To our beloved Grace Family:

Hello and “Jambo” from Nyahururu, Kenya, East Africa!

We miss you more than pizza and we are thinking of you even more than we are thinking of clean clothes. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to everyone for joining together to send us to Rapha Secondary School and Community Center, the incredible project of HEAL Kenya, founded by our own Jennifer Musick Wright.

We are working on construction and painting, exploring the compound and the nearby village, and spending time with these amazing kids! This morning, (Sunday morning, as we are ahead of you by seven hours), we all piled into a couple of multi-purpose classrooms for church. Lively worship, heartfelt prayers, and passionate preaching of the word delivered by Reverend Alberta Wallace, was very moving and bonding. The young people all sing with their whole bodies — loudly, joyfully, expressively. They line up to give testimony, with several kids sharing a scripture and its meaning in their lives.

God’s grace, provision, and beauty are very evident here, in Kenya and at Rapha. We told the gathered church that you all have been praying for them, and we asked the church here to pray for Grace Church. The students, faculty, and staff here are warm and welcoming, and they send you their blessing.

I can’t wait to tell you all about our trip, the amazing people we’re meeting, and all about our experience of God’s presence and love here. Grace and Peace to you; can’t wait to see you all again.

Home next week, hope to worship with you next Sunday [July 27] outdoors!

Love in Christ,

Terry

CLICK here to see Pastor Terry’s Video Clips from Kenya