Kitty's Diary/Journal must read like a story from Mars!
I've not been in this conversation for a little bit, but I am always on the know from Jesse, Edith, and so on, thanking God for the resiliency of these wonderful women. We shall continue to do all we can to make sure that Kitty remains strong and safe until the job is done. All we need now is prayer and participation because this Quilting Project as with all Oasis Africa programs, is a faith journey with all participants holding hands and doing it the Ha Harambee way. Harambeee is Kenya's development slogan where each one pulls the weight on their side of a huge log to be moved from one spot to another. Kitty holds on and we help her as you all out there partner with us.
Gershon and me have been busy last week first speaking at the one-week long Methodist Church Annual East Africa Conference with Bishops, Clergy and Laity from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and the Congo. The theme:
Transformational Leadership. This week was speaking at AFREG 2 - The second conference of Africa Forum for Religion and Government with selected Church and Government leaders from all over Africa. We had the President of Burundi, Kenya's Vice President, several Cabinet Ministers from Nigeria, Kenya, and so on; as well as Kenya's Anglican Archbishop, Bishops and other Christian leaders. I spoke yesterday on the Private Life of a Leader:
Integrity for Africa's Transformation. Next week, I'll be Master of Ceremonies at the Juliette Low Seminar held in Kenya for the first time.
Juliette Low Seminar is an international meeting organized by Kenya Girl Guides Association and the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts to honor this founder of Girl Scouts of USA. The Guest of Honor will be His Excellency Michael Rannenberger, USA Ambassador to Kenya. If Kitty was closer to Nairobi, I'd have taken her with me but I hope to take Serena, our Intern from Berkeley's First Presbyterian Church. I've been a Girl Gide since Grade School and am the outgoing Deputy Chief Commissioner, Kenya Girl Guides Association.
So, while Kitty quilts away, laying the foundation for this quilting cottage, we work hard with training, counseling, and planting the seed in the community wherever we find ourselves. It's a busy meeting season in Kenya right now with many tourists but we pray so for rain. There hasn't been rain for several years and animals, both wild and domestic are dying of thirst. You hear about red dust in Kitty's Quilting Cottage. The whole country is so dry that water is being rationed for the first time in Kenya and electricity too, cause most of our power is hydro.
As we pray for Kitty and the Quilting Project, join us also in praying for rain in this nation. So many are hungry.
Blessings and thank you for standing with us. Kitty, you're planting a lasting seed in Mashaka, and god of the Harvest will bless the seed and the sower to His Glory.
Thank you all. Keep us in prayer constantly and plan to come sometime.
Gladys
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