Author: Adventures

Recently, my team and I had the privilege of visiting IDP camps, bringing food to them, visiting them, worshipping with them and sharing God’s Word.  IDP (Internally Displaced People) camps are filled with people who were kicked out of their homes about four years ago and are now forced to live in small tents.  Long story short, during the elections four years ago, tribalism flared up.  About 50 tribes live in Kenya.  While these tribes often get along, during the elections, things can get tense since which tribe has power can affect which tribe gets favored for...

 It’s been some weeks now and we’ve spent most of our time here in Kijabe working at the hospital. Some of us have some training in some areas like physical and speech therapy and counseling and they have helped out in those respective areas. Me, I’ve been getting to work in the kitchen. First day we just jumped right in, they handed me off to one of the guys there named Joseph who has now become my best friend there; he’s been working at the hospital for about fifteen years now, speaks seven different languages, English and the rest different tribal ones....

It took me going to another country, halfway across the world to realize just how big of a deal the United States of America is.  Walking through the bush of Maasai land I would constantly hear, “You are from America?? OBAMA??” To which we would typically just nod and say, “Yes, America, Obama, etc”.  Then I realized that more often than not, our encounters with people ended with them saying how much they wanted to come to America and visit us (but really, just to come to America).  The goal of a good parent here is to get their child to go to...

If you read my last blog, you’ll know that hospital work is way out of my comfort zone. Well, God likes to break us out of those comfort zones so we can grow in ways we would’ve never chosen without His direction. This past Monday the preschool I usually work at was closed, so I proceeded to head over to the AIC Kijabe Hospital. Performing arts major, Holly, brought her ukulele, and J.M., Jenna and I accompanied in song. We went from room to room, trying to bring a little joy to tough situations. A favorite was “Party In the USA”-how ironic. One of the rooms we sang...

So, Africa. Where do I even begin.  I’ve been here for almost 2 months, so here’s what I’ve been up to.  When we first arrived, we spent a couple days with our contact, Pastor Simon, touring our “home” city, Kijabe.  Kijabe is becoming my favorite place in the world. When you’re here, you feel like you’re on a tropical island, not the middle of Africa.  There is a branch of African Inland Church (Kijabe Mission), a boarding school for missionary children (Rift Valley Academy), a missions hospital, and a hospital for children with...