I couldn’t be happier having started off in the bush of Kenya. It helps me to recognize just how many blessings we have here in Tanzania. There is a bucket of water and a cup to take a shower, I get to actually sleep inside and share a room with someone, I  get a mat to sleep on (it’s the good life), and we even get a ceramic ‘squatty potty’… not to mention the fact that I have the ability to write this blog and post it at this moment. There has been an abundance of blessings.  But I am not going to lie, I am going to miss Kenya so much. But I know...

I came to Africa and I was so excited for the work God was going to do through me. I never expected God to work so thoroughly in my life. God has been comforting me, changing me, testing me and rewarding me with His blessings. I can honestly say it has not been easy, but it has been so rewarding and because of that I praise God.             God has been so good to me. In my moments of doubt and frustration He is patient with me. I feel His love and encouragement even when I am too stubborn to admit that He is what I need. Ultimately,...

"We are the light of the world We are the city on a hill We are the light of the world We gotta, we gotta, we gotta let the light shine" -Kari Jobe      Scientifically, there is no such thing as darkness, did you know that? When you walk into a room with no windows, you're not in darkness, simply a room with no light.       That's sometimes what it feels like when we go into ministry. We enter places that aren't really spiritually dark, there just isn't anyone to bring lightness to it. Last Friday and Saturday, we visited a...

        It hasn't been too long since our last time to blog so I am not really sure what to write about. I have had so many new experiences on this trip but, we have only been here in Moshi, Tanzania for a week. So far it has been better than I had ever imagined. We all feel like we have come to a new continent because of how different it is from the bush. Coming from where it was dry as a desert, had no communication, low on water supply, and being outside the entire month. To a place of beautiful green jungles and right outside of town where the...

"Nikki, Nikki get up Nikki, come seee the elephants." My First morning in the Bush of Kenya, I woke up to one of the sweetest girls outside my tent waiting for me to get up and see the elephants. Freeda is one of the daughters of our host family living in the bush. I fell in love with her the first night we met. Although I only spent a few days with her since she had to go off to school for 3 months, I learned a lot from this girl. She had the most precious smile and had the sweetest personality that brought joy to everyone she met. Freeda is just one of the many children here in...

The past month living with the Maasai way out in the bush of Kenya was an experience I will never forget! We had such an adventure. We were blessed with getting to become part of many wonderful families. Most of which had the last name Meshami… Everywhere you went, another Meshami! We learned the ways of how the Maasai tribe lives. We got to experience a Maasai wedding and unfortunately but fortunately a funeral. The funeral, although we didn’t know the woman who it was for, was hard because it was our mama’s sister. To see mama Agnus hurt that way was awful! But...