Author: Adventures

Wholly in Love

Fear as held me back from so many things in my life. It has kept me back from trying out for sports, branching out, almost kept me at home from this trip,realtionships I've had with people,and mostly in my relationship with the Lord.I came on this trip knowing that i was in need of a change in my life. My relationship with the Lord was summed up by me going to Him only when it was convient for me. I was spiritually dead.  I still remember the first couple days and the how the Lord shattered this idea of how i thought my relationship with Him should be like. For most of my life,I...

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It’s the final countdownnnn

I know, cheesy title, I apologize. This past week we spent most of our time in Kitale at a place called the Challenge Farm. This place takes in street kids and gives them a home. They make them quit sniffing glue cold turkey and constantly gives them candy and other things to eat to keep their minds off the glue. It takes about two months for the new children to get used to the schedule they have a ready to start going to school. They have a K-8 school on the grounds, and the highschoolers either walk to school each day or go to boarding school. It was such a blessing to our team to be able...

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The Adventure Never Ends

So, Africa. I don’t even know where to begin. This trip has been absolutely amazing! I seriously love everything about this place and these people. Not to say that it doesn’t have its rough times, but the good times completely outweigh the hard. Everything here is beautiful. The sky is always showing Gods glorious creativity and the African trees are stunning! I love the Kenyan accents and the Children’s big white smiles! I love waking up at 5:30 every morning to go spend an hour with Jesus as I watch the sunrise and I love walking the dirt roads along side all the random...

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A Father to the fatherless

Tomorrow is our last day of ministry in Busia. I still haven't fully come to grips with that fact. These past 2 months in Busia have gone by faster than any 2 months of my life. Granted, I still have 2 weeks left in Kenya, but they  won't be spent in the place that has been my home for this past summer. God has definitely chosen the last few weeks in Kenya to break my heart the most.This past Saturday was our last day doing street kids ministry here in Busia. Every Saturday since we've been here we play soccer with them and make them lunch at the church. I remember...

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I love because He first loved me

Last Wednesday we went to Mama's orphanage and it was a goodbye party for a woman who is helping them build a school. We ate food with the kids and then we went into the cafeteria to dance and eat dessert and sing. We all sat and the kids are in our laps hanging out, some were sleeping. They had music playing were setting up some cake for everyone to eat. The cake was round and in America it would feed about 10 people a good amount of cake. There are over 130 kids in this place ranging from the ages of 3 months to early twenties. That is a lot of kids with very little cake. They sang...

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Wearing White in Africa

Since being here in Kenya I've learned that there's a few things you just don't do. Some of these things have come from personal experience and some from the experiences of my teammates. For the pride of those involved I won't name any names… Here is my incomplete list of things you should not do in Africa: 1. NEVER, I repeat never walk into a squatty barefoot. This is just an all around bad idea. Especially when your entire team is sitting there watching you. Just gross. 2. Don't wear short-shorts out in public.. unless of course you're hoping to find yourself...

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