonded with crew and has even asked that i would leave crew here to stay these children do not have much so for him to part with this necklace was an incredibly selfless act crew was very moved by this and has not taken the necklace off crew decided to make him a necklace as well so tonight we took him on a walk they decided to sit on one of the swings outside and give him the gift the little boy was so thankful and excited he told crew thank you over and over and then they took a series of photos with one another i had the opportunity to sit outside and listen to one of the missionaries who lives here and also pray with her while we were praying crew ran up and told me mom i just finished praying with each boy in their beds as well as the house moms and they all wondered where you were it s moments like these that i m so thankful to god for the leader he has made crew he didn t even ask for or need direction from me he just stepped out and prayed over each child by himself please pray for each of these boys because it is hard for them as people come in and out of their lives here and they make incredible bonds with some of their visitors pray for our hearts as well as they are going to be so broken to leave each one of these children we ended the night with allowing the school aged children to finally have their turn at dressing up and having a fashion show they had so much fun and loved every minute again please continue to pray for us tomorrow we will be going to a place which we ve been asked not to disclose for the sake of safety we will be able to write about it after our experience there pray we will bold in bringing the gospel to these people pray that the holy spirit will be on us and that the people there will feel christ through us pray that the lord might rescue these people crew asked me a phenomenal question this morning while we were getting ready for church he asked me why god would allow the people to live like this in africa we have seen such extreme poverty and yet tomorrow i feel like we will be seeing an even more extreme picture of this we had such a great conversation about adam and eve and sin entering the world we talked about how until we meet jesus face to face there will be hardships for all to bear i prepared him that there will be a day or days where his heart is greatly grieved and hard situations and loss will come his way but that we can be so thankful that we will never walk alone christ will always be there to bear our burdens he said he totally understood but his little face just continued to contemplate and look down i m so thankful the lord is teaching him these things so soon pray he is moved to be a man of god who is not complacent but that is forever being a doer of the word thank you for praying for us i can t wait to write about our adventures tomorrow posted by chilton family at 1 29 pm 6 comments saturday july 21 2012 kenya day 4 july 21 2012 today was a slower day but still a great day we woke up and had breakfast with the children then we finally got to do something with the kids with all the things we had brought for them from the united states a fashion show was on it s way one of crew s most favorite things to do in the world is to dress up in different costumes we had asked julie from naomi s village if the kids would like it if we brought costumes and she replied with a for sure yes so we were off to buying costumes as well as having many friends donate them needless to say the kids had a complete blast and we had so much fun on the red carpet with them after this we took the school aged children from naomi s village to a place called crescent island it is a beautiful place located on lake naivasha it is also where part of the movie out of africa was filmed it s beauty was stunning and the children had so much fun running and seeing all the wildlife there we returned for dinner and watched a bible story movie with the kids i quickly realized crew was exhausted and put him to bed at 8 45 i think the nights of staying up until almost midnight and getting up early had taken a toll on him he quickly fell asleep pray for strength for him and to fully get rested i did want to share one last story about the older lady jane who we bought the mattresses and the water tank for the first time we went to her house she was telling us the story about the post election violence that happened where she lived in 2007 she said everyone came to their village and started setting it on fire she said to escape the fire she and her family had to run for miles and days on end they found themselves sleeping under the stars in the jungle on certain nights they didn t know where they would be accepted and safe jane told us she ran and ran until she literally could not move any longer it was the most pain she had ever felt especially in her knees the pain has still been there for her and she usually walks with a cain as well as cannot even fetch her own water which happens to be right around the corner from her house the first day we met her we asked the lord to heal her knees and take away the pain she prayed in agreement for us and begged the lord for healing as well we all happened to notice that the day we delivered all those things to her she greeted us without a cain after we had prayed and spent our time at our house we asked isaac to translate for us and ask her where her cain was she told us that after we prayed the next morning she woke up and felt no pain she then even decided to walk to the store to get a few things we estimated that the store is at least 2 miles from her house and that round trip she had walked 4 miles this is not an easy 4 miles either it is farmland as well as roads with huge holes all throughout them we rejoiced with her and thanked the lord for truly healing her for today and giving her such strength we were so excited and so encouraged and asked for continual healing tomorrow we will be going to church and lunch with the missionaries here we are hoping to make it in time for the church service of rift valley fellowship around 3pm tomorrow afternoon it will be held in the heart of maai maaihu and we are so excited about this again thank you so much for the prayers and support each of you have given our team we are truly blessed 1 peter 1 3 blessed be the god and father of our lord jesus christ according to his great mercy he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of jesus christ from the dead 4 to an inheritance that is imperishable undefiled and unfading kept in heaven for you posted by chilton family at 11 57 am no comments friday july 20 2012 kenya day 3 july 20 2012 this morning started out early again maury and i led the 6 30a m devotional for the school aged children it was a really sweet time and we had lots of laughs as we butchered the song that went along with their memory verse for the week one of the things i prayed for right when i went to bed last night was that i could possibly sit face to face with one of the almost 600 prostitutes in maai mahiu who live on what is called the hiv highway here and is five minutes from where we are staying this morning we knew we were headed back to the idp camp so we waited for our ride from esther and paul our driver our purpose in going back was that we had gathered money among our team from the money our supporters so generously gave us and we were going back to deliver a sewing machine and table to eunice a mother of seven with absolutely no way of income since her sewing machine burned in the post election terror she is also the mom of joe the boy we took to the hospital to get the cuts all along his face cleaned up and treated we also were going to deliver two mattresses with several blankets and sheet sets along with a large water tank to store water for the 93 year old woman we met the other day named jane we waited for a couple of hours before our ride showed up but luckily in that time we were able to help the naomi s village housekeepers and fold what felt like one million loads of laundry they had hung out to dry as soon as esther and our driver paul picked us up esther said she wanted to take us into the heart of maai mahiu to meet with some of the wives of the partners of the rift valley fellowship church that she does bible study with we also took margaret with us who works on site here at naomi s village we quickly picked up two ladies ann and dorcus and then esther told us she wanted to take us to a house of three sisters who took care of their grandmother when we arrived we quickly realized these ladies were prostitutes and lived in a lot of shame not only at their work but at the condition of their house and their inability to feed us a meal or offer us anything upon our visit i was in awe i leaned over to carri and told her what i had prayed the night before and not only did i meet one of these prostitutes i was sitting inside their house on their couch praying and singing life over them there were several teary eyes and the ladies made it clear they were shocked that a christian would come in their house and that prayer had not ever had a place in their home esther is a faithful woman here and told them she was in this for the long haul with them and would not be leaving i am so grateful for the work she does here in kenya as a pastor s wife so thankful she doesn t sit back and let her husband do the ministry but that she has her own passion and heart to serve we took several photos with all the sweet ladies we had lots of laughs and hugged lots with tears in their eyes how faithful is god that he answered my prayers so quickly since we were already in maai mahiu we stopped at a local store and bought two huge bags of corn and beans to bring along with our gifts to the two houses at the idp camp we would be visiting we arrived first at eunice s house and she invited us in she opened the box with the sewing machine in it and she could not believe her eyes she was overwhelmed with joy and there was a peacefulness that filled the room esther told her she would be picking her up to take her to buy the fabric and supplies that would be the most helpful in helping her start making dresses to sale again we were so blessed by our experience with her next we went to jane s house as soon as we pulled up she started walking down the path from her house to the road and when she saw us piling out of a truck with two mattresses bedding a hu...