Author: Adventures

So in my last post I talked about Hillary….come to find out her name is actually Gertrude.  Her brother is named Hillary so when I asked him what his little sister’s name was, he answered his own.  We got to go to her “house” in the slum next to the school.  It is near Eastleigh, and Gertrude’s mother has 3 children of her own.  She also takes care of 5 other children that were her sister who was beaten to death.  So all 8 children and this lady live in a room about 5′ x 8′ no lie.  They must sleep on top of each other...

This week we have been working on a church that has been run down and also walking around the city Kiserian ministering and evangelizing. I am really enjoying the work we are doing. Yesterday I went into a small pub and I told the bartender and the people sitting around about Jesus and how important it is to have Jesus in your life, I wish I could say that they asked Jesus into their hearts but unfortunately they didn’t but i could tell God was dealing with them because the bartender, a guy probably about my age was about to cry, but what God told me was that although he didn’t...

i know it’s late, but happy father’s day dad! you are the best and i love you and miss you so much!   i have to be quick:   we went to the slums and played with children in a school there. never in my life have i seen such hopelessness. but God is sovereign and i have to keep remembering that. He has been answering prayers, i notice as i read back over journal entries. He is giving me ideas about what to do when i get home. i’m pretty excited! been playing lots of guitar and singing all the time. we washed our clothes by hand. i will never again take a washing...

Bosco is a little boy from the school we worked at last week. He is young, in the baby class so he is some where around the age of 4. He is the cutest little boy in the world. We bonded over tickling to start. I was assigned to help in the kitchen on the second day and as I was peeling potatoes he came up. We started playing. I would tell him to lift his hands up and then I would tickle him. This went on for a while before he realized he could get me back. This was the start of our friendship. After lunch was chill time. Bosco found me again. I had no idea at the time that it was the same...

Sa Sa!   Last week we took a break from teaching at the KAG school and went on a prayer walk through a place called Eastleigh. “Little Somalia” is also another name for Eastleigh because it is highly populated with Muslims.  A small group of us went through this area on a prayer walk.  We walked through many mud puddles, trash piles, and exhaust  from the cars going past.  We had many interesting looks from the people of the area and got to evangelize some.  We got to the hub, the heartbeat, of the town and stopped on a corner.  We got in a...

 I have been learning so much…. in such a short amount of time.  I think the biggest thing God has shown me is that everything counts.  It sounds so simple… but it means so much.  We have been sharing Jesus in the streets and just talking with people and sometimes it can be discouraging when the people we meet are stand-offish or on guard.  However, God is really showing me how every simple conversation, time of worship, smile, hello, and encounter is all part of His plan.  I know that even when I don’t see the results… God does and He...