1. “Would you pray?” Dr Florence
I was standing outside the Arusha International Conference Centre a few years ago when I met her. Calm and collected walking with poise and elegance. I did not miss a bit in stretching out my hand to get acquainted. After a short and rich conversation she left, but not after requesting me to pray for an upcoming new mission engagement.
“Would you pray?” She asked.
That was Dr Florence Muindi, and she left an indelible impression on me then and there. I have always pondered on her great dependence on God and the agency of prayer. Even the prayer of a total stranger was welcome in view of the Herculean task ahead. Brethren “would you pray?”
2. DR Mamusha Fante – “Zoom Out”
The theme of the 17th ICMDA conference was “Serving with Love in a Hurting World”
In a very wonderful plenary session, Dr Mamusha gave a wonderful picture to help Saints endure suffering in service to a broken world.
“Zoom out” he exhorted us, “look at the bigger picture”
This has stayed with me to date and helped me weather many a hard time!
Many acute pains are bearable if we remember God does all things well and in the grand scheme of events even those hard and terrible times ultimately work together for good.
3. Proff Daniel Ojuka “I want to be a Christian in my heart“
This is a mantra that I first got from Proff’s what’s app “about”.
I have engaged with him on a personal and gleefully discovered He has and is living this out. This has looked like allowing Christ into the uttermost caverns of the heart and so be changed by Him in all aspects. This I have found to be the secret to a joyful and fulfilled life, when Jesus is Lord indeed! There are no words and no speech has gone forward, Proff has shown me this!
4. Dr. Muthoni Magayu
One afternoon in a CMF Nairobi chapter meeting in Syokimau my friends and I met Dr Magayu.It was at Dr Simon and Dr Shiphrah Nderitu’s residence that we discovered a rather interesting person— a theologian doctor!
Noting our interest in her theological pursuits, a friendship was struck. She proceeded to take us through several months of rich Bible lessons. It was exhilarating to experience scripture in such a deep and analytical manner. Who would have known one meeting would have led to such a rich experience?
5. A tight hug for John ~ from Dr John
I was standing outside one of the University of Rwanda’s halls awaiting registration for the East Africa regional conference, taking it all in. The beauty of the place, the wonder of the long journey across Uganda ,the greatness of my God in a journey marked by His merciful provision, when it happened.
The South Sudanese team arrived and Dr John and I locked eyes. What followed was a very warm and prolonged hug.
Brothers in Christ, fellow bond servants of Christ! We had met in Arusha and only reconnected then./ but it felt like we had known each other from daily encounters. The enormity of that moment is not lost to me.
Words fail me to speak of the numerous friends made in CMF and ICMDA corridors.
Of the lessons picked, the joys and the rich experiences much ink will be spilled in an attempt to vividly capture each.
I look forward to further, richer Christ centered experiences.
God bless Christian Medical Fellowship
~ Grateful to also now be Dr. John Ndichu. (the John above)