User:Mugendi

Mugendi - This is a very unique Kimeru name (Ameru tribe in Kenya, East Africa)given to a male child. It means one who travels/traveller, sorjourner, pilgrim, destined to, or in Swahili language a Msafiri. As per Meru traditions, the name denotes the the characteristics of the grandfather or the parents' father (meaning it is the 'fathers who bore such character traits of travelling). This name will also be found among the Kisii tribe as Mogendi, In Taita it will be Mgendi. Biblically it denotes a Christian pilgrim who is on a spiritual journey to the promised land of eternity. It means temporary resident of the physical world and a candidate for Eternity as promised to disciples and followers of Jesus Christ.

--Mugendi (talk) 19:13, 24 April 2008 (UTC)