Tonight we had dinner with my friend Steve. Steve lives in Kenya, near Nairobi. I met Steve in 2007 during my first trip to Kenya. Steve is the son of a Pastor, and a Pastor himself, at a church in Mathare Valley Slum - the oldest slum in East Africa. Steve is also the Assistant Director of Sanctuary of Hope, a ministry through Hope's Promise. Steve, and his family, have become dear friends to me throughout the years. God's grace has enabled us to be connected through technology and every so often we get to have true face time. :) Steve has been in the States for the past 3 weeks doing some work with Hope's Promise and my old church, the church Mathare Worship Centre is still connected to. At dinner tonight I took the opportunity to ask Steve some questions, to hear from his perspective and heart about some things. Who better to ask than one who was born, grew up, and lives in the country? Who better to ask than one who has true observations about things and not just ones that aren't meant for "good behavior"? I appreciate Steve's diplomacy with me and his honesty with me about what we discussed. I appreciate, and am grateful, for these friends I have that help me to have an expanded worldview.
"We realized that the important thing was not the film itself but that which the film provoked." Fernando Solanas
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