"The Church of Christ is HIV positive."

We had a preacher from Nairobi, Kenya speak to us this past Wednesday night and we heard him again at the area-wide singing on Sunday evening. Nyabuto Marube, pronounced (Nyuh- BOOT oh, -- Ma RU bee) made this statement at the Sunday evening service where probably 4-6 congregations were represented.

Nyabuto then quoted 1 Cor. 12.25-26, putting emphasis on verse 26 about how if one part of the body suffers, every part suffers with it. He shared this with the story of a man who had left behind a wife and several children for the Kayole Church of Christ to look after when this man died of AIDS.

Wow! The characteristics of Jesus as the savior taking on our afflictions, being a man of sorrows and being familiar with rejection and being ostracized had never been clearer than when hearing this man speak. I hope I can springboard off the inspiration he has given me to reach out, as Nyabuto is, to a community as desperate for the good news of Christ as any I've ever talked to before.