Author: Adventures

FINALLY KIBERA! Yesterday we went to the worlds second largest slum,which is Kibera. We pass by it everyday on the way to town and I always yearn to go there. We got hooked up with a church that does sports programs like soccer and basketball with the kids. The team and I have been to a couple of different slums and all of them have been different in attitude and style. Kibera is by far the happiest. The feel is different and people seemed generally happy. I think the people are happy because of community. If they move away they would lost it. One thing I have learned in that America has...

On Wednesday (7-7-10), we visited the Fuata Nyayo slum where one of our Kenyan friends grew up.  It took us 10 min. to walk through the slum to get to the secondary school that we were speaking and singing to.  Those 10 min. felt like a lifetime.  The smells, the sounds, and the sights are difficult to describe, but I will attempt.  Trash littered the mushy, brown dirt underneath me. Sewage 10 times anything I’ve ever smelled filled my nostrils.  Women and men yelled, “Sister, sister, come buy.”  A chorus of barefoot children sang, “How...

Hello family & friends of Team Kenya!  I just spoke with Nate and Traday, the Kenya leaders, and the team is doing great!  It’s encouraging to hear what God’s doing in their midst.  They wanted me to post a blog for them, as their internet has been sketchy at best these past few days.  As you know, they have been running on an internet schedule whereby each student has a certain day to blog.  However, due to the internet problems they’re facing, this hasn’t been as easy as they had expected.  They are currently re-evaluating their...

   African Culture is drastically different from America in a lot of ways: 1. Driving on the left side of the road, 2. Words like silly and sassy are not used because of alternative meanings and 3. When asking people if they know the Lord you don’t sugar coat it with 15 minutes of small talk or use tools of symbolism. You literally walk up to people introduce yourself and pose the question “are you born again?” This process is what our team and hosts call street evangelism. The entire process was A LOT to take in at once. It was socially awkward and against...

  Written on 6-30-10. 56 kids. Yes! At the 1st ICC-Kiserian church service last Sunday (6-27-10) Taylor, Amy Jo, and I taught children’s church where God completely surprised us with the turnout. We acted out David & Goliath, talked about Jesus as the shepherd, and sung lots of fun songs both in Swahili and English. All last week prior to the 1st service we worked moving huge rocks and inviting people to the church. So it was nice to see the fruit from our labor. That’s a little recap on Kiserian, but what’s really been on my heart lately is the beauty of...

 It’s 8AM, I try to go back to sleep, But all I hear is the constant *beep, Beep, BEEP* I slowly creep out of my bottom bunk bed, Eyes barely open, trying not to hit my head. I swiftly scurry to the bottom floor, And roll open the big sliding glass door. I groggily ask, “Are the Kenyans here?” Someone quickly replies, “No, they’re not even near.” I wait patiently for Patrick to bring out the food, Bread again? *Ugh* I’m SO not in the mood. They said they’d be here some time ago, But it’s Africa time, so we never really know....