During my short stint here so far, I have learned things that just make me cry. Sometimes I just don't know how to respond. I do not know what to do in the face of so much despair and poverty. Like today when I pull into my very nice gated house and see this little old women sitting looking lost, alone, and hungry; the street children that greet me every time I get out of my car in town, the man sitting crippled on the side of the street. When I pass it on the street, I feel at a loss for what to do.
However, I know that the ministry that I am blessed to be a part of is doing something about it. One of the tragedies of one of the tribes here is that if a child is born with any deformities or disabilities, then he/she is killed. Can you imagine what it must be like to kill your own child? To kill it because you know that you will be ostracized and cast out if you do not? To be lied to and told that it does not have any value? But you have to know that when you kill that precious baby, that you have taken life? What happens to a heart after it has killed another? A child in the village of Mairowa lost both of his legs when he was a young child. The mother stood in defiance of her culture and did not kill him. Our ministry helped the child find help: money for an operation, prosthetics, and a special school. What is even more amazing is now that 15 year old boy has returned home walking. The tears of his family were running with reckless abandon. There was a special time of thanksgiving and prayer. People came from all over, even Kenya, and several towns close by. The District Commissioner came which is a huge honor. One man who is also disabled came and spoke. He brought his two beautiful children and wife with him. He is even a doctor! The people could not believe it. Can you imagine what it must be like for people who have thrown children like them away to see that there is value in life? Even though they are supposed to kill, some just hide their children away. They were challenged to bring them forward. Three did and now will be able to get help. Unbelievable! God is definitely in the business of transformation!
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