Awards for Exceptional Service

Some time ago I had opportunity to be with all 82 students at Made in the Streets with the Team not present.  So I asked the students, "Who loves you?"  Then I gave them 5 categories for the ways Team members have loved them.  I used 5 questions to elicit responses:

• Who has loved you in the Spirit?  (or Who has had great spiritual impact on your life?) 
• Who has loved you by being of strong character?
• Who has loved you by doing good deeds? 
• Who has loved you by serving with joy?
• If you have only one gift to give at Christmas, what Team member would you give it to?

So...we had 5 winners who received certificates for exceptional service

• Mary Mwende       Award for Spiritual Impact
• Irene Akinyi          Award for Character and Integrity
• Moses Okoth         Award for Doing Good Deeds
• Francis Mbuvi       Award for Service with Joy
• Phillip Kariuki      Award for being Worthy of Honor

And since each award came with a $100 bill, it was appreciated all the more!  Both students and Team were delighted with the outcome -- they cheered and clapped when I made the presentations.  Our Team truly is worthy of honor, for they love deeply and purely...they give themselves away for the sake of street kids.  Something hardly anyone is willing to do.

Mary Mwende receives her award for spiritual impact on student life

Francis Mbuvi receives the service with joy award