Children’s Relief International

Told by Emmanuel Chege, Mayatima staff
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One morning I asked Jane if I could tag along as she made her medical rounds. She replied, I wondered when you would ask! Just before we left, she handed me a suitcase, which I assumed would be filled with medications. But no. It was empty – until we stopped at a store on the way and filled it with potatoes, spinach and corn flour. With a twinkle in her eye, she said, This is why God sent you to walk with me today. You can carry it.

At our first stop we found Wairimu sitting just outside her small house. She looked tired and maybe a little sick. She had lost a son and a daughter, and now had two grandsons under her care. What would she say to us? I was surprised to hear this elderly woman express such a sense of joy and gratitude. Her mouth was full of praises to God for the small suitcase of food we bought. I left humbled.

We made several other stops and then as the day waned, headed home. On the long walk back I thought about the privileged position I have with the Mayatima project. Because of your donations, so far away in America and elsewhere, I get to help those who have so much less than I. I am learning to be thankful for my place and for God’s people, wherever they are.