CHOOSE YE THIS DAY...

December 10th we traveled to Kitale to help the Senior Missionaries over CES facilitate a Seminary Activity for the Kitale area. They asked us shortly after we arrived here in Eldoret to do the same activity down in our area the next Sat, Dec 17th. I understand it is the first time for Eldoret to hold an activity like this. We had about 53 youth and about 25-30 youth leaders, plus the four branch presidents, and our 10 missionaries come. The students registered, received a neckerchief that was red, blue, yellow, or green. The color became their group to follow for the day plus the students followed a prophet dressed in the same color waving a flag with that very same color.

They had a “guess the scripture story by the picture” game to keep them busy until we had everyone registered. We had a great speaker come from Nairobi, Prince Omondi. He really was impressive. We played a scripture game by teams, they had a challenge to beat me in who can say the books of the Old Testament the fastest; none of them beat me but a couple came very close. We then broke into groups with each group having 15 minutes to prepare a drama presentation from the Old Testament. They had never done anything like this before so it was a bit rough but they came through. The groups performed for each other. Next activity was lunch Kenyan style. We all ate a banana, a large roll, and a soda pop. The afternoon gave each team a chance to rotate through volleyball, tug-of-war, dancing, and sack races. All of this was followed by a testimony meeting. The students loved the day. Many of the parents told us their children came home so happy. It was good for them to know there are other kids in the branches of Eldoret that believe and have testimonies. You see around here these kids take a lot of persecution from their peers and yet they still keep their testimony. It was a full day. I have been tired for a week!