Sefa

Sefa means safe in swahili. I looked up the word safe in the dictionary. Many definitions came up, but one stood out to me: free from hurt, injury, danger, or risk.



I can't get this little girl from the slums out of my head. Her face keeps coming back to the front of my mind and I just can't stop thinking about her. I know nothing about her. I dont know her name or if she has any brothers or sisters or parents. But for some reason I have been thinking about her a ton lately.

I named her sefa. Safe. Free from hurt, injury, danger, or risk. This little girl lives in one of the worst slums in Nairobi. Pretty much the opposite of safe. I can't imagine what she has to go through every day and she cant be more than a few years old. So I'm just praying. Praying that God would keep her protected and guard her. I wish I could hold her in my arms and see that she is safe for myself. But God is the God of everything. He knows where she is at this second and what she is going through. God is a protector and provider. I have to trust that he is with her and keeping her safe in his arms.