Well we have only been in Kenya for one week and we have already had some awesome opportunities! The first couple days were spent just walking around Kijabe and getting familiar with where we were going to be living. Then one of our leaders told us that we were leaving on Wednesday to go stay with the Maasai tribe till Monday! This was the one of the things I had been looking forward to the most and was pumped to get to meet these people. My team and I decided that it would be a good idea to learn a little about this tribe before we met them, so we all sat down and read our books about Kenya. Some of the things we learned about the Maasai were that they are devoted to their cattle, they usually have more than one wife, and sometimes they drink the animals blood! After reading all of this we all had our worries about staying with these people for a week.
When we stepped out of the van on Wednesday afternoon, we were greeted by men and women in different colored clothes and a ton of beads. These people looked exactly like the pictures in the books but they definitely didn’t act like them. We met some of the most joyful and spirit filled people I have ever seen in my life.
Amos is one of the pastors that grew up in the tribe. He split us up into groups so that we could go door to door to talk to people about the gospel. The first women we met decided that she wanted to be saved that day! It was awesome to get to witness that. Almost every house we went to wanted us to pray for rain. In the Rift Valley it only rains twice a year and it definitely doesn’t rain in February. When we got back to camp, it didn’t just rain a little but God poured out His rain on the entire valley. He did so the next day, and the day after that. Our tents didn’t quite make it through all the rain so Amos let us stay in his house. The 13 of us took up his entire home, so Amos and his wife and 4 children had to find somewhere else to sleep. This man was in tears because he thought that since all of our stuff got wet and we had to sleep in his mud hut, that no one would ever come back to help him spread the word within the Maasai tribe again. He has one of the biggest hearts and is one of the most compassionate persons I have ever met.
Amos is trying to go to bible college so that he can learn more and better spread the word. But college is expensive and he would be gone for three days out of the week. People within the tribe don’t make much money but definitely are some of the most joyful people in the world. Amos showed us how he trusted God with everything and how devoted he is to serving the Lord. Please pray for Amos and his family and that the Lord will provide so Amos can continue this great ministry.
Love you all,
Jenna Johnson
