Meto – we miss you

We are glad to be back home, but I think I can speak for the team when I say I miss Kenya and all the new friends we made in Meto. The Massai are some of the most incredible people I have met so far. They seem to have a smile on their faces all the time, they make you feel so very welcome, and they always want to hold your hand, touch your hair, or just follow you around. I have traveled to many different places, but I have never had a 150 person choir waiting for me upon arrival. It was amazing. Amazing to hear them sing, amazing to feel God’s presence after 48 hours of traveling, amazing to be welcomed in such a unique way. The Massai don’t have much. The clothes they wear, some plastic beads, and livestock. That’s pretty much all they have. But when they sing it feels like it is them and God and that’s all they need for that moment. It is incredible that we had the honor to be part of it for a couple of days.

Their life is so different than ours. No paved roads, no electricity, no running water, no grocery stores, internet access, TV shows, movie theaters, restaurants, or all you can eat buffets. But somehow God made it possible for us to become friends and to make us one big family! And even more than that, without all the amenities we have and just to be honest, that I enjoy a lot, God met us in the middle of nowhere. He touched me in a way that I would have probably not been touched with the TV running in my living room or the music blarring from the radio. It was amazing to be among people far away from home, far away from civilization, that love God with all their hearts. It was truly contagious. We will definitely be back – hopefully soon!

Mareike

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