Well it is now May 15th and we have been over a little over a week. We have found a place we would like to rent that would allow us to have room for guests. We are waiting to meet with the owners next week to see if they will keep the rent at an affordable price. I f so we will most likely move in to this home in June. We will be starting form scratch so we will have to acquire everything from beds, tables, pots, and pans. So there will be a lot of work just getting that ready.
Elijah has started school this week and he likes it very much. This was one of our greatest concerns. But, he fell right into it. It has only been two days now but two good ones. He thinks that it is really neat that all of his classmates are from all over the world. Ireland, Rwanda, Egypt. So we are praying that he continues to like his school, and get a great education and experience at the same time.
We have not gotten a car yet and are traversing any way possible. Matatu, TukTuk (a three wheel vehicle) and a BodaBoda (bicycle with a small seat on the back) these have all been an experience. You have never experienced public transportation until you have experienced it in Kenya. I am getting a little familiar with the way life runs around here. It will take some getting used to and I have to admit I can really miss some of the conveniences of home. Life is a bit harder here. But it kind of makes you feel alive.
But we do miss friends and family very much.
We have been getting to know a lot of the street boys in downtown Nakuru, and they really love Joseph. I believe they think he is John Claude Van Damm or something. (they still like him here) The ministry to them is an everyday occurrence. You literally cannot walk down the street with out encountering them. Take for example yesterday we went to go to the hardware store to see about getting piping for the land, and we came across Simon. If you could see this little boy your heart would just break. He is about 12 or 13 he looks about 8years old. He was in dirty torn rags with a huge oversized ripped up men’s old suit jacket. He looked very listless. Joseph and I took him into a nearby store and bought him jeans and a shirt it is not much but what we can do at this point. The needs here are insurmountable. Simon is just one of many we know many of these children and meet more each day. We also met Peter and Simon (Another Simon) they wanted food, and Peter wanted to go to school. I some cases I think that a lot of these children may live with one parent or a grandparent, and they are told to go to the streets to make money or get food for themselves. We helped a boy last week named Joseph he first told us that he was hungry and after we sat with him for a while he let us know that he wanted to go to school and could not because he needed shoes. We met him the next day and purchased him shoes. There was also Esther she is probably 15 or 16 and she has a baby named Daniel. He is about 1 years old. They are living on the streets. These children are out here due to the AIDS pandemic, and Poverty, and in many cases are discarded from their homes like trash. As in Lazarus’ case his father beats him and is an alcoholic. He has been left to resort to living on the streets rather than be beat by his father. He is one bright boy. These are just a few of the stories of the children that we have met, and we will continue to earn there love and respect so that we will be able to help them more in the future.
Molly and Joe and Elijah,
So glad you are able to blog again. It’s not even possible to imagine the sights, smells, sounds, tastes… everything you are experiencing. I know your hearts break from all the overwhelming poverty and sadness but remember that the joy of the Lord is your strength. That is easy for me to say, I know, and yet although I can’t fathom what you are going through, I do know a little something about weakness. Let His supernatural love overpower everything else. Somehow, when it seems the least possible, strength comes through joy. You are nodding in agreement, aren’t you, because you know exactly what I mean.
Remember Heidi Baker, how she used to just pick up the worst of the worst, the smelliest of the smelly, the sickest of the sick, hold them in her arms when no one else would, and love them until they were literally healed. That’s love, the purest and best love there is, and you guys are filled with it. You may not meet every physical need but don’t lose heart. Love is one need you can always fill because God’s supply is limitless. Your tears for those children matter more than you know.
It’s not easy to exercise raw faith against insurmountable odds. But with the chains of religion falling around you so you are unfettered by man’s expectations and rules, you will see things in the supernatural that we may never see here in the states with all our comforts and tidy churches. Isn’t that awesome? Makes me want to shout: Chaaaaaaarge!!
Elijah, we are proud of you for adjusting so well to your new school. You are a powerful young man of God and you will make a big impact in the world.
Thank you all so much for sharing your tender hearts in such an amazing, selfless way. We love you.
Pam
Pam,
Thank you so much for those wonderful words of encouragement. We love you both very much!
Love,
Molly & Joseph Bail
I’m so excited for you, I hope the house hunting goes well! Having your own place will probably make the transition a little easier. I’m also happy to hear that Elijah is liking his new school,it must be so exciting to meet students from all over the world. I love hearing about the street boys, I remeber so many of them and I know that God is going to use you to make a major impact in their lives. Can’t wait to hear for the next blog, love you all!
How are the kids identified to go into orphanages in Kenya? I know there are never enuf but what priority has the government and church infrastructure put on education. In Rwanda, the President’s wife has made education her top priority and it helps so much. We will be overnighting in Nairobi on June 3rd and wish we could see you but we’re headed to rwanda the next am. I was able to use Hilton points so if you happen to be in Nairobi that night, we’ll be downtown and arrive about 9PM. Leave the next am around 10 and know you’re in our thoughts and prayers, even if we can’t see you. We leave Tampa June 2nd so if we can help carry any communication or ?? and leave it at the Hilton for you to pick up, set it up and just let me know. You have our contact info.. Hugs my friend!
God be with you…seriously. My prayer is that God, our great and good Father and Friend would be so near to you that you can sense Him and revel in Him. He is in you. He loves you. He wants to use you for His fame. God be with you.