Why live for tomorrow when God gave us today

These two weeks have been mentally, emotionally, and spiritually stressful yet it has been the most moving experience of my entire life. I started another blog before the trip so I am going to combine this blog with sections of my other blog. My other blog is jaczi15.wordpress.com

MZUNGU; DAY EIGHT

I am never leaving.
Mom, Dad, and Zeke I will see you my new address ASAP.

Okay but back to my fantastic first day is Busia Kenya!!!!

Mzungu, how are you, I’m fine
This is how we are greeted by literally everyone. In Swahili it means white person how are you.

Kenyan people also do not understand ” I’m good” so they only say fine. It is absolutely precious. I am absolutely in love with the children and the people. They are so spiritual and out reaching.

Today we just played with children around our lodge and we went to Deliverance Church which is where we will be for the next two months.

Compaswhen the pastor cried because they cannot help all the children just the amount compassion can afford.

DAY NINE; COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL

So today started off early when we left out hotel to go play with street children.

Compassion international helps the church we volunteer at which is wonderful but it made my heart melt

While there we met two other missionaries from Christ Harbor in Tuscaloosa!! The missionaries will be with us for about two weeks and then they will be going to Uganda.

After that we went to the church where we got to play with children from compassion international. It was precious. It is seriously a fantastic organization and I will forever support it.

red and yellow; black and white they are precious in His sight

DAY TEN; FISHER OF MEN

Our first church service started at 7:30 and that was prayer time. The Kenyans pray very genuinely yet very very loudly. It was a little over whelming at first but it was very inspiring to see such hope and faith in such a small church.

This really opened my eyes to the idea oh how we think our church needs this or needs that and yet we think more building or more attractive things will attract the congregation. But I will come back to that.

During the first actual service, I volunteered for children’s church, go figure. Well when the preacher said volunteers he really meant teachers so me and two other girls attempted to teach grade school Sunday school without a translator.

The children just laughed until we eventually started to sing “Jesus loves me” and that was awesome because the kids loved the motions and trying to sing in English. It was a lot of fun learning how what made the children excited about Jesus.

 The first service and the second service were exactly the same. In between however, we were given hot milk which was literally boiling and we had to finish the boiling thick hot chocolate. It was not pleasant.

After church we had a small lunch of fries and other junk before we went back to church for the debate.

The debate was between the young and everyone else and was concerning which is more
Important evangelism or prayer.

The entire debate went back and forth for three hours and finally ended with each are just as important because Jesus calls us to pray and to be fishermen of men.

I heard the best analogy ever today when the preacher said;

“Fishermen don’t just catch fish, they have to go out in the huge ocean and try to find them.”

I found this very important because I have really found some fish in my life I need to try to reel in. It was very inspiration to think about we can pray for new members and them expecting Christ but without them hearing they will get lost in the wind.

After church we had rice and beans for dinner and then we played with babies for a little while.

DAY ELEVEN; OUR FIRST DAY OFF

First day off; day 11

While this trip has shown me the light on my path it has also taught me a few things about myself.

1) God doesn’t care about how dirty I am or how perfect my hair looks. God build me the way I am to be part of his perfect plan. I am his Bride and he loves me even when I am horrifying to be around.

2) I care way to much about the mold that peers create for me rather than the mold God created for me. I have to stop trying to be the person I desire and be the person God desires.

3) The African church is way more concerned with the faith aspect of church and the passion for Christ than any church I have ever been to. I love American churches but the Africans have nothing yet think they have the world, while in reality American churches have the world and think they have nothing.

4) I can go a week without showering and not have a mental breakdown. (Sorry Zeke I know that probably wierds you out)

5) I will forever cherish toilets, mirrors, showers, being able to drink water from wherever. But the life without them are not bad at all I just take all of that for granted.

Needless to say over the last ten days God has broken me only to open my heart to its full potential.

THE GREAT MIGRATION; DAY THIRTEEN

ile today has been very mentally, physically, and spiritually stressful. But now I know that God’s will for my dad is so much greater than what I want for my dad. So while I am praying my heart out I am praying for God to be the healer, comforter, redeemer to my entire family today.

Acts 19:11

But about today.

We have been talking about the great migration as a team and how awesome it would be to see and today God spoke to me through that. After I cried about Mark I went to a school to play with school children.

One girl forgot sunscreen so I waited for her and on the way there we experienced the great migration.. Of cows. It made me laugh to think about Lester and all the great memories I have with my dad from there. It was a great sign for God to make me let go of my fear.

After that we played at the school where they performed English for us and danced and sang for us.

After playing with the children we went back to the church for lunch. And God gave me another love tap in order to show me everything is fine. For lunch we had mashed potatoes and vegetable soup which is definitely just a weird sign but definitely something that made me think of how much I love my family.

This afternoon we are helping the street children wash their clothes and stitch them up. We are also teaching them ways to care for sure and scrapes if they do not have the supplies.

I pray for these children and everything that is going on in the lives and that the Holy Spirit will fill these children in ways they never knew possible.

I am having the best time of my life and cannot wait to see what else is in store.

Thank you all for the support and for the pray. It means more than the world to me.

Mark 5:34

^^ God has a sense of humor.

until next time; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18