“And he shall be like a tree firmly planted [and tended] by the streams of water, ready to bring forth its fruit in its season; its leaf also shall not fade or wither; and everything he does shall prosper.” Psalm 1:3   Fact : It rains in Kenya every day. We are known as the bringers of the rain.   My favorite part of the day is quiet time. I love just pluggin’ my headphones in, jammin’ out to some good tunes, and searching deep in the Word of God. I really love it on the roof of the little complex next to our house…and its the best when you can smell...

  We visited our first hospital yesterday to do ministry.  I had heard stories of hospitals in third world countries before, but I still really had no idea what to expect.  As far as the nasty, grungy cesspools of hospitals that you hear of, I would say this one was relatively nice.  Nonetheless, people were broken, in pain, and just had great need of care.   If there is one word to describe, it would be humbling.  There is absolutely nothing I can offer these people.  Nothing.      I was there only to bring Christ in some form or...

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....

What am I but just a tool the Lord can use to spread the gospel? He has so graciously redeemed me so that I may be capable of showing others HIS love. Its not MY message im sharing, its not MY good deeds that they need. Without me, the amazing love of Christ would not be held back. So why am I here? Why am I stepping out of my comfort zone to tell people about Jesus? Because through my brokeness, through my flaws, failures and inabilities the Lord decided to use me. Because of the sacrifice Christ made I am made clean. And through that, redemption God has chosen me, has called me to do his...

                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...

So, we made it to Bungoma, KENYA!    The wonderful church that we are working with has given us an entire house so that we can all live together as a team. These people are the definition of givers. People have donated food and skills to get us through to day and we realize how incredibly blessed we are! GUYS…WE HAVE A TOILET AND A SHOWER. Not just any shower…a HOT STEAM SHOWER. I haven’t gotten the chance to use it yet, but I hear it’s the best thing ever, so praise God for that!    Anyway, there are a bunch of different ministry options we...