Travelling through Nairobi is an experience! Today we set off just after 7.00am for Variety Village, a training centre for young people with disabilities. Many of the young people who arrive here have not been to school and have found difficulty in finding acceptance in their communities. One girl had been shut in one room for years, the assumption being that she could do nothing. However at the centre she produces knitted garments of a professional standard. We visited the many different classes and in every room we were filled with admiration for the incredible work being done here. This is a truly beautiful expression of grace to those who have often, in the past been written off as useless.
If this was not enough to amaze us, we then moved on to Thika School for the Blind. Here we first visited the Nursery, which we will be painting next week. We met the nursery children and watched open mouthed as their teachers, themselves blind, organised the children. At School assembly we met the whole school. The love of the staff for these unwanted children, and the love they have for one another is tangible and all embracing. Then came the moment of the day. It was like a giant wave that knocks you off your feet. The choir stood to sing and suddenly this fantastic sound hit our ears and melted our hearts.
Days like today change you. Fitting that back at our accommodation we sang to Jesus 'Your grace still amazes me'.
Carol
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