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Faith Words: The Kenyan Connection

In this season of Thanksgiving, I received something new to be thankful for.  Just about a week ago, I met, for the first time, 3 brothers of mine:  Thomas, Bernard and Alfayo. They were here with my sister Mauryn for brief visit from Kenya.  While none of them are kin to me by birth, we are kin by the blood of Jesus.  And upon meeting them, there was an instant connection that brings me to tears of joy. These folks are a part of our Kenya Widows and Orphans Ministry and by extension, World Bible School.  The WBS link came first but the KWO link is just as strong and sure now.  Mauryn takes care of the financial side of KWO in Kenya (among other things) and Thomas, Bernard and Alfayo work in and supervise some of the orphanages there.  What we have is a partnership designed by the Lord where we supply them with financial assistance and spiritual advice and they take on the tasks of doing the day to day work of caring for the widows and orphans we've been able to take in.  That

Faith Words: Pay Attention!

Do you remember playing the gossip game when you were a child?  Someone started the game by whispering a message in the ear of the person next to her.  Then, she'd whisper the same message in the ear of the person next to her.  And so on around the circle till everyone had heard the message.  The last person would speak the message out loud and everyone would burst out laughing because it was almost always a completely different message from the original one first whispered. Maybe, like me, you've gone through the drive-thru lane of a fast food restaurant recently.  You shout out your order to the unseen person inside over some kind of loud speaker. (Funny, how we think the louder we speak, the better we're understood!)  When you get your order at the window, do you check it to make sure it's correct?  I do because if I don't, I'm frequently frustrated to find that my order, given loud and clear, is wrong! Ever been on a trip and gotten off course?  Have a m