The Washers-Prayer Letter

Hi Y'all,

What do you do when a young boy comes to you in tears saying,"My family is moving, but I don’t want to go. I want to stay here so that I don’t miss school….Please help me stay." His Dad is Masai, Mom is Kikuyu. The Dad left for another town to look for work and wants the family to come, though he doesn't have work yet. If he leaves, with the cost of school transfer, new uniforms, etc. and Dad with no work, it is unlikely he will be back in school any time soon. The mom and other kids come to church. His uncle aged sixteen is in our dorm. Rufus (this boy) was number two in his class last term.

Another case: a 13 year old girl whose mom is HIV positive recently came to live here. She wants to go back to school, but the only way for her mom to get money is by her "way of life." The girl listened with a tender heart when we met with her this past week to try to encourage her to be careful about friends and lifestyle. Carol, Ndegwa’s wife led her to the Lord recently. We ache to help, to take her from her environment. We would appreciate prayer to know God’s perfect will for both of these.

Friday and yesterday we had a soccer tournament with our group, the youth group from the church, the Children’s Home and street kids. The Lord gave us two afternoons rain-free – an answer to prayer, and accident free. There were close to 100 kids there and good attitudes, all of which are answers to prayer.

One of the Bible School ladies came yesterday to the tournament to show me the sweater she finished for her son. It is beautiful. I am SO excited for her good job, with something she has learned to do just this year.

We bought four rabbits this week to try to have meat for our boys and also they are a good income source. Well, we had them in a store room ‘til we can make a hutch for them. But, they decided the great outdoor yard was much more to their liking! I am so glad there weren’t people watching while we tried to catch the little beasties! So that we wouldn’t have to wake up and repeat the process today, we decided to send them up to where the boys live for now!

We had eleven in deaf church today and had good discussion on Truth and tradition!! Some things are so engrained in religious backgrounds that they don’t realize how much is not written in the Bible! It was good. Reminds me of Jesus’ discussion with the Scribes and Pharisees who put tradition above God’s Word.

Still no word on our work permit.

Sandy for us both
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Terry & Sandy Washer