I had never thought of us as bush whacking
missionaries but we can now claim that title!
Thursday, January 23rd we loaded the first bike onto the roof
of our car and headed out into the interior. As we traveled the paved road,
it became a sandy dirt road, it narrowed to a trail, then narrowed even more to
a path. Then we encountered a huge obstacle
- low hanging trees!
Thoughts of “How are we going to get the
bike through?” went through our heads!
We said a prayer, then pulled out the hack saw and tree loppers and set
to trimming the trees! “Be prepared” is
the motto of the Boy Scouts and because Don had loaded the saw and pruners into
our travel box we were able to get through.
We had to stop and trim back the trees six more times before reaching
our destination.
As
you can see, Mutua Muinde was happy we got through!
He lives a long distance from his church
and village. He had been making the trip
on crutches. We are so glad he now has wheels!
Here he is with his pastor, his brother,
mother and a neighbor!
We drove 26 miles back to Kibwezi to pick
up the two remaining bikes and headed to the village of Masongalini where
Matola Mbithi and Kenedy Muli were waiting on their bikes. This route wasn’t nearly as challenging!
We were so pleased that Kenedy and Matolo
were pleased with their new transport!
We were honored to be able to bless these men with their new bikes. We also gave them a bag of rice, corn, beans,
salt, tea and sugar.
Here are Kenedy and Matolo taking their
first test drive down the main street of their village. They are really rolling now!
A special thank you to all our partners
for providing these three bikes and the food! We love
how God works though the people who pray and give to BPM. It blesses us to be part of God’s plan to
bless others!
Please continue to pray for us as we hold
our first Foundations of Our Faith seminar for 2014 this week. It will be our first time to hold a class in
this rural area which is about 2 1/2 hours from Nairobi.
In His Service, because He said go!
Don and Becky Cameron
