Run Data Run - Joytown (Half)Day 12

A quick and uneventful day today as we spent the afternoon "home" at SACDEP to finish spreadsheets and crunch data into graphs and meaningful information.

The team headed to Joytown in the morning like normal for devotionals, which were led by Nicole and I. We focused on 2 Corinthians 12:6-10 and each shared on the idea of Christ's (God's) power being made perfect in our weakness. Nicole expressed how focusing on self iniquities goes nowhere but that serving others brings joy and growth. I shared the Parable of the Cracked Pot which basically expresses the idea that we do not need to be perfect to fulfill God's will and serve others. In fact, God uses our specific weaknesses/cracks for good. We really are all crack pots… :)

The rest of the morning we double checked student demographic information with the Bethany Kids therapists then headed back to SACDEP for a home-base day of working on spreadsheets and stuff.

Other events from the "uneventful" day:

Really good team prayer meeting where we shared a praise about things that made us happy and specific relationships to pray for.
Stuffy nose and sore throat still lingering but feeling better
Prepping power point for pres to high school on Thursday (tomorrow)
Realization that our often quoted Swahili phrase "Ni poa ku chill", which we thought was a super cool 'way to say "I'm cool" or "I'm doing good", is actually and abstinence tag line that contextually means "It's cool to wait". Good thing we haven't been spouting the phrase all over Kenya… oh wait, we have...

Ni poa ku chill!

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Oh the Americans are here. Make spaghetti.

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