KESHA

Last night we hosted 70 youth from the Grace Bible Baptist Church for a Youth Kesha.  A Kesha is basically an all night watch service.  We started the activity with supper and ended it with breakfast.  In between the two "eating times" we had a time of preaching, singing, games and etc.  Our house was quite crowded with the youth but we managed to survive the night without too much trouble and without the neighbors calling the police on us!

I preached from Matt 6:33 and really tried to challenge the youth to keep their priorities right. Much of the Western World culture has found its way into Kenya and unfortunately most of that culture does not tend to draw one closer to God.  Most Kenyans view the U.S. as "Christian" and are often ready and willing to accept what comes from her.   We take great efforts to separate our youth from the worldliness of Western Culture and are blessed to have some of the best youth anywhere in world.

One event that took place at the Kesha will keep our youth talking for years to come.  Around 4:00 am we took every one outside and gathered around a "bonfire" for a time of singing, testimonies, story telling and etc.  We had the bonfire underneath a large tree and unknown to most everyone we had someone high up in the tree wearing a full gorilla suit.  The "gorilla" was throwing "seeds" down at the crowd below.  It was real dark night and somewhat difficult to see but finally someone noticed what they thought was a "big bird" high up in the tree.  About that time the "gorilla" gave off a very realistic sounding "roar" and began scampering down the tree.  The reaction was what I expected and was one of the funniest things I have ever seen.  I wish I could have captured it on video as it would have been an overnight sensation on You Tube.  The line for the toilet suddenly got longer!



Our friendly neighborhood Gorilla