Author: Adventures

In 2007 riots broke out in Kenya due to a fixed election. People’s houses were burned to the ground, people were murdered and driven our of thier homes. They had no place to go so they relocated in the middle of the valley about 30 minutes from Kijabe. Today, we went to the Displaced people. There were over 200 UNICEF tents and this is all that these people have. Many have been there for years waiting for the government to help them.   When we got there, we joined them in fellowship. I had the opportunity to share some of my story with them. There were probably over 200 people...

  “For the son of man did not come to be served but to serve and give his life as a ransom for many.” Mark 10:45   Meet Vicki and Margaret: Margaret, the wife of Pastor Simon who pastors the church near where we stay, and Vicki, Margaret’s niece. Two women who didn’t know our group one bit before we met them about two weeks ago here in Kijabe, but who have dedicated the next two-and-a-half months of their lives to serving us.   To me, these women are the epitome of servants. They cook two meals a day for our group of 14 and sometimes clean up after...

While we were in the bush with the Maasai, we spent the past 3 days going around to all the surrounding huts to encourage new believers and the share the gospel with the unbelievers. God has really been at work in our group. The Holy Spirit leads us to what we should say to each of these people. Most of the people ask that we would pray for rain. They have had a drought for 2 months. We would pray that God would send the rain and that his power would be shown through it. Later that night the clouds started to move in and sure enough the rain poured down. Unfortunately our tent didnt have a...

Here’s just a quick update as I’m heading out the door. As most of you know, I went to the training camp in Georgia and got sick with an ear infection and sinus infection. I came home instead of flying with the rest of the team to Kenya. I’m now leaving my house to begin my long journey to meet up with my team. If everyone could pray for safe travels and that I’ll figure out all my connections and customs ok (since I’m traveling alone) that would be wonderful! Hopefully I’ll be able to update when I get there!  

Baby-wipe showers, mud huts, foreign handshakes, community shampoo… Yep. This is Africa.   The Lord took our prayers for an abundance of rain seriously. We’ve been living in the Rift Valley for 5 days now with the Maasai tribe, a beautiful people that hasn’t seen rain since December. Our tents were completely flooded last night, and the whole team was confined into one hut to sleep. Nine of us girls slept head to toe on the floor of a room smaller than my bedroom at home. The rain started again at about 3pm today, and now we are all hanging out under the tin roof with...

I’ve safely arrived in Africa!!! I’m so incredibly blessed to be in Kajabe. I’ve met many wonderful people and seen transformations right before my eyes. I look around and see broken people and yet at the same time people with so much joy. The past six days we went and lived with the Maasai tribe. Never in a million years would I have guessed that we would have the opportunity to minister to them, but we did! It was one of the most unforgettable experiences of my life. I know it is only the beginning of my journey, but I learned so much from these people and got to...