North to Mois Bridge

Monday – September 6, 2010

It was now off to Moi’s Bridge. We slept well in our rooms at the Jazz, in spite of the loud music that was blaring three floors below us past midnight. Even though it is called the Jazz, I heard a lot of Country music and no Jazz that I can remember. Even with the noise, it is much better than the Zonic.

My humble room at the noisy, but comfortable Jazz Hotel in Kisii.

After breakfast we ran a few errands around town before getting on the road to Moi’s Bridge. We left at about 10:00am with Charles behind the wheel and Mike navigating. Charles had not been to Moi’s Bridge before, so Mike directed with his Kenya map from the co-pilot’s seat. For those of you with a map of Kenya, we went north out of Kisii up to Kisumu which sits on the shores of Lake Victoria. From there we continued north through Kakamega until we reached the Eldoret - Mbala highway. Then we took off on some back roads on a North-easterly direction to Soy, and then arrived in Matunda which is just south of Moi’s Bridge. Matunda is a small town but is near to both the church and several member of the Sagala family. Mike has a house here where he will be staying during his time in East Africa.

A mosque is just down the road from Mike's house. There is work to be done here...

We arrived there at about 4:00 after a long 6 hours in the van. The last two hours were a little rough on the back roads of Kenya, so we were glad to finally arrive. The Sagala’s met us at Mike’s new home and were overjoyed to see us. They gave us a tour of the home which is fully furnished and has plenty of space. It is set in a beautiful yard with a variety of fruits growing in trees around the property. It has three bedrooms, a kitchen, livingroom and working bathroom. The only down side was that there is no hot water. Water for bathing needs to be heated on the stove for the time being.

The guys hang out in Mike's new living room, having just finished the delicious lunch Mary made for us.

Mary had also prepared a late lunch for us. So we ate bananas, rice and potato stew along with soft drinks and coffee. It was very good and we also enjoyed visiting with the family and discussing the plans for the service tomorrow morning. They all speak English very well, so we had a very enjoyable visit and discussed a lot of different subjects. We also met a young man of the congregation who will be studying with Mike for the ministry during the coming year. It is exciting to think of the work that will be accomplished here during the time that Mike is here, and it is easy to see that the people here are excited about the work as well. May the name of the Lord be glorified!

Mike stands in front of the gate that leads to his home in Matunda.

In His service,

Nathanael

“That which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.” – 1 John 1:3