Author: Adventures

I just got Kenya’d. I didn’t know that Kenya would be so much different than the U until I experienced it. When we crossed the border into Kenya we had to wait for clearance to cross and while we were waiting we found a white, salty substance that looked like a certain controversial substance on a newspaper on a counter outside. Don’t ask me how we found out it was salty.   We then proceeded to be pleasantly introduced to our new home in Bungoma for the coming weeks: a fine little house that cozily fits all 15 of us in its 3 rooms. I love it there. So far Kenya has...

One of my greatest struggles in this life, and especially as a believer in Christ, is that I have a deep desire for things to be “clean.”  I want everything to come in a neat package, issues resolved, ready to just be enjoyed. This is most evident in me when I examine my own life…I have told many of my friends I just want any issues I have to be completely resolved, to be done. I don’t enjoy the process of fixing. I’d just like to skip ahead to the resolution. Here I would love to simply encounter someone hungry and make sure that they are always well...

Here are 10 ways in which my expectations (whether conscious or not) have been not just altered, but shattered, in my 27 days on this trip.    1. God works in spite of me, and it’s only through the Spirit working in me that I am of any use at all.   2. African food is actually really yummy (well, most of the time) 3. I’m not sick of anyone in my group (yet) 🙂 4. God doesn’t call us to be comfortable.   5. Just because I came with the sole purpose of pouring into people doesn’t mean that I can’t be completely poured into.   6....

                So the trip to Kenya was crazy! The whole time we had light I was going crazy in scripture. God was showing so much to me it was like a mental overload. But it was so worth it. It was amazing to meet up with team 1 again!! It is hard to be separated sometimes. We are a huge family. But traveling together makes it all better 🙂 On the bus to Kenya we all picked a piece of paper that had a name on it. Before we could open it and see the name we had to ask God to give us a message to them. It is crazy how God replies to that. I got just...