Fri 8 Feb 2008
We started the day by buying food for some of the homeless. As I said yesterday, they gather with everything they own and just sit outside the police station. We went to a fruit market and bought 200 mangoes, 50 apples, 50 oranges, 2 huge bags of plums, some cut up pineapples, and some cut up watermelons to give away. After Earl shared a little and prayed for the people we gave it away. It disappeared in no time.
After that we began to hear their stories about trying to get home. There were 10 single men, 5 women without husbands, and twenty families that were expecting transportation back to their homes in the danger areas. But, they had no money for food or to get started. So, it didn’t take long before we realized that we could help them. We were able to offer 100 Kenyan shillings to every single person and 200 for every family.
It didn’t sound like much to us, but it meant a lot to them and will help them but some staple foods. So, to all who offered special offerings to allow us to bless people here, thank you. Your money is going a long way and many people are being helped.
The average wage here for low income persons is $1. A middle classed person will earn $100 a month. That’s crazy…we waste
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