Not your average dedication service, or slum for that matter

What a great Sunday. There was a church full of people, and 28 children were dedicated to Lord, ages 2 months to 10 years old. Several visiting families came, and the whole church stood up in commitment to the Lord Jesus Christ and providing ministries to families in their area.

Have I told you about their area. They call it a "slum" but it gives new definition to slum. It is a community of tin-roofed shacks and panel board. The road is a bumpy dirt track in-between the shacks. Their stores set up in various locations, with homes on top or behind. There may be some running water somewhere, but most of the water I see running is out the front door. Most of these places do not have in door plumbing, so it all goes into the dirt street. I really feel for the people who have houses near the low places in the road. And there is no trash pick-up, so there is a large pile of refuse in areas, fresh with street animals to feed on what's left. I am so proud of Linus and Liz for daring to serve in this area. This is where I preached the last two weeks.

So, it is an amazing thing--that they commit themselves to serve the families in this area and to uphold the Gospel in such desperate circumstances. The testimony is amazing.

PTL--one youth saw the services today and wants to be baptized. This is a great encouragement to the leadership, so we shall see if he will be baptized before I leave.

Pray for Imani Baptist Church--that their youth leadership will grow and mature; that they will find the 12,000 shillings to pay for the next part of their growing building (concrete foundation, tin siding, wood frame); that Linus and his fellow workers will have the strength they need to serve in such an economically challenged area.

Kwahari