Maasai Baptism

This last week seemed to be on fast forward, so am taking a day off today to rest before finishing up in the office tomorrow and flying out tomorrow night.

Last weekend was very eventful and a highlight for me on this trip. Sabbath, 28 Maasai men and women were baptized from the KMQ area at the Kajiado main church. There were supposed to be 30 but two of them missed the transport vehicle. We sent Ogecha back to get them but by then they had already walked home. Word came to us later, that they were so disappointed that they missed the baptism. I guess the lorry we hired to bring them wanted to go somewhere after dropping them so did not want to wait for them. The candidates were well received by the church who provided food for them. This was especially appreciated because most people came with hungry stomachs due to the continued drought in their area. After the baptism we presented each candidate with a Ki-Maasai Bible.

As we were sitting in church that morning, to our surprise, MDP Lay Pastor, Joseph Sampao was called to the front for ordination as church elder. Our workers had kept this as a surprise. What a privilege to witness this event. It was a long day, but one that I would not have missed for anything.

Jan Meharry
Founder/Executive Director
Maasai Development Project - www.4mdp.org
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