Kenya Kronicles 005 - The Impact of Ministry

And so as we talk a little bit about the trip, and I know I have one particular incident in mind that we had on the trip, and I'm hoping that you think of the same story, but it had rained a lot in western Kenya.

when we were there and continued to rain while we were at the school on a particular day.

And I think you remember the story about how we had to walk up the hill in mud while they were pulling our vehicle with a rope and a bunch of guys pulling us up the hill.

In dress clothes.

Yeah, in dress clothes to get us out of there.

But there was one particular part of that story, Dana, that if you can get through it, if you would tell that story of, because this is my, this is my vision of what happened on that trip, how God really worked through another person.

Yeah.

Well, We were trying to hurry up and get out before the rain started.

And in rural Kenya, all of the roads are mud with a lot of clay base.

So as soon as they get wet, they just get slimy and icky looking.

But Pastor Kennedy, the in-country director, had hurried up and took Scott and you up to the top of the hill so you could get cell service.

Right.

So that you could do like a callback to the morning show here in the Quad Cities or whatever.

And then he came back down to get myself and Morgan and Pastor Black from Des Moines and his daughter.

Got in the car, started up, not even a quarter of the way up the hill, the car gets stuck.

So here come all the male teachers in all their dress clothes and a janky looking twine rope.

And

they pulled the car out and it was like a... a Toyota Corolla station wagon or a Subaru or something like that.

And they started pulling the car and I'm like, wait a minute, they don't need to pull this car with four extra people in here.

Come on, let's walk up the hill.

So Pastor Black and the girls get out of the car and I'm thinking, well, I don't want to have muddy shoes for the rest of the trip.

And I grew up on a farm, so I took my shoes off and walked up the hill barefoot, basically have mud up past my ankles and Thinking, when I get to the top of the thing, I'll just use grass and wipe off my feet.

Well, I get to the top of the hill and I'm met by a woman that has a large basin of water.

And she puts the water down on the ground and takes her headscarf off and rips a chunk off.

And of course, I don't speak Swahili.