Monday, October 3, 2011
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work (2 Timothy 3:16-17).
It has been a very busy week. Originally we were only going to be spending two days at the seminary in Arusha and another two days at the seminary here is Chotororo. In the course of our visit this year I decided to rework my schedule to enable us to spend more time at each seminary. We spent a full five days in Arusha and spent four days here in Chotororo. This was a very beneficial change to make and one I will plan to incorporate in future visits as well.
Even though our stay in Kisii was shorter than our stay in Arusha, it was much busier, for a number of reasons. Kisii is a main city in the Southwestern Region of Kenya. This city has become our base of operations for when we come to work in this district which sponsors a seminary at Chotororo and an orphan school at Etago. While I focused on the seminary, Russ eagerly took up the responsibility of the orphan school. Mike assisted in both arenas.
On Monday, Daniel Mugeni (from Uganda) and I made the long trek from Kisii to Chotororo. We left Mike and Russ in Kisii to purchase gifts for the children at St. David’s KINSHIP Academy in Etago and do some printing work for seminary. Daniel and I boarded a Matatoo at a little after 7:00am for our trip to Awendo which took about an hour and forty-five minutes. Poor Daniel was not used to this kind of “Kenyan driving” and was almost sick from the crammed in people, wretched roads and chaotic driving! He says it is much better in Uganda. We finally exited in Awendo with Daniel almost white as a sheet. While he sat down to recuperate, I procured two motorbike drivers to take us up the mud roads to the hill village of Chotororo where the seminary is located. That was almost as hair-raising as the matatoo ride. We had two good drivers though and made it up the hill without incident. We arrived at 9:30am after spending 2.5 hours on the road, and began our day at the seminary. I gave our test in the morning, corrected them over lunch, and went over the test in the afternoon. We had about 17 men there in total: teachers, students and a few additional leaders from our churches. We wrapped up the day at about 4:00pm and I had to repeat my trek back down the hill to Awendo, and then on to Kisii by matatoo. It was after 6:30pm by the time I returned to our hotel in Kisii to meet up with Mike and Russ, and I was beat! It puts a new perspective on “commuting to work” - that’s for sure! Five hours on the road and six and a half teaching!
The beautiful view down on Chotororo from the seminary at the top of a hill.
So the next time you think about how much you despise your commute consider having to make it in a bus crammed over the limit with people, live animals and other goods, on horrible roads in a vehicle with no shocks or struts left for your first leg, and then a motorbike up muddy roads unable to be traveled by other means for the second leg.... Then thank God for the many blessings we have in the United States! I’m thankful I only have to do this for 3 more days!
In Christ,
Nathanael
2 comments:
I did not think it possible, but you've made me look at Atlanta traffic in a whole new light. :) Glad you made it up the mountain and back down safely!
I know, it's a depressing thought, but the traffic here makes me long for Atlanta traffic again!
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