We carry on – you go!

It was when I asked Håkan what we should do with our planned trip, with a team, to Kenya this fall, that he answered, ”We carry on – you go!”

That sharing – which makes us one, so that when one of us does something, we do it together – is what it means to be one!

Now we’ve had a friend and pastor-colleague, Beckie Baraka from Kenya, here for a visit in Uddevalla for a week. She was one of the ones who translated us to Swahili when we were in Nairobi. It’s been a wonderful week. Beckie has visited the school, preschool, Second Hand, the boardwalk, Smögen, eaten at Lindesnäs and at home in different homes, seen our house and had different meetings at Fristaden.

Yesterday we had “Africa in Uddevalla”. Everyone who has ever been on a team to Kenya was welcome to meet Beckie. We ate apple pie together, and then there was an open house with food: rice, ugali, bread and salad, and then chicken in different forms – African chicken in a pot, stir-fry chicken, Swedish chicken with gravy. What a party-feeling!

We went in the sanctuary, looked at pictures, and told about our outreaches to Kenya. Many got to share one thing that made the deepest impression on them, from their trip. Afterwards, we had coffee and good fellowship around the tables.

We finished off the day with worship and African songs, before Beckie preached. The thing that made the deepest impression from that day was when Beckie invited all our friends from Africa, who were at the meeting, to come forward, and prayed for them. It was so nice – a holy moment which concluded with our Josefina singing in Swahili about God’s protection over them and us all.

What a day! What a week! Thank you, God, that I can be a part of it. We have been there so many times, and now Kenya is here with us again – Pastor JB Masinde was here last year. As they shout in Kenya, ”God is good – all the time!”

Beckie, who represents over 10,000 Kenyans who have prayed for us and Håkan during these past six months, visited Håkan several times. She’ll take that back to Kenya and they will continue to pray for us.

So, in October, we’ll go… ”We carry on – you go!” Yes, I’ll take a team made up of mostly youth with me. You’ll hear later about what we’ll be doing.

Bless you!
Hugs,
Gunilla