A NEW JOY

  How good it is to go with God!  He brings joys every morning and peace every night.  And I have a new joy in my life.

  It is not easy to stay in touch with our students after they leave Kamulu and seek their own way in Nairobi, and it used to be really difficult.  But now we have Facebook, and our former students make good use of it.  There are several joys connected to this.

  And they do not tell us when they put the cat out, or how many cups of coffee they had today.  Instead, they write about LIFE, the good and the bad.  They pour out their troubles and they state their faith.

  For example, today one of our former students wrote that she doesn't understand herself. She wants to do the right thing, but she does the bad instead.  She feels terrible.  She asks, "has anyone else ever felt like that?"  And another former student responded, "It's all there in Romans 7:14-20.  Read that idea!"  So I responded that I was glad our students stay in touch with one another, and one of them wrote back, "That's our mentor Charles."

  That's my new joy!  That Caylah and Rehab and Shiko and Dennis and others tell us what they think and feel and believe.  And we pray for one another, and our lives are enriched.