Well over 250 people are sitting underneath the blue striped awning in the African sun. The sky is azure blue and a gentle breeze causes the awning to billow. African children are very reverent. Many little ones sit quietly on big chairs; their little legs stick straight out from bodies that seem so very tiny against the hard adult chairs. Little blue dresses, colorful yellow shoes, black braids, and beautiful shining eyes of innocence. Adult faces are intently listening, engaged even after awakening at 4:30 a.m. to travel sometimes four hours on a matatu (van bus) to be on time for the 2nd Eldoret District Conference.
A church next door to us is playing loud music, it roars louder but is unable to dim the spirit of the talk from President Kogo (district president) whose voice is explaining the role of a father as a patriarch in the home, the importance in the role of a wife, and how families are ordained of God. President Kogo’s calm peaceful message is given in a loving voice as he recites scripture and speaks of a loving Heavenly Father. Next door there is harsh shouting, thumping, yelling, pounding, a distraction, but it does not move us from the message of the conference.
Refreshment before everyone headed home.
Matatu Riders heading home. There were about four more people that somehow were added into the van.
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