I cried for the first time when flying TO Africa. I remember crying
for 40+ minutes the first time I flew away from Africa . But this time I
left the best of Africa in Indiana, and cried. I am inexpressibly
blessed with my African born family that I left in my home.We are SO HAPPY in our family! But my wonderful wife supported my travel plan to build an unusual Christian high school with a 2nd level home for us in rural Kenya despite the tearful time of parting for near 6 weeks.
It's hard to leave a God provided, wonderful marriage & children you enjoy so much to build a good size building & a huge project for a man of my current small means to build a private Christian school in rural Kenya
(School building site above both sides), far from the comforts of a wonderful family, established business, quick access to normal needs, and community of helpful Christian renters in our own home! But I find comfort in two lines of thought:
joyful reuniting with greater mutual appreciation for the great contributions we each give to raising our children & to happy married life after the long time apart.
2. The great confirming provision of a Kenya high school lead founder, director, chairman of the Education Centre board, principal, and head teacher of a long standing & successful high school who also already had government approval to start another Kenya diploma issuing school & had property with his brother to build a new high school (my teaching preference) as a working partner, is clear confirmation that our project was ordained by the Lord. He also managed to Patrick W. Wanyama get agreement from the
other board members to resign and forfeit their corporate shares to meet my concern that my financial building investment would not be split many ways & the profit of our new kind of tuition collecting school, could support my family travel and living expenses, as I want to be actively involved in teaching and directing the Comenius foundational methods that make this type of school so radically Kingdom successful!3. Since the above comforts for the sacrifice of close family time, something even more exciting & providential has taken place. Our building break week host that I knew before Patrick, owns an 11 room complex of two buildings, one new & one renovated in 2012 empty & ready for use
New buildings below
in a city with more available students for a start up project & willing to rent it for a very low price compared to starting target income!The good I expected has more than come to pass this trip with a 5 year lease signed in an attorney's office today as well as agreement by him to pay for a new security fence, out of our rent that we have not yet paid!
After the first 3, difficult for me, weeks (arrival headache, malaria, lousy roads, beds, food, toilets) I have been so blessed on this excursion to Kisii area, with short teaching trips nearby & to nearby Masai Land to find that
the old anointing for teaching that I remember fondly is still in me. Everywhere I teach about the Kingdom of God, the people beg me to come to teach again, even though I turn down their requests for money to pay for the food they served us:)! Even my capable teaching partner Patrick, has said, "I am amazed that you lecture so well that you could be an in demand lecturer in Kenya, in a short time." I really teach by alternating questions for discussion, but lecturer is what they call teachers.
Between Patrick & I is a Masai village elder who gave me his bracelet & said I was Masai, now. When God gave me nothing to teach, I asked them for questions. He said, "We are not born again, so how can we understand this Kingdom?" So that explained why God gave me nothing, but Patrick & the others said I did an excellent explanation of the Gospel of the Kingdom, which is what mature servants of God should do!
Though I miss my family, and our developed nation & home benefits, when I teach, I feel at home in Africa!
Your report is inspiring. I would love to join you there. (signed: Thomas Hill)
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