Once we dropped Mrs. Thairu off we went about our way in search of the Ectopour tick medicine, Highline feed, molasses, cement, and the ever important Chaff Cutter.
Mr. Wachira dropped Zach and I off at a feed store while he went to a friends of his hardware store to check on a price for the Chaff Cutter. That store was all sold out, so Mr. Wachira went to another friends store while Zach and I got the cement, molasses,and minerals. When we all met up again, Mr. Wachira came back empty handed. He tried four stores and not one of them had a cutter in stock. Usually during the rainy season stores are full of chaff cutters, but evidently people bought them early.
Not having the cutter changes everything. There will be no reason to get the cow if they don't have the proper equipment to take care of such a quality heifer. So if we can't find one, what am I supposed to do? Why would God send me all the way over here just to buy cement and feed? I started to loose faith, but something told me it would all work out. I don't know if it was my arrogance telling me that I usually get what I want or the Holy Spirit telling me to relax.
I asked Mr. Wachira if we could try one more place. He found one on the way out of town, but he didn't know the people who owned the store. At first it looked promising, but after much conversation Mr. Wachira turned to me with a sad look on his face. They didn't have any either. My heart dropped, but I wasn't going to just leave it at that. I am the type of person who goes about things from every angle. My tenacity has gotten me many things in life. My philosophy is ask and you shall receive. I started talking to the owner about the orphanage and what I was trying to accomplish. I guess the owner felt inspired to take part in the project. He called a hand full of stores in Nairobi. One store said they had one but it was manual, not with a motor. That was better than nothing, but not really what we needed. The owner saw the disappointment on my face and called the store in Nairobi back. I don't know what he said, but I could tell the tone of his voice to the person on the other end of the line was colorful. After being on the phone for quite some time, he looked at me and smiled. They had found a motor at another store. The price was what I was expecting, 35,000 ksh but they wouldn't go down on price, but they would do the delivery for free. Mr. Wachira was so happy. He said "Madame Tracy, you have shown me how faith in God can bring good things." It will be in Thika tomorrow at 3pm, two days before I leave.
I pray that those who don't have a relationship with God see His beauty and the happiness he brings to people.
GOD CREATED US TO SERVE. ARE YOU?
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