Author: Adventures

Moving Where We Move

      Since arriving in Kenya a few months ago, we have done a lot of moving.  Our surroundings are constantly changing and there has been very little constancy. BUT…it has been so good in so many ways.      I left my house 3 days before I had to leave for training camp and stayed in River Falls, WI with some of my best friends.  Then, I flew to Atlanta, GA.  The first night we stayed in a homeless shelter and then moved to the training camp in Gainesville, GA for 3 days. Finally, we arrived in Kenya after a stop in...

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Free Falling

Harness secure… Check. Toes over the edge… Check. Eyes looking straight out in front of me… Check. Now all I have to remember is to breathe… "Three! Two! One," called the instructor, "JUMP!" I bend my knees just enough to launch me from the platform. I swing my arms out in front of me as my body lurches forward into the air. I watch as the mountains in the distance start to move upward as I start to fall. I can't breathe. My stomach feels like it's going to slide up my throat. I think I'm going to throw up… As I soar into the...

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God’s Not Finished With Me Yet

Now two months into this trip, God has blessed our team abundantly both in personal walks with Christ and with ministry. In the six weeks we've spend at the three different tribes, we've seen 100 people saved: 17 in the Maasai tribe, 16 in Kikuyu, and 67 in Pokot. With just one month of the trip remaining, we've had “double fruitfulness” prophesied over our team. Though we all realize this last month will fly by, God's not finished with us yet. Amazing things are coming to our team! Even as we head home, I know God will continue to use us all for His glory....

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Having Faith Even When Its Hard

My heart has been twisted and truned from the things I have seen and stories I have heard. My eyes have been opened to see beyond my own little workd. I have seen pain and suffering, homeless families, starving children, sickeness, evil – Sometimes I can't help but argue with God, "Why are you allowing these things?" One of our first days of ministry in Kijabe was going to the hospital. We go around the hospital and talk to, encourage, and pray for the patients. It is difficult because many times there is a language barrier and no one around to translate. I have begun...

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Life in Kenya

While we have all had so many emotional stories that have forever changed our lives, we have times here in Africa that we just have to laugh. So I thought I would enlighten those at home to give you a bit of insight to what other things we have been experiencing.  -African time | When someone says we need to be somewhere at 9, you can usually plan on starting around an hour or more later.  -Road Rules | There are none. It's a constant game of chicken, literally. Everyone passes everybody and when there is a speed limit, it is never followed. We are use to having to stop for a...

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to AIM staff — :)

  To whom it may concern… but mostly Kelly,   We would like to take this time to nominate my fearless leaders Nikki and Neal for TEAM LEADERS OF THE YEAR!   Seriously, we could not have asked for two better people to walk in God’s light and lead us into our fullness. They hold us when we cry, and make us laugh we need it most… They work together like a puzzle and are nothing short of perfection! They perform major surgeries, support spontaneous haircuts, act as human heating pads during “those times”, and are very supportive of...

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