Today we went to Injili Bible church located in the slums. To get to this church one must drive through one of the wealthiest areas of Kenya. The contrast is startling.

I was scheduled for the morning devotional, but ended up giving it in the evening.

The day’s event was a pastors’ conference. Tyler preached the first sermon, followed by Pastor Joseph (this is the church he pastors at).

We then had lunch.

Tyler closed off the pastor’s conference with the last sermon (both of his sermons were from 2 Timothy). He then opened up for questions. There were many questions and comments. Most of the comments centered around politicians who come to local churches and give them money for their support. The pastors there seemed to be in consensus that this should not happen.

After conference, Ray Lang asked one of the Pastors what the greatest needs/pressures are on pastors in Kenya. See pic below for answers to this question.

While the conference was going on Jacque, Ray, Salome (Joseph’s wife), and Alice did some house visiting in the slums. For example, they visited Melvin (Davis’s wife) who is a member at Injili.

We had good conversations with the pastors afterward, exchanged info, and took a group photo.

On way back to Openhand we stopped and got some cookies (Ray and Tyler especially craved them from their remembrance from last year). They were good, but dry.

Back at Openhand Tyler drank his last Diet Coke (one can’t find Diet Coke here). I delivered my devotional from psalm 42.

We hung out with the kids. We played on the new basketball court (which Alice had built with brick pavers while we were in Maasai land to surprise us).

The kids enjoy playing on it. Gideon dunked on it. It is little lower then regulation height and needs to be secured a little better, but is a wonderful addition to Openhand.

We then had devotions and went to bed.