R.I.P. … dear Peugeot.
This is a story about a faithful servant of God who has given her all to the work of the Kingdom. Rising above each challenging occasion she went above and beyond the call of duty… not caring for herself but sacrificially giving … all that she had. At only 28 years old she had attained, in our hearts and minds, the prestigious title of … ‘Indispensable’ .
Now … let it be known that we understand that in Kenya, servants of her kind must be able to ‘take a licking and keep on ticking’ . They must be able to bear burdens they were not ‘designed’ to bear.
Be that as it may… with trepidation and deep-felt gratitude…we offer this story of our dear old car … the ‘amazing french workhorse’ … the Peugeot.
This is the picture of what she looked like when she was first created…
And this is how she looked when she came to be with us…
Alas.... this is how she looked after only 6 months.
But how she threw herself into the work… she heroically carried speakers and chairs to our churches…
Motorcycles from Masai Mara..
Tons and tons of bags full of sand to our construction site…
Along with hundreds and hundreds of gallons of water…
Scores of twenty foot hardwood poles…
Well over a 200 ten foot fence post…
A mile of water pipes that small trucks couldn’t carry up our driveway…
Multitudes of needy people…
And even a baby cow!
She traveled roads that four wheel drives feared to go…
She got stuck in many exotic places ...
Sometimes she over heated, bless her over worked heart, forcing us to seek water in deserts, crocodile infested waters…
All the while, listening to my encouragement for her to press on just a little bit further…
And she listened… even while losing mufflers,
Gas tanks and other internal parts.
Always bravely moving on… as we bandaged her up to complete the journey!
She has been in emergency rooms all over Eastern Kenya… as they too pieced her back together, enabling her to carry us safely all the way home.
And though we are eternally grateful for her service and sacrifice… our readiness to lay her down and let her enter into her final rest… has become evident... which you can see so clearly on my wife’s face.
May all who read these solemn words, find it in your hearts to help give this ever so faithful servant... rest. Much love ... the StoneHouse Family.
3 comments:
Well said and well-pictured, as usual. Your photography blogs are worthy of much praise.
Great story!
Thank you Shammah and Dossie. Hope you both had a great Thanksgiving... we did. We met with five of our American and Kenyan families and indulged our pallets with great 'Thanksgiving food' and some wonderful fellowship. We also visited with some wonderful young adults who were on an eleven month mission trip. They are part of an organisation called World Race. Neat bunch of kids.
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