I’m a little behind on my blogging due to being sick for several days so I am just now blogging about my experience with the Maasai tribe. One rule of good blogging is to write about other people in your stories. Because my experience out in the bush was so overwhelming I want to write about the ENTIRE Maasai tribe.
I knew going into this journey a lot of strength would be required out of me since my team was going to be “rouging” it for five days. I’ve found that “roughing” it to Americans means sleeping in tents on hard ground, not showering for 5 days, and soaking your skin in sun screen. However, as we spent more and more time out in the bush with the Maasai, I realized that the the Maasai way of life is not “roughing” it, it’s just a simpler way of life. They don’t need a two story house with a white picket fence and a two story garage. There are no paved roads, no sources of electricity, and they walk everywhere they need to go. As I surrounded myself with the tribe I realized that the more simple life was the more room there was for the presence of the Lord. Please note, however, that I don’t believe that having a nice house or a fancy car is a bad thing, but they can cause distractions. I feel like the simple way of life gave each Maasai member a chance to show how big their hearts are. With every encounter the passage from Philippians chapter 2 kept coming to me. Starting in verse 2 where it says “then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.” Acts such as always standing so our team had a place to sit, not eating so that our team could have full stomachs, or giving up their house so that we could have a roof over our heads as our tents flooded from the rain really touched me. The members of this tribe really understand how to imitate Christ’s humility.
