Joyful Reunion

On Sunday night I spent the night at Mary and Naftali's house. I walked up to the familiar apartment and stopped at the doorway in shock. The apartment was brimming over with people. About twenty of Mary's cousins and siblings were there, seated on all the couches and every part of the floor. Whoa!

They were having a "cousins meeting." I wasn't able to discern exactly what the purpose of that is, but I know they have a secretary and a treasurer and all kinds of other officers among the cousins. Considering that Mary is involved, this level of structure and organization doesn't come as too big of a surprise. :-)

They were singing, dancing, and having a great time-- all in Kikuyu. I hugged Mary as soon as I spotted her, and met their new 8 month old son David. He instantly greeted me by yanking on my shirt and pulling it way down in front of all of her cousins. Nice!

Once all the cousins left, the sitting room was swept, tea was made, David was fed and put to bed, and dinner was served, I was able to sit down and catch up with them for a loooooong time.

I could see Mary was exhausted, and expected that with her being a mom now we'd be headed to bed earlier than our usual. But no! We even outdid ourselves. We stayed up talking and praying together until 4:30am. It was amazing to reconnect and hear about all that has been happening in the ministry and in their lives. It was such a beautiful visit.