This little light of mine....

Perhaps you remember that song we sang as children “This little light of mine, I’m going to let it shine…… hide it under a bushel? No! I’m going to let it shine….

Right now, God is giving believers all over the world the opportunity to shine for Him.  Are we going to hide our light under a bushel or are we going to let His light shine through us to those who need to know Him?

When the coronavirus started coming to Africa recently, I began to think of ways we could help the community near our home.  One thing we needed to consider was how we could help, yet, obey the government and our leaders.  I hired two local tailors from this community to make face masks.  Then I bought 170 bars of anti-bacterial soap.  We had brochures printed which had hand-washing instructions from the CDC on it plus a gospel presentation on the back.  I met with 5 leaders in our local, Kenyan church who were willing to deliver these items to those who were vulnerable in the community; older people, those who were already sickly, boda-boda (motorcycle taxi) drivers, and those who sell vegetables in the market.  We also sent some items to a community center that reaches out to Alcoholics, drug addicts, and thieves.  Then lastly, we took some of these things to the small, local hospital.  These leaders in our church delivered these items and shared the gospel as they went.  I have not heard a final report from everyone but so far 110 people and some of their families have heard the gospel and 16 have prayed to receive Christ. 

One of the team members reported that many people heard the gospel; some were already believers, some were not ready, and then some were ready to follow Jesus.  It reminds me of the parable in Luke 8 where the sower went out to sow seed. Some of the seed fell along the path.  Some fell on rocky ground, and then some fell among thorns.  Then other seed fell on good soil.  It came up and yielded a crop, a hundred times more than what was sown.

Then the next verse after this parable says, “No one lights a lamp and hides it in a clay jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, they put it on a stand, so that those who come in can see the light.” 

How are you letting your light shine?

Prayer Requests:

-Pray that this Baptist Church would be a light in this community. Pray that when this virus is over, people would remember the kindness and compassion they saw from this church and desire to join the church and come to know the Lord.

-As the 5 groups from the church are going out into the community to give out these items and share the gospel pray that their conversations would be fruitful. That people will desire to be born again and that all would be encouraged as they might be struggling with fear and anxiety.

-Pray there would be good follow-up with everyone who is being shared with when this virus is over.

  

As we were waiting at the tailors for some face masks my friend taught the kids the proper way to wash their hands.  I love this video of this sweet little girl doing a demonstration for us and singing a song to make sure she washed her hands long enough.

 

A tailor from our church made some of the face masks.

 

 The pastor from the community center took some soap to the boda-boda taxi drivers stations and shared the gospel.

We were getting so many made we hired another tailor in the community to help.

 Here are the ones in our church who went out into the community to distribute the items and share the gospel.

 

 I was able to take some clothes collected from our m. colleagues in Nairobi plus some soap and face masks to a community center.

 

 Look at all those face masks!

  

 donating soap at a hand-washing station

 donated clothes from our m. colleagues in Nairobi

 

 These items were given out in the market to those who sell vegetables.