Another ROCK!!!

The Open Arms village is located on 52 acres in Mlango, Kenya about 30 minutes from Eldoret. The scenery in this rural area is superb during the wet season when the rains have turned the landscape into rolling hills of green vegetation. 

A work team from Milestone Church in Keller, Texas learned that it is also VERY rocky. They had the task of clearing an area about 50’ x 25’ for the floor of the Open Arms Academy dining room. It did not seem like much of a challenge until we attempted to level the space. Every implement that was put into the ground found a rock, root, or stump. Each time we removed a large rock there was another one underneath or nearby. Some were heavy boulders that required several men to lift or roll them into the growing pile of rocks outside the boundary. It took three days to complete the work! 

 

Some were discouraged at the end of the first day thinking we had not made much progress. It was all a matter of perspective. If we only looked at the work site, it did not look much different than before we started. When we looked at the huge piles of rock and debris in the perimeter, it was evident that much had been accomplished that day. 

We are reminded in scripture (Philippians 4:8-9) to meditate on whatever is true, noble, just, pure, lovely, …the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly…. 

The words “Where is your focus?” are hand written in the margin of my Bible next to these verses.