This is a guest post by Nash.
It’s already 10th of September 2016. I guess most of us knew of what was happening on this particular day. Am so much excited. Yes, we are heading for #EORO Naivasha. It’s been quite a while since I went went to Naivasha. More specifically to go and evangelize. It’s a completely a new experience for most of us (the team heading to Naivasha for missions). We don’t have any idea of how we will be received. Will the people of Naivasha be receptive to us? Will they give their lives to Christ? Will they feel the urge to turn away from a bad past to living a completely new one in Christ? Will they feel encouraged?
My prayer and for most of the team was that God goes before us. We prayed that God may prepare the road for us. That He may lead us to grounds that He had already prepared. I believe that God is a faithful God. There was no way that He was going to put us to shame,not especially now that we were doing His business.
We all gather at our usual place for most of Kkrew Bible study events, that is at Bata Hilton. People streamed in with smiling faces and so much expectations in them. I don’t know if am the only one who was excited about traveling, but this was time for Jesus to be known in Naivasha. There is no pre-qualification for evangelism but one should be willing to share the love of Christ. God will lead you to the right person who needs to hear from Him through you. I got to meet different people with different personalities. For Naivasha, it was not only new people but new grounds too.
We were all set to leave. We said a short prayer and left Nairobi, driving along Waiyaki way all the way to the big town. Conversations started in the vehicles. Some of us hadn’t taken breakfast so we bought some snacks to re-energize ourselves. Soon we get to this beautiful landscape, the Rift Valley view point. It always looks spectacular in its own way. The area’s terrain was much greener with more vegetation. Little noise from the hooting of vehicles. We can spot abit of cattle and sheep. The trees are well taken care of and make the place look more beautiful. We are now at Kinungi town. Kinungi is that town that’s about 20kms to Naivasha where they sell maasai shuka and some ornaments. From this town you can clearly see the breathtaking Rift Valley escarpments, valleys and mist-ridden hills. Alot of activities take place in this town. I can now start feeling the change of weather. Nairobi had been cold during morning and evening hours for the last few days. I was used to carrying my coat with me. After some time, I get to hear a whisper that we were about to arrive. I try to peep outside the window to see the posters on the road. Yes ,we are at Naivasha town. It’s a bit hot and dusty.
We are now at Naivasha town, then confusion starts rocking. Remember, it’s not our usual EORO venue. So, we don’t have a specific venue. Naivasha is a small town compared to Nairobi. We alight from our vehicle, the people in town can already notice that they have visitors on this specific day. We finally spot an open space and gather to divide ourselves to much smaller groups to reach out to more people. Instructions are given on the area we were to cover. Naivas supermarket in Naivasha was our landmark for the day. I partnered with Ruth, by mere coincidence. We were to cover the lower part upto the railway. We get to this open ground, and many ideas strike our minds. What if we had an open air crusade? Yes, we would attract a large crowd. They would listen to us, but we wouldn’t get a chance to hear from them. We got to a boda boda guy who was waiting for a client. At this time, our group comprised of Cyrus, Alex (from media team), Ruth and I. As we talked to the bodaboda guy, more people joined to listen. We shared our experiences in life. We also got to hear from them. We later prayed with them.
As we walked, we spotted a young man at his business premise. He accepted to give us abit of his time. We had a lovely conversation with him. We planted a seed and continue to pray that God would convict Him in time. We walked around, by this time, it’s Ruth and I. There was this young man seated on the verandah. He was holding a pair of movies that he was going to watch or had probably watched. We passed by him but something kept on telling us to go and talk to him. We went back and introduce ourselves to him. We asked him if he knew of the connection between Ruth and Naomi in the Bible. He didn’t have an idea. So we got to explain to him through life example with ourselves. He had this beautiful smile, that made us more comfortable. He had heard about Jesus Christ through Churches, but he didn’t have a personal connection with Him. He was willing to give his life to Christ. We said a repentance prayer together and urged him to read the Bible oftenly.
Ruth and I were so excited. We had almost left behind this young man. Hadn’t we listened to the inner voice, the man wouldn’t have shared with us. We thanked God and gave Him glory. Just a few steps, we could see some people playing chess. It’s not easy to approach such a group, right? My partner urged me to approach them together. They agreed to listen to us. The left the game and paused to listen to us. It felt so nice deep inside. They all had different experiences. They asked us to pray for their different needs. We believed and held our hands for prayer. They were excited and urged us to visit the town some other time. We got to meet other different people, prayed and had fellowship together. Lessons were learnt from everyone we met. They welcomed us to their business premises. We have different denomination but are serving the same God.
Time was really running out fast. It was now around 3 p.m.We went for lunch at a certain joint. We had different experiences and got to share them. After the meal, we had a photo session with our media team. This team always captures the most beautiful moments on camera. Unfortunately it was time for us to leave Naivasha. It was a beautiful day for us. God came through for us. He had already gone ahead of us. We shared the love of Christ, life experience, people re-dedicated their lives to God, got salvation for the first time, lives were brightened through hope. All glory and honor to God and Jesus Christ. God kept us safe the whole day. We arrived in Nairobi safely and went to our respective homes.
Naivasha was a receptive town. We pray that the seeds we got to sow, will reap great harvest in good time. We thank God for Naivasha.
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