Black Boogers

Impromptu Worship on the Mountain

Students at the IDP Preschool

Hello Everyone!!!  I apologize for the brevity of this post, but the wifi is still out and for time's sake I'll just give you guys a quick overview of what today looked like for our team.

Today was a wonderful day filled with a trip to the IDP camp and some dirty work at Naomi's Village and also we were able to show some support at Will Mendonsa'a soccer game!  At the IDP camp we were able to play with those beautiful, smiling children again.  We made little shakers for the children out of paper plates, staples  and dried split peas.  Our goal was to walk into their classroom and teach them the "Jesus loves me" song, but i think what happened to most of our team members was a few moments of awkward silence followed by the loudest roar of shakers you've ever heard.  I don't think we were even able to teach them the song, but it was still amazing to see those kids laughing, dancing and singing about with their shakers.

I know you all are wondering what this post title is all about so here's the story: At Naomi's Village we were put to work cleaning out a partially completed (oxymoron, i know) room.  Y'all, this endeavor involved a lot of dust.  I'm not kidding, a lot of dust.  This resulted in everyone having a nose full of black boogers.  But nonetheless we all had a blast, complete with wheel barrel racing and plenty of booger jokes.

My favorite part of today was coming home to a beautiful Kenya sunset and seeing a couple of my team members soaking in the beauty with worship as Joe played his guitar.  For time sake, we were unable to upload pictures, including a pic of the moment i just described [edit: pics are now updated].

Thank you all for your prayers!  They are both appreciated and coveted.  Please know that we are well and having an amazing experience here in Kenya.  We all feel amazingly blessed to be a part of this trip and just to feel the warmth of another sun and to see the children of God from another land.  We love you and miss you all!


-Jennifer Matos

Dusty Room at Naomi's Village