My friend, Craig Hanson, four other friends, and I have been meeting at 7am on Saturday mornings for years. This past Saturday Craig stopped our discussion to remember and honor Esther Wamae Ngigi. The rest of us did not know Esther (she was called “Esta”). Esta was a native Kenyan. She and her husband came to the US to work. She worked as a contractor for Deloitte (the same company as Craig) in Philadelphia. As a contractor she was not in a senior role at Deloitte but she had a quiet, profound impact on those around her. She was open about her faith in Jesus and had a delightful and grateful demeanor. As Craig said, “she was a light to the world”. Esta was in her 40s. She and her husband had returned to their home country of Kenya to work in an orphanage. While there, Esther contracted an infection. Her initial medical treatment was inadequate and by the time she got to a place where the right treatment could be administered, it was too late. After her recent death, those she worked with at Deloitte remembered her and her ways and her impact on them.
“Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress…..”(James 1:27).
Esther was no little person. I wish I had known her.
No Little People No Little Places 