Strange Week

The past week was as eventful as a week could ever be. First there was the sharp sharing at the Makuti devotion that we have on Mondays at our station. There was a question posed: do you know your calling? The speaker then went on to challenge us to identify our calling and to do that which is expected of us with or without supervision. We had our sleepover on Friday 1^st of July and it was an awesome event. Just before the sleepover, we had attended the graduation of the second class of Form Four Leavers Challenge students, some of whom are part of our Bible Study group.

Once the ceremony was over, we gathered at the games room in Diguna Mbagathi where some people were already half-way through a movie and others were more occupied with the pool table and the kicker table. One of us had outdone himself, baking a delicious chocolate cake for us. The other person went ahead and got a bonfire going, as yet another person followed up the previous movie with a fresh one. All the time, the kicker table was occupied as was the pool table. Those of us who preferred chatting could be found under a tree warming ourselves with the fire outside. At around one in the morning, we went off to bed.

Saturday kicked off with breakfast at 8, after which we watched a preaching video entitled ‘Image Breakers’ by an American pastor called Jentezen Franklin. We then took some time to pray for those of us who desired to cast away the false images in their lives. It was an awesome and inspiring message which was followed by beverages and mandazis as we continued with kicker and pool. Some of the people who preferred more mind boggling games played scrabble and draughts while others sang and played guitars. This went on until lunch time when a typical Kenyan meal, githeri (mixture of maize and beans) was served. After lunch, members were at liberty to depart at their own pleasure.

Sunday morning found me at church, prayer was the topic and a healthy dose of anointing oil was plastered on my forehead as I received some pastoral prayer. Rushing back to Diguna, lunch was the usual fruit salad and mandazis and since I don’t eat pineapples, I had tea and mandazis for lunch after which I went to the sports field for the Diguna Champions League. The games went well, although some teams kept thinking that we had something against them…that’s a story for another blog post. Suffice it to say that the day had a tempestuous ending but it was all tempered by a loving goodnight hug from her…….sigh!