Day 1 in mtpeni

hey guys, today started off very shaky, the past year I have been praying for a little girl named Gladys, she was my baby at mtpeni the days I was there, and we were both the only ones to cry together the last day, most of the kids didn't know what was going on when we left but Gladys did. This year I was so excited to see her. When I got there this morning, Gladys looked like she was terrified. She wouldn't let any of us get near her, I felt like my heart was broken, I was so sad, I kept it together for our mission work where we went into the village to evangelize. In my group we saved over 7 people in 3 hrs, which is a blessing! On the way back to the school, I couldn't hold in my sadness any longer, I bawled all the way back and through lunch. I found out that she was afraid of white people now and they asked her if she remembered me and she said yes... which made me feel a little better. The pastor said it is probably because we got so close last year and it was really hard for her when we left, and so she knows we are gonna leave again so she doesn't want to go through that again. But after lunch I was in charge of sports and gladys was in my group. I got her to play jump rope and she finally warmed up to me, I can't express to you how happy I was to hug her and play with her again, just like last year. Tomorrow we are going back and I hope that she will continue to trust me again and know that I will be coming back each year for as long as I can. 

Tomorrow I will be in the medical group, which I'm very excited about because as most of my friends know I'm going to college for nursing and am planning on coming to kenya  to help out for 2 years after I graduate. Pray for Pastor Nazzaro's children, his 2 kids have malaria, and his 8 month old baby is running a fever. Pray for God's healing.

I will keep you updated, and mom and dad if your reading this PLEASE EMAIL ME.

I haven't even heard from yall, it's making me sad.

mimi nakupenda ( I love you), Tori