Kitui for Christ: A Simple but Beautiful Day

Can you see the hidden treasure?

P.S. It's a ZEBRA

This has nothing to do with my blog this week,

I was just excited we drove by a herd of Zebra!!!

(Sorry the picture isn't very good)

My weekdays generally look the same. Every weekday I follow the same schedule: I eat breakfast around 7am, I work from 8am-5pm with a tea break at 10am and a lunch break at 1pm, then I go home to be with my host mom and eat dinner. It is not boring by any means, I enjoy being at work, and I enjoy being in Kitui, but last Thursday was just slightly different enough to remind me just how truly blessed I am.

It may not be to overwhelmingly exciting to read what simple changes to my average day left me feeling so blessed, but I would like to share them with you anyway!

The First Blessing

I had a completely normal morning. I woke up, ate breakfast, walked to work, and began working at my desk. I usually don't have much opportunity to chat with people at work because I have my own quaint office and all of my work is online. However, that morning I had a meeting with Faith (my sassy supervisor)! As I was leaving her office after our meeting, we began to chat about random stuff. We talked about life here compared to the U.S., similar problems that girls around our age have in both places, and how different the chicken is here in Kenya (she read my food blog!). It wasn't anything drastic, but it was nice to just talk and laugh together. Those are the moments I treasure!

The Second Blessing

It has become more frequent that I eat lunch alone at home. My host mom used to join me more often, but recently she has stopped being so consistent with being home for lunch at the same time as me. I don't usually mind because I can relax and read before returning to work, but that afternoon I felt particularly spunky! I am so grateful for Marie being in our house, because she keeps me company on my spunky days. After I ate I asked Marie if she wanted to see pictures of my family, and she said "YEEES!" (just like that!). So we sat and looked at pictures. I got to share with her about my family, my bible study group at home, and some fun things that I did in college. It was such a joyful experience to be able to share my life back home with her, and seeing her so excited to look at the pictures :)

The kids and their tea! Emili is in green.

The Third Blessing

After work I usually go straight home, but that evening I didn't! I was invited over for tea by Mutheu (my dear friend and coworker). It was just a fun time! As I was sitting in the living room, her 5y.o. daughter Emili and 3 of her friends all surrounded me to inspect my white skin, my white hair, and even at one point my teeth! I got to help Mutheu prepare for dinner, and we all had tea together. I was only there for about an hour and a half, but it was a very special hour and a half. I was also encouraged to know that these kids are always over at Mutheu's house for tea! She said they love coming over because they can play and laugh and just be kids while they take their tea. It was a beautiful picture of serving and blessing those around you without expecting anything in return!

Those were the three things that blessed my day and made me feel truly delighted in by the Lord. Just those few simple things, but when you are in a new place, those simple gestures of acceptance and kindness go a long way!

"Rejoice in the Lord always: again I say, Rejoice!"

-Philippians 4:4

The next day I went to the Multi-Purpose Centre that the NGO I volunteer for owns. We walked around the farm and took some picture, so here you go!