I would like to share about all the things that God has been doing on our travels & the blessing of the CHE course we just took, but that will have to wait for another post. I have two pieces of sad news & many of you have been aware and active in prayer for quite some time.
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| Moga and Lillian with two of their three children |
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| Abijiah, Samuel, and Joel (L to R) |
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| Lillian with Abijiah |
Lodu "Reggae" Bosco Kenyi (known to many as Reggae) is Joyce's youngest brother and the last of 12 children born to Albert and Jemima (Rozana) Kenyi. Reggae, a boy of 16, loved people, his family, and dancing. He was born with Down's Syndrome, but that did not slow him down in the least and he was known all over Loa village. Joyce couldn't walk to school without her brother coming along and the teachers would have to accept him to sit in class with his sister.
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| Last time laughing with Lodu in June 2016 |
If there was dancing in the village, Lodu had to be apart of it. Only locking the door of the hut at night would keep him from slipping away in the evening to join the festivities and more often than not he would be seen returning home in the first light of the morning, shuffling and stepping to the beat.
He loved to help his parents in carrying water and any other chores he could put his hand to. When Joyce's family were scattered to the refugee camps in 2016, Reggae was a great help to his parents as they were staying in the settlement and his enthusiasm was contagious.
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| Lodu "Reggae" |
More than a year ago, Lodu began to have swelling of the legs and some other debilitating symptoms with terrible pain. He was taken to the regional hospital in Uganda and after a month and a half they could not give a diagnosis., so he was discharged without the hospital releasing x-ray and any other test results. Over the months, the other hospitals in the Adjumani region (nearest to where Joyce's parents are staying) could only offer some help in taking care of his bedsores and eventually it was left for the family to give palliative care at home in the refugee settlement.
On October 3rd, 2018, my dear brother-in-law received his final healing and went to be with the Lord at 7 pm (African time). I can only imagine the joy as he was received into the Lord's presence and began dancing before the Lord in a perfect body that is free from pain and suffering! It is hard to say goodbye or think that we won't see him again on this side of eternity, but he is better off than us, being held in the arms of Jesus and dancing with his little niece Elizabeth and nephew. We love you Lodu and we can't to wait see you again! One day we will be dancing together.
Please pray for Joyce's family in this difficult time as they face back to back funerals. Emotionally it is so hard and the financial burden of paying for the funeral arrangements in the African culture is also a heavy weight. We see how God is using the loss of Reggae and the baby on this earth to draw Joyce, myself, and the rest of Kenyi family closer to Him.
Looking to the Lord for His Grace today and everyday!
Rubanga kolu nyito (God be with you)!
~Jonathan and Joyce and Patience Lueken
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