Supernatural Solutions

I had an interesting conversation with a former professor yesterday over lunch. I had heard that she did some sabatical work on female circumcision in Kenya and was presenting her work during a chapel. I wasn't able to go and hear her presentation, (obviously intreged from growing up in Tanzania) I emailed her and asked if we could meet and talk.

Her work had mostly been with Kikuyu, as one of the professors from the Sociology/Social Work Department is a Kikuyu and was hosting her trip. (don't even get me started on my tribal tendency of Maasai and Kikuyu rivalries! :0) But needless to say it was an interesting coversation and I enjoyed hearing what she learned and being heard myself.

She said "Life is so much more raw in Africa. You have to have unconditional and complete faith for provision and sustainance. I would have never given God credit for the things He did for me there if I had been back here in the States."

She told me a story of a trip they were taking from Nairobi to Kisumu. They were on the road, packed with loris, and had been at a stand-still for more than four hours. Her Kikuyu colleage called one of his pastor friends in the area and told him to start praying for a supernatural solution. Not five minutes after the coversation, the traffic was moving again.

They were all praising God and she said "That is so amazing, I would have never thought that my prayers moved traffic in the States" and the Kikuyu said "Lisa, God is working on our prayers weeks before we ever pray them."

So simple, so African.
Praise God!