Just for Show

The house that I stayed at in the BUSH of Kakumat. Parents bedroom on the left and kids on the right.

Todd and I in the garden/farm with some of the workers at Kakumat.

Some more of the workers at Kakumat.

This is our nightly meal with the drilling crew. It is cornmeal (right) and Ugali (left). The cornmeal is tough to eat because it has no taste and little nutritional value. Ugali had cabbage, potatoes, beans, and some flavoring sauce.

This is our daily lunch meal. Akai calls it Beans and Corns. The beans are tolerable, but the maize is solid and reminds me of cattle feed.

FDA approved food storage under our tree in Nakor with the drilling crew.

Three boys who sat beside me at church in Nakor.

The church service in Nakor. It is under the biggest shade tree we could find. The order of the service is listed on the blackboard. Church contains about 10 items, 3 of which are 30 minute sermons. One is done on the first reading. The second is done on Communion and Tithing. The third is a separate message done on a 2nd reading.

Me getting water from the garden...

...for my 5 star bath with complementary thorns and peeping goats.

I know you are thinking...why a picture of his dirty feet? Well something hit me in my bible reading. In a hot desert area of Turkana with all the walking and treking in sandals, one thought popped into my head...

...the washing of feet.

Can you imagine walking all day and then reclining for a meal with your dirty feet by the very food you were about to eat? That is something we do every meal and also something the disciples experienced. In John 13, the scene is set and it has been redefined for me...

12When he had washed their feet and put on his outer garments and resumed his place, he said to them, i“Do you understand what I have done to you?  13jYou call me kTeacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am.  14If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, lyou also ought to wash one another's feet.  15For I have given you an example, mthat you also should do just as I have done to you.  16Truly, truly, I say to you, na servant1 is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.  17If you know these things, oblessed are you if you do them.  18pI am not speaking of all of you; I know qwhom I have chosen. But rthe Scripture will be fulfilled,1 s‘He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.’  19tI am telling you this now, before it takes place, that when it does take place you may believe that I am he.  20Truly, truly, I say to you, uwhoever receives the one I send receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.” I can't imagine the disciples feelings...my dirty, muddy, toe jammy, grimy, sweaty, dusty feet ...my Savior, the Son of Man, the Messiah, the Lamb of God just washed those feet. Wow... ...what experience it would have been and what a challenge is poses for me and you