Author: Adventures

In the picture above is Brom and I, I meet him here in Kenya. He has been working so hard in order to get enough money to get a better education (he wants to be a pilot) he is still short about 1,000 dollars so please be praying for him. I like to believe that we are broken, bruised, or scared in order to help us reach a remarkable strand of growth we ordinarily wouldn’t. I have been in Kenya now for 6 days, that’s 144 hours of being away from my home, 8640 minutes of being stretched from my comfort zone, and 518400 seconds of unconditional growth. I like to think of my...

I have been struggling to write this blog for the past week, and honestly, I've been putting it off. These past 8 days have been bitter-sweet in a sense. I am learning to hear from God in new ways, unexpected ways. I am being broken, stretched, and molded more into who He created me to be. It has been rough and at times I have wanted to give up and go home. I can't say that thought has completely left my mind yet. But all it takes is one look from a child. One look from a little girl in her pink and green school uniform, one look from the most helpless ones here, the babies, one...

So I find myself standing in the airport in Nairobi , Kenya and the reality that I will be spending 4 months in that country didnt hit me yet. Around 20 hours of flying is never fun and I never felt happier to be standing in a long line waiting to get my visa. I stretched my legs and twisted my ankles and I knew something was wrong. My skin felt so tight around my ankles and I looked down at my feet to see that I had the fattest cankles ever. Seriously there were rolls of puffy skin taking over my ankles. I freaked out! All I could say was "oh no no no why is this happening??"...