Overcoming evil with God's love!

On Tuesday we were in Nairobi for some shopping for Mercy Child Foundation (pictures and details on the next blog entry).

We had some interesting conversations while in Nairobi. We saw a preview ad of a movie where one of the actors had on a KKK outfit. We asked Pauline and Mutuku if that meant anything to them. Pauline said it didn’t but she wouldn’t trust the person and would be skeptical of him. I thought it was interesting that the outfit would stir up in her those types of emotions even though she had no idea what it was about. We also asked if the “N” word meant anything to them, but that too didn’t have any meaning here. A half a world away and what a difference there is – but I’ve noticed that human nature is the same everywhere. We are just as prone to evil here as we are in the states, or Europe or China. It’s only with the help and guidance of the Holy Spirit that we can give those evil inclinations over to God and allow Him to work through us for His good and purpose. We’ve heard of reverends refusing to take in orphans during school holiday because they “don’t have the same grace” as those helping the orphans. Some children at Mercy have been given up by their mothers because they’ve gotten remarried and moved away with their new husband. A child at Nice View went home during the holiday (it would have been for about a week) and no one was home so he begged for food from the neighbors and slept at home by himself until Ruth found out and brought him back to the Academy. This is the child the reverend refused to take in! A child at Mercy has some sort of disease on his hands but no way of getting to the clinic or cash for the clinic. (We are going to be taking the clinician who works with Nice View to Mercy to check out the children and see what medicine is needed). So I know that evil exists everywhere, but I know that my Father in Heaven hears these children and His judgment will judge us all on how we helped the widows and orphans. “Do not take advantage of a widow or an orphan. If you do and they cry out to me, I will certainly hear their cry. My anger will be aroused…” Exodus 22:22:24a. We are all called to use our gifts for the Kingdom whether that be on the ground, giving funds, organizing fundraisers etc. we can promote the love that Christ taught and show these children God’s love for them.