Hi everyone,

Jasiel here. You are receiving this note because you signed up for the Tech Ecosystem Prayer Walk at the Nairobi Arboretum on Tuesday, Feb 10th.

As I prepare my own heart for what I believe will be a necessary hour together, I wanted to share a few short thoughts each Monday leading up to the event.

First, a quick level-set: This is not a ministry launch. It’s not a church-led event. My heart for this hour is simply that we pause our striving, to find investors, to hire talent, to spot the next unicorn, and just spend an hour with the One whose breath is in each of us.

With that said, I have been sitting with Acts 2 quite a bit recently. I wanted to share what I’m learning in the hopes that it gives us a common ground of preparation so we can be of "one accord" when we meet at the Arboretum.

(Promise: After the prayer event, I won’t send you any more emails. I know your inbox is as busy as mine.)

Reflections on Acts 2:1–13

A devotional I’m reading frames these verses as the “what happened,” setting the stage for the “why.” Today, I want to focus on the what and how I believe it relates to us in this tech ecosystem.

What strikes me about the day of Pentecost is the profile of the people in that upper room. They weren't the religious elite. They were fishermen, zealots, and tax collectors. They were ordinary people who looked very much like us as we go about our daily lives building companies, deploying capital, and supporting founders.

But verse 2 says: “And suddenly…”

I love that linkage. It bridges who they were, ordinary people, with who the Holy Spirit empowered them to become.

At the time of Pentecost, Jerusalem was filled with “devout men from every nation.” Yet, it was these ordinary men who were empowered to communicate across every cultural and linguistic barrier.

I’m not saying we will all become polyglots overnight (though God can do that if He wants). But I want to remind you (and myself) that as we go about this week, the rooms we occupy and the cap tables we build are opportunities for the multitude to encounter God.

Pentecost reversed the divisions of Babel. It proved that God speaks every culture’s "heart language." In our workplaces, this means we are the strategy.

The Spirit empowers us to cross social and professional barriers, treating colleagues, founders, and investors with a "covenant" level of commitment rather than just transactional utility. We aren't just earning a living; we are carriers of God's presence. When we live this out, we offer our ecosystem a foretaste of the world to come, right in the middle of the workday.

Next week, I will share a bit about why Pentecost happened and why I believe we have an opportunity to craft a different Africa story in tech by showing up as people of The Way.

Much love, and I am praying with you.

Be Holy as Christ is Holy.

Jasiel

Soundtrack for your week: Link to my personal Spotify playlist (Sorry, Apple Music folks!)

Dig deeper: Link to Part 1 of the Devotional I mentioned

Jasiel

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