Philip and Alvin continue to help build the firing stack...
...while a delighted group of children get their picture taken. Duncan and Dorcus (see September 2010) are among those helping. Isn't a joy to see their happy faces?
The goal of making 8,000 bricks was finally met last Saturday, and laid out to dry:
When the stacking is completed, a coating of cow manure will be added "which will help to spread the fire evenly within the stack of bricks" we are told.
Meanwhile a second drainage pit is being dug.
"The work is going on slowly," Lawrence reports, "but we are grateful to the Dear Lord for all His goodness. Please, continue to pray for us."
Yes. Whether physical or spiritual, the work does go on slowly. We need patience and endurance. And we need the joy of the Lord as our strength.
Here, a two hour walk from Makindu, brother Alvin joins the Kimooini congregation for worship. "Alvin is a friend of the children," his father says. "He loves to play with them."
Friendship and fellowship are encouraging. But it is in the presence of God that we find true refreshment for the labors of life.
Jesus is the living water and the bread of life in the midst of a weary, barren land. "Come unto Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest," He says. What better reason do we have to rejoice than when we have His peace in our souls?
It is brother Philip who leads the congregation here.
Though he lives in Makindu, he travels to minister to those at Kimooini. "He was in a Penacostal Movement that had him confused," says brother Lawrence, "and the Lord led Him out. He is learning truth and doing all his best to live it. He has some way to grow, but that is the Lord's work when the individual is humble and hungry. Please, pray for him and his family."
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