“Karam! Karam-nyo-man! Nyo-man!”
Tales from Pokot, Africa from Mike Crawford and Moe Lunn
This month, a team of Jacob’s Well’ers traveled to Asilong Village in the Pokot region of Northwestern Kenya, where Jacob’s Well has funded ten fresh water boreholes over the past few years and is now working on the construction of a secondary school (high school). Sam De Jong, Toby & Maureen (Moe) Lunn, and Mike & Macyann Crawford, along with Marc Steyer–an engineer from California who assisted with the school design–spent ten days in Asilong both assisting with construction and getting to know the Pokot people.
Mike Crawford shares, “We were welcomed us with a warmth and hospitality that made us feel right at home. The People of Pokot always greeted us with an enthusiastic “Karam! Karam-nyo-man! Nyo-man!” (TRANSLATION: “I’m doing fine! I’m doing very fine! Very fine!) and a brisk, extended-length handshake whether we were on the trail, around the fire or entering their homes.
“Mike, for the moment I know you would leave on Thursday, but I recognize our friendship will last forever, although we will be aparted by geographical distance but that one would not matter…”
No Joel, that one would not matter…although we are separated by a great distance, the love of Christ draws us near to each other’s hearts and that one is “very ok”!