Guided By the Holy Spirit

Jambo and muga to everyone!

This past week has been really busy and exciting.  We have started our cerebral palsy clinic here in Mikinduri. We are having the clinic on Wednesdays and last week saw 25 children and this week around 12 children.  Enrique and Carolina Wulff (with Mission Doctors Association) come from Nkubu and Enrique (a pediatric neurologist specialist) sees the patients. 

He is teaching Carolina and I how to do physical therapy for the children we see.  It is so rewarding working with these children.  There are so many children here in this area with neurological problems and most of that is due to the lack of pre-natal care.  We are planning on going into the high schools here and teaching about the importance of prenatal care and preventative care.  I really feel the Holy Spirit is guiding us on this mission.

I am starting catechism classes this week for the 7th and 8th graders at St. Dorothy school.  My first class will be today and I will be teaching about All Saints Day and All Souls Day.  I am starting a book of remembrance to have all the students write the names of their loved ones and this will continue throughout the month of November.  We will ask the priests to offer the Masses in November up for all of these souls.

 

I went to Nkubu for the weekend and spent it with Carolina and Enrique.  It is so wonderful having them close by. They are like family to me!  We talked about and met several people that we want to start projects with.  The Chaplain from the local prison would like us to come out to visit with those incarcerated here.  I would love to visit with the women prisoners and start a prayer group with them.  I would like to have a weekly rosary and chaplet of divine mercy prayer session every week.  We also talked to the director of a clinic run by the Diocese of Meru which works with the blind and disabled.  He really would like all of us to come and help out at their clinic.

There really is so much to do and Father B is so supportive of me doing anything I feel called to do.  This is truly an amazing experience for me and although at times I just want to give up and come home, the Holy Spirit puts things in my path to remind me of why I am here and I am reminded to be grateful for this opportunity to serve these wonderful folks here in Kenya. 

I want to thank Lay Mission-Helpers for allowing me this opportunity to do just that!

Please continue to keep me and the work I am doing in your prayers.

Love Kathleen/Makena