It's time to start being the church...Nathan Schraeder

Today was the best day so far at Maassai corner and unfortunately our last. The kids here will leave you speechless. They are so well behaved! They are so polite and the expressions on their faces throughout the day are hilarious. They just looked so genuinely happy.

 One thing that God has showed me on this trip is how few possessions we need to actually be happy. Which is kind of a "duh" thing until you really see it from people who have what we consider nothing. Even though they literally build their homes using sticks, mud, and leaves, they hold more value in family, friendship, and, especially in our case, taking care of complete strangers. While the rest of the world thinks of them as weak, underprivileged and in need of our help they in reality could teach us than we could ever imagine.

The main thing that God has shown me, though, is how "big" his gospel really is. What I mean is that this is most definitely NOT a small world after all. The planet we live on is so vast in size. And with all the people crowding the planet it makes me feel much smaller and, for the big picture, fairly insignificant. Yet God sent His son for each of us as individuals. And Jesus willingly went to the cross not just for a bunch of sinners but for each specific person that He designed and created so perfectly and intricately. God is such a big deal and we have such a limited time to tell everyone about Him but we waste that time worrying about working and saving for retirement so that we can either impress the neighbors or live "comfortably."

It's time to start being the church.