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Trusting in God

February 23, 2012
Adventures
Life on the Field

Well we’ve spent the last two weeks in Kithe and Nkubu one week in each and both in the Meru district. We stayed at an orphanage/church in Kithe doing door to door ministry. Now since we are sixteen in number we will usually split into groups according to how many translators we have. For the first two days we had a translator/preacher by the name of Titus who was on fire on wanting to share the gospel to people. So pretty much everyone we came across we would share something or pray for them. Once again the people there are very hospitable, always very welcoming and giving us tea or...

Cafeteria Cats

February 22, 2012
Adventures
Life on the Field

My day was spent at doing ministry in the mens, womens, and pediatric wards at the AIC Hospital in Kijabe. My day yesterday, I was working in the kitchen, helping them with various tasks, as well as serving tea and porridge in the mens and womens wards. Serving tea? Not exactly something I thought of as ministry… Anyway, yesterday was not the day I enjoyed most, ministry wise, but today has been awesome. Three of us from my team, Alissa, Janet Marie, and myself, went and prayed over the different rooms in the three wards we visited this morning. We didn't...

Perseverance

February 18, 2012
Adventures
Life on the Field

Okay, So I'll be totally honest. These past couple of weeks weren't easy for me. I was struggling with my purpose here in Africa, dealing with my mom being sick back home. Day to day I would struggle with the fact of not knowing what my purpose Is. The feeling of being useless. Frustrated with the language barriers with our translators. Feeling like our words weren't being translated all the way, feeling like our translators taking the spot light on preaching the word. Leaving us feeling like "Uh, hello? Why are we here if you can just talk to them and tell them about...

A Dead Fly In My Chai

February 16, 2012
Adventures
Admissions Department

The first rule we learned when we got here was to always eat or drink what they give you. So, When we go to Tengi Tatu the first tribe we visited, I was given a nice big cup of chai. I thought oh yum chai because I love it.. but when I looked in my cup, I almost died. There was a dead fly in my chai and I had to drink it. ..yum. The second thing I learned was dresses and skirts here are super classy! The third is don't ask what your about to eat, half the time you would rather not know. We spend the first two weeks in Kenya in Tengi Tatu. We have been doing door-to-door...

Lint

February 16, 2012
Adventures
Admissions Department

We were evangelizing door to door in the hot, African sun to the people of the Meru tribe; weaving in and out of mazes of corn, coffee beans, and mango trees; and kicking up clouds of bright, red dust from the dirt paths. We migrate to the shade when we can to shield ourselves from the ultraviolet rays pounding down on our faces and shoulders. We greet old women walking down the paths carrying firewood and water jugs on their backs with a “Habari” (How are you?) and a smile. We meet children on their way to school or children who cannot afford to attend school wandering the...

Don’t Be Down BK

February 16, 2012
Adventures
Reflections

Yesterday my group, which consisted of Kristen, Katie, and Hailey B., visited about eight houses for our door-to-door ministry in Nkubu. The first two houses we visited, I felt that I was having a hard time really communicating, through the translator, what it is that I wanted to say. This difficulty led me to feel discouraged. If there is one thing that this experience in Kenya, so far, has taught me, it is to pray when I am feeling discouraged. It is to pray when I know that I am having a difficult time maintaining patience with people, a situation,...

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