"It's a little bit pili pili"

Well, tonight is my last night in Kisumu and I am very sad. I have
truly loved the past four days and wish I could stay here longer!
Since my last post, I have fad many babies and been thrown up on
twice! I've also become particularly attached to a little girl,
Carla. She's probably about a year old and is teething I think. The
best is when she starts gnawing on another kid's foot. Anyway, I've
really enjoyed working with the babies in the past few days, but I
think what really made my time in Kisumu great was the people I met.

I know I mentioned them before, but Wayne and Mary Lynn are basically
two of the most awesome people I've ever met. It's incredible how
much they've trusted God to provide for them in the past year, and
I've learned so much from their stories. They are amazing generous
and have a way of making everyone feel like family. Yesterday, Mary
Lynn and I spent most of the afternoon together cooking and baking
together. It was so much fun! We made lunch for the workers painting
their home, and then I baked my orange chiffon cake for their small
group Bible study. I am happy to say that it was quite a hit!

The Bible study was also really fun. The topic was on surrender,
which is something that I've definitely become familiar with here in
Kenya. It was interesting, though, when we talked about the
difference between surrender and commitment. When we "commit"
ourselves to God, we still retain some control. It's like giving Him
rule over the whole house, but keeping one room for ourselves. With
surrender, however, we sacrifice all power to Him. He has complete
reign and we have willingly lowered given every aspect of ourselves to
Him. I thought it was a pretty neat distinction. We're more than
willing to commit to something, but surrendering always produces
hesitation.

Today I went to the craft market with Megan, Kimberly and Ashley. I
bought more things than I know what to do with, so my friends should
be excited about souvenirs! It was a lot smaller than the Masai
Market in Nairobi, but they had some interesting things. I got a few
paper necklaces. Apparently, they roll trash paper into little beads
and string them together to make jewelry. Pretty creative I think.
Anyway, it was great way to spend my last day. We had an amazing meal
(again) and I'm definitely going to miss it here!

I'll be doing a LOT of traveling this weekend since I'll be going on
safari in the Masai Mara! I can't wait! Thanks again for your prayers!

love,

emily

PS "pili pili" is Swahili for spicy!=