The Wordless Language

This week we spent much time traveling to the various villages that we have works in already to help treat kids with malaria, deliver meds to those in need and to transport the Pastors to their homes after the seminar. Tomorrow we will travel back to Lake Turkana for services at Kalacol. The remainder of the week we will be preparing for the Mc Med team that will be doing a medical campaign in 5 villages next week. The following are some experiences that we have had over the last 2 weeks that spoke to my heart. Glad to share them with you . God Bless.

Chuck & Terry

The Wordless Language- There is a language that is international that is not always spoken.
1. The Praise of a Momma named Margaret for getting her meds delivered. Terry and I drove almost 100km (60 mi.)to deliver meds so she could stay on her program. When we got there the little old Momma who weighed no more than 65 lbs. raised her hands praising God and fell on her knees in the hot Turkana sand begging us to pray for her. While we cannot speak her language we understood perfectly her gratitude toward God and for us delivering it.
2. The Happy Street kids playing soccer for fun and entertainment. Building friendships that will last a lifetime. Sometimes Kids live in another world that is far removed from many of the realities of life. Often that escape from reality is found on a soccer field where kids are just kids enjoying a simple game. No words need to spoken to understand the love of a good game and good friends.
3. The Concern on the faces of a Mother and Father worried about their sick baby. One of the young preachers named David who attended the Seminar this week had his youngest born came down with the Malaria. We understood that they were gravely concerned about the health of this baby as they had just lost another child last year. It was a privilege to take them to a clinic for treatment.
4. The sound of footsteps from a guard posted outside your room giving you the assurance that someone is watch over you as you sleep. No words need to be spoken in order to know that we have people protecting us but it also reminds us the protection of our Heavenly Father who is always on the Throne and never sleeps or slumbers.
5. Laughter…. a group of preachers teasing one of their own for wearing a fancy shirt to a seminar, like he is trying to impress the woman he is engaged to . You need not speak the language to understand that once in a while even in a society where laughter and smiling is not the norm it is good clean fun kid around with each other. We have experienced many things over the last two weeks without being able to fully communicate. Imagine what it will be like after we learn to speak their language.
Things we take for granted .
1. Driving in a vehicle- Motion sickness of a village girl who had never been in a car we had to stop every 15 min. for her to get out and get sick.
2. Eating cake with a fork- Pastor Stephen trying to eat a piece of strawberry cake Terry made with a fork. He had never eaten strawberry cake and did not know how to cut it up with a fork.
3. Filleting fish to eat from Lake Turkana and giving the heads to Peter the guard to feed his family for a week
4. Water bottles used for Illustration in Sunday’s message at Nepatet Church, Old Mama came after service pleading for the empty bottles.
5. No flowers in Turkana 4 Valentines Day