It was on Tuesday of this week and as our kids were preparing to leave for school in the morning, I had talked with Damaris on Monday night about her making some bit of visitation to meet some ladies who needed some guidance on some marital issues. As I was reminding her about the visits, and was about to walk off the door, she calmly called "Peter, remember I told you we've got no water at all in the house? Could you please pray with us that the Lord may provide... ?" It struck me hard and made me remember that I had a duty to fulfill as the head of my home even on water matters. I immediately called upon Njeri and Rachel and we all stood together in a circle holding hands and I called upon the Lord to provide us with water for our house use....AND right before we said our amen, there was a knock at our door - I got the door and there stood a young man, whom I did not know and he was asking whether we may be in need of water. I said yes, but told him we had no money to pay for it ( men in bikes go around our estates selling water for 30/= for a jerrican of 20 liters ) In our house, we had only 10/= that morning. The man exclaimed, "Am looking for anyone who may require water for free since my bike has broken down right by your gate and I've got an appointment to make in 10 minutes time". We hurriedly emptied the 5 x 20 litres cans into our empty water vessels and were left blessing the Lord's name for it.

One of our ladies, Margret, decided to begin with a low-risk situation after our second week, by asking her husband if he would mind praying for her sickly eyes. She has been ailing for some time now and her husband knew, so it was a place for her to give him an opportunity to have a moment of leadership. He's not a believer, but he didn't decline. He went ahead and prayed for her and that God would give him finances so he could take care of his "dear wife's eye treatments and medications." They have two sons, aged 4 and 2 years, and in eight years of being married, he has never led a prayer. Then, Sunday, he came to our Sunday worship service. I (the pastor) spoke with him a little bit after service and his wife standing beside him was beaming with true joy. He said that for some days he had noticed some 'changes' in his wife and at the moment she asked if he would lead in pray it suddenly hit him that she was trusting him as her leader, which she had never done before. Seeing this, plus the prayers for the husband from your book that she had left in an envelope for him each week, had made him decide to come and see where all this was 'originating' from. Praise God for him and we trust that more Moments of godly leadership will arise and eventually have him where God had intended him to be in that home.

One woman came to our house this week and was speaking with gladness as to how the Lord is beginning to work in their marriage after just two weeks of class. She told my wife and I how she has begun to see her husband 'soften up' as she herself has begun to put the teachings into practice and begun pleasing God rather than previous, her husband. She was speaking of how, on several occasions, she has been creating Moments of Leadership opportunities for her husband. For example, one day, their son came back from school after the schools reopened and had been told not to come until he had the proper uniform. The child explained it to his mom (as usual), and this time, instead of her rushing to go and fulfill her son's need without consulting her husband whatsoever, she asked her son to hold on until Dad was back home. During dinner, she brought up the issue and asked the son to let Daddy (here Dad is called BABA) know. After the son was done (it was difficult, for the boy had assumed all the time that Mummy was the master of his affairs, not Daddy) Daddy simply replied "Good. I will talk with Mummy and see what we shall do by tomorrow." Later on, the husband brought forth the issue and went on to suggest a solution. He asked whether it would be all right for him to go by the school himself, or both of them (he had not been given the chance to do so before). The wife agreed after he suggested they go together. The husband saw at least, a chance for him in that home, of being a leader. That may look cheap, but the excitement in this lady's eyes was a sign that something new was beginning to come.

Karen Haught