Author: Adventures

Expect the Unexpected

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...

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The Shadow

When listening to a Bill Johnson sermon (Challenge of Promotion), there was a certain part that just   grabbed at my heart and Spirit.   Here it goes . . . Acts 5:15 “As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.”   Now at this time in Acts, the church has gone through hardships and persecution for at least a couple years.  The church needs opposition because it is through that opposition that promotion comes.  And how we...

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Prayer works, y’all!!!

        We have been in Mpekatoni for a few days now. Our days have been filled with ministry ranging from door to door evangelism, hospital visits, bible studies, sweeping dirt, cooking, loving on children, loving each other, and more. 3:30 AM comes early when the roosters are crowing. 8:30 PM comes late when we are all exhausted right after dinner. The heat and the humidity are not our friends. There are so many instances that could allow us to complain and pout. But, my family is not made up of just ordinary people. My family is strong and willing. When...

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Unexpected love

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...

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This Is Africa

Originally, I had planned to write this blog about how much I have grown and changed as a result of a teammate being sick, and while it was amazing how much my prayer life, and my spiritual life in general has drastically changed and strengthened, I feel the need to vent about something else. This morning we visited a hospital in Mpeketoni and let me just say that I could not believe that I was standing in a hospital…there was no air conditioning or fans, no medical equipment that I could see, no nurses or doctors, and the smell of human feces and the stench of death and disease...

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The simplicity of a ball

Today was our first day of door to door ministry, or more accurately titled, hut to hut ministry. As I walked the dusty roads of Mpeketoni I wasn’t sure what to expect. The sticky weather was starting to get to me and the smell of burning trash wasn’t helping the matter. On I went though, awaiting what God, who just loves to put me in uncomfortable situations, was planning. Seeing a group of huts ahead, my team and I veered toward them. As I looked up, my eyes met with one of the most intimidating men I have ever seen. It wasn’t his appearance that gave me this...

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