Brian- our youngest boy at the Springs of Life Children's Home in Kibera.

 Thank you all for your prayers for travel safety- they have been answered. I was shown favor at the SWISS air check-in counter in both Miami and Zurich. My checked luggage(including the free authorized piece of excess luggage) was not weighed at either location. They were just whisked away...what a blessing! My carry on duffel was extremely heavy, full of sports and school items. In Zurich, the SWISS representative kindly allowed me to unload approximately 25 pounds of this material into my largest checked bag! This allowed me to manage my hand luggage more comfortably.

Lawrence (aka "Law-law") is the son of the dorm parents of the orphanage, Joseph and Damaris.

I met another missionary named Sabina from Germany on my Zurich to Nairobi flight. God is so amazing and strategic in every aspect of our lives. What an encouragement to share our common heart to serve the Lord in cross cultural ministry! Sabina serves in Tanzania and am thankful for this new connection in East Africa. She has faithfully served in Africa for 17 years!

I am now with Pastor Paul and Grace Mbithi in Nairobi, along with their family and several others that live here with them. Diana and Joseph are my resident "little people" and are such a joy to see each morning. They are my new students- we worked with their numbers and alphabet today, and they taught me two new words in Kiswahili for water and rain= 'mvua' and 'maji'!

Diana Joseph and Nicole

Tomorrow are the church services in Kibera, then we plan to attend a rally/meeting to voice disapproval of the newly proposed Constitution for Kenya, which was being shamelessly promoted and pushed locally by our American VP earlier this week. There will be fifteen national pastors and four government politicians speaking in Uhuru Park Sunday afternoon, as well as worship groups leading in song. Please pray that this new Constitution will not gain the needed votes and that these current challenges will  unify and strengthen the Kenyan believers.

Thank you so much for your prayer support! I see God at work all around me!

His for the nations,

Ruthie :-)

Psalm 96:3