Not Good Enough?

[DaViE] Ok.. so here we go again.. not posting quite as much as we'd like to..Anyway.. ever have those days you can't sleep.. wake up early and stumble upon some old movie.. whose title you can't even remember..that was this morning...Those who know me are aware of my intense love of music..and what I stumbled upon this morning was pure gold.. Here are the lyrics of 'I Ain't Good Enough' by Beyonce and Walter Williams :

took me a while
but i'm finally here
so i just wanna testify
make it crystal clear
see i've been picked out
to be picked on
talked bout outta me friends mouth
i've been beat down
til he turned my life around
(turn my life around)

seems like i always fall short
of bein worthy
cuz i aint good enough
but he still loves me

i aint no superstar
the spotlight aint shinin on me
(no no no no no)
cuz i aint good enough
but he still loves me
loves me

i used to wake up somedays
and wish i'd stayed asleep
cuz i went to bed on top of the world
today the worlds on top of me
everybody's got opinions
(they share)
they aint been in my position
(they don't care)
that it breaks my heart when i hear what they
have to say about me yeah
(what they say)

seems like i always fall short (fallin short)
of bein worthy (lord i aint worthy)
cuz i aint good enough (no no)
but he still loves me (still loves me)

i aint no superstar
i wanna be for you
the spotlight aint shinin on me
(but i want to be for you)
cuz i aint good enough
but he still loves me

i'm not perfect
(i'm not perfect)
yes i do wrong
(yes i do wrong)
i'm trying my best
(trying my best but)
but it aint good enough
(just aint good enough)
shunned by the world
(shunned by the world)
if i don't succeed
cuz i aint good
but he still loves me
(i just aint good enough)

if you aint worthy just raise your hands
and let me know that you understand
that we are all so blessed
to be loved, loved

stand for him or fall for anything
cuz through his eyes we all look the same
what will we do
without out pain

feels like we always fall short
of bein worthy (we are not worthy)
cuz i aint good enough
but he still loves me
i aint no superstar
(i aint no superstar but i wanna be for you lord)
the spotlight aint shinin on me
cuz i aint good enough
(oh)
but you still love me

i'm not perfect
yes i do wrong
i'm tryin my best but
(tryin my best)
it aint good enough
(i'm not good enough)
shunned be the word
(shunned by the world)
if i dont succeed
(i dont succeed-ceed-ceed)
cuz i aint good enough
but he still loves me
(child sing with me)
i'm not perfect
yes i do wrong
i'm tryin my best but
it aint good enough
(but the lord's been so good to me)
shunned be the word
(shunned by the world)
if i dont succeed
cuz i aint good enough
(i aint good enough)
but he still loves me
(the lord still loves me)

no i aint good enough
but he still loves me
(raise your hands if ya understand)
no i aint good enough
(how he blessed you cuz he blessed you too)
but he still loves me
(even though i aint worthy)
no i aint good enough
(you aint worthy, he's there for you)
but he still loves me
(no matter what i do)
no i aint good enough
(i aint good enough)
but he still loves me
(but the lord still loves me)

Congratulations!

[DaVie] Haven't written anything in a while... anyway.. just wanted to say CONGRATULATIONS to Ann and Steve who have decided that tomorrow is the day to be joined together in Holy Matrimony.. they decided that long time ago but either way.. the day is tomorrow.. so.. Congratulations are in order...

Bloggin Fossil!

[Davie] Ok.. so we went to Fossil Rim over the weekend..and for those who did not make it .. i can tell you missed a special time. Next time I say 7am.. I mean it ... but please ask me what time zone I'm talking about.. It was interesting being one with nature.. or rather pretending to be. Someone told Harriet that if I rhino is chasing you.. climb a tree.. the problem is no one told her the Rhino at Fossil Rim is behind an electric fence..so.. this is what we ended up with..


Someone summoned the troops.. doesn't it look like they are up to no good?.. ok they were protesting the Rhino behind the electric fence...man they look serious... everywhere we go..people always ask us.. who we are.. and where do we come from...


This kinda reminded me of Harriet trying to talk to Roba... hey.. hey.. hey.. listen!..
Response: Huh!...


Mike think the animals here are having a very good time.. If this was a place some of us know well.. people might mistake this for a new kinda goat..


Can you say 'Colgate!'.. Thank you miss first name , middle initial.. (inside joke for those who were there)..


Silas looks like he is trying to protest Pastor T taking ALL the lunch meat.. Oh.. and thank you Gracie.. Muchos Grac..whatever!.. you know what I'm trying to say.. Next time .. ok.. you did good.. no complaints..


Now.. I really don't know what Miko is saying here.. but with Nicko and Silo listening sooo intently.. must be good.. He he he he he .. and don't ever threaten to leave Mike behind.. someone nearly tanned our hides for thinking it..


I own this road.. kapisch!...


I wonder how this conversation was going...
Osi: I can ran faster than you
Nicko: Wewewe.. don't play.. I can mistake you for turkey and eat you for thanksgiving...


Ya.. I know... this image is disturbing... lol!


and let me let you in on a little secret.. now we know what 'Rudi' does during Christmas off-season..and all that red nose thingy is just a story..he kinda looks like a goat too..


Gate-keepers!.. I wonder who shaves these folks ..now if Mike had his way.. a cheetah or something introduced to the park once a month or so.. with make these animals stop lounging around doing nothing...


And who painted my donkey?..


aaah.. and here we are.. explorers of a new frontier.. mirror mirror on the wall.. who is the blackest of them all? Actually I think Pastor T is giving me competition... Thank y'all for coming .. t'was fun..

Fossil Rim!

[Davie] Ok.. the plans are rolling for this weekend... If you have not responded and would like to join us.. please let someone from the commitee know by end of today.. we wil lbe leaving the church at 7am..

Something else coming up.. the Youth are having a service on the 30th of this month and we would like to be able to support them..so Pastor thomas and I will be calling upon you for help...

No Limits!

[Davie] We have not posted in a while but got some things to let you know about... Harvest Celebration 2007 is around the corner and it's never too early to give info.. so here .. and here ... So if you miss it... don't blame anyone..

We are taking a trip next weekend to Fossil Rim. If you are interested in joining us (and I hope all the young adults can make it) please contact any of the committee members..This will be a great time to just get together and don something different...no more watching the Animal Planet having no idea what the rest of God's creation really looks like.. so.. more info coming as the week progresses..

Also some shoutouts.. SLIGHTLY belated Happy Birthday! to Pastor Thomas and Juliet Oduor... June Birthdays.. and if I've forgotten anyone.. Happy Happy Birthday....

Retreat Part V

[Davie]...Ok.. time to conclude the retreat blogging.. thanks to all the people at camp Hiblitzelle for having us crazy folk.. we know we cannot make up our minds as to whether we want the Barn at 70 or 100 deg.. thanks for working with us.. for the foodservice folks...only 1/2 an hour late.. that's not late.. really?.. is that late?...thanks for working with us.. the food was 'Bene' ...but first things first.. So last night.. Pastor Philip and fam joined us for dinner...as you can see... we did not plan to have them..(Section Closed!).. but we accepted and went along with it..WE PRECIATE YOU!!!!
...who you talking to girl!..seriously..when they finally invent a phone that is like a hearing aid.. glued to your ear.. I'll buy you one..
...and talk about sneaking in and out.. who is this dude?..was good to see you though....
...now this ons speaks for itself...Pastor T and Jane are special...WE PRECIATE YOU TOO!..I'll show this to your son one day...lol!
... ok so only 2 people made it to prayer this morning..do NOT ever have Kungu wake up people...He knocks worse than the popo...i'm sure he left dents on the doors..but we had to close by eating the wonderful breakfast made by the foodservice folks.. I know y'all thought it was cereal when you walked in.. but wasn't that hash brown casserole just plain wonderful??? ..oh.. this picture...this has been the state of the union this whole weekend.. a whole lot of laughter, confusion and the desire for TEA... so that's why Mr Mike there is holding the flasks...
..so now it is over.. but the blessings flowed.. people got renewed.. we fellowshipped.. socialized..ate again and again and again.. and left...sounds productive huh!..Until next time.. let's all say RETREAT EEEEH!....

Retreat Part IV

[Davie] 8.04 pm...told you more was to come. This has been an interesting day... Let me start with that Hummer.. the one that Kungu has been dreaming about...yes.. this one..
thanks to B and Debbie for joining us an talking about finances.. we learnt a lot.. especially that 'Waceke' is having issues with her electric bill because she 'steams' herself 'continually'...Kungu uses his matress as a savings account...a credit score is not an integer between 1 and 10...man.. lots of things..a wonderful great learning experience...then we had to eat AGAIN...and I guess people were not hungry because this is a 3 man lunch crowd....
...did I mention that Benson joined the party at some point...thank you bro...and you kno who that hat reminds us of..
...after lunch...we decided to play ball... here is Kungu getting taught by Pam...you go girl!
...and here is Mr Mike...he was the star of team whatever...this is a pick and roll without a member of the other team threatening to take the ball away.. go figure..

by the way.. it's 8.24 pm...and Mike is preaching to us..and Tom and Dee just showed up...I can tell them we miss them but I'm sure they know it...ok.. back to the day..so Nicko joined the party...this man was sent to injure someone....
...but Kungu has him in check...it's against the rules to shove in basketball but we suspended the rules to allow for checks and balances...
...ok.. nuff about basketball.. team Jaymoh, Davie, Cathy and Edith took the gold... the others could not handle once we got hot...we had to run to the evening session...thanks to the couples who joined us and allowed us to use them for target practise...knowledge, wisdom and experience can never be overrated...a lot of stuff discussed.. we need a whole day together to really tap into all of it... but let's go on to what happened after the round-table.. we had to eat.. AGAIN...I did not want to show picture of food.. but I had to add these.. Lorna joined us..during the round table...we preciate you

ok.. Mike is preaching.. let me behave and listen.. he just told me that every relationship has a personality... we need to be effective Christians...let the fire of God be the foundation of everything...