Family Worship Centre

Happy Monday!

Well I have had another great week. I am now almost completely adjusted to our crazy schedule including the 5am jogging. My body is not nearly as sore as it was the first week and I am running farther and farther every day. I have memorized 13 verses to date. Only 47 more to go! I am amazed at the capacity of my brain to retain all the words and spit them out in order everyday. I literally walk around talking to myself, running through the verses over and over again. I still can’t imagine that I will be able to ramble off 60 verses by the end of March. Crazy!

This Saturday, a group of us got to visit a bible club at Limuru Girls High School. My heart was so excited when I found out I was going. I love girls! My passion is to work with, mentor, and love on young girls here in Kenya. We had a great time. The girls were full of so much energy and psych (as Kenyans like to say). We sang and danced and shared songs and skits. Afterwards we got the chance to sit with them and talk while enjoying a cup of tea. It was a special afternoon. My cheeks were hurting so bad from smiling so much.

I have been recruited for the singing team! Ha! I guess the leaders here thought that I have singing potential. I don’t have a terrible voice but it’s not great. They chose 6 students to be apart of this team. We will be rehearsing and going out to sing in schools, churches, functions, etc. I love having the opportunity to get out and meet new people and see what God is doing in their lives.

Other than that, God is good all the time. To be honest, classes this week were hard to stay awake in. I found my eyes trying to shut on me a lot. But I am enjoying learning, learning, learning. I am doing really well too on my assignments and tests. I am quite proud of myself!

Thanks for your prayers. I felt much better this week even though many of the others had colds and stomach issues.

Please pray this week for my classes that I would be able to stay more alert. Our final exam is this week too so I must be prepared. Please pray for rest. I am really tired. I seriously have not had a significant amount of time to myself. Pray for safety for our compound. We live in a bit of an unstable community. Just last week some members of Mungiki, which is like an underground terrorist group here in Kenya, decided to burn a van just down the road from us. So keep our peaceful compound in your prayers.

Otherwise, I will continue to tell you how much I love it here. My days are full of laughter! The other students are becoming good friends and I am enjoying getting to know them. Last week I spent an afternoon pulling weeds but it was one of the best afternoons I have had because of the people I was with. I thoroughly enjoy being with them. Even this morning at our 5am jogging we couldn’t stop laughing. I have got JOY JOY JOY JOY down in my heart!

If you would like to send me mail, here is my mailing address:

Nikole MacGregor

c/o Word Of Life

29120

00625

Nairobi, Kenya

Please note that some packages are hard to receive if they have anything of great value in them. Plus the officials who deal with customs are generally corrupt. So anything small and light is wonderful.

I try to update my blog a few times a week with pictures so you can check it out if you want to see what my world is like. www.movingwithcompassion.blogspot.com

Love,

Nikole MacGregor