My life in Kenya… WOW

God has been really showing me so much scripture so I want to share with you the references:

1 Thess. 5:12-28

Psalm 139, 138:8, 91

John 3:16, 13:38

1 King 12

Isaiah 6

Luke 17:10, 17:19, 6

Ex. 34:29-25, 34:6-7, 34:13

2Tim.4:1-8

1Cor.3:5-9

Eph.3:12-19

Micah 7

Isaiah 58

James 5:17 (favorite)

Col. 3:12

My life in Kenya..WOW!

Friday, I had a headache (this sounds funky but I got a headache from how I did my hair that day) while I was on the bus. We where on the bus, traveling to Kibera to play with some kids. (NOTE: Kibera is the largest slumb in Kenya, the second largest in Africa.) I took a little nap on the bus to try to get rid of my “hair” headache before we arrived to Kibera. When we arrived to Kibera the thought came to my mind, “Should I just stay on the bus and rest or go and play with the kids?” I decided to go, and tried to play with the kids, even though I felt tired and such. AND OHHHHHHH man I can’t tell you how glad I am that I did not choose to stay on the bus and serve my selfish desire to rest.

In Kibera I got to worship (Julie played the guitar) with Julie and Courtney, which attracted these three girls named Sarah, Margaret, and Cheryl. I talked to the three girls for about an hour. The three girls understood my English and I was so glad! I believe these girls knew about who God was, so I went ahead and asked them if I could pray for them in any way or answer any questions that they had about God. One girl asked, “I have a hard time believing God loves me because there is so much bad that is going on in my life.” What is so special to me is I asked myself a very similar question before I came to Africa. I knew I was going to see a new level of poverty and hardship then I had ever seen before. So I was afraid my heart would get really crushed and forget about the power of my MIGHTY GOD. I was challenged by CJ Fox to not let all the hardship that I see in the Kenyans lives destroy and wreck me. Because, as a human, I am so prone to looking at a hard situation and reacting quickly and becoming angry at God and asking, “Why is this happening?” So I am so pumped that God allowed me to pray for protection over my mind to not have a hard heart while I am surrounded by hardship and to also have a team to talk to when my heart gets over whelmed. So okay… back to the girls question..:) I knew I didn’t know why these girls had to experience so much hardship in Kibera, but I knew that God could handle the complex-ness of her question even if I could not. So God laid it on my heart to share with them how I have personally struggled with God’s love and how I was being challenged by God to surrender to Him in EVERY hard time.

We kept talking and I just felt like God was giving me a chance to pour into these girls. If I attempt to share with you everything we talked about, then this blog would be way too long. So at the end of my time chatting with the three precious girls I got to pray for over them. So I say this to encourage you when we are weak God is strong!

I love you all so much! I am doing so good here! Please, keep the people I come in contact with in your prayers! Like today I met two little boys named John and Charles (oh + an older guy named Felix) and two other girls named Becky and Beato.

Soon I will be home to share so many stories that Christ has allowed me to be apart of and witness. Please, know that God has laid so many of you back home on my heart to pray for daily!

Love your sister in Christ,

Taylor

P.S. To my besteist FAMILY and FRIENDS you rock my world when I reflect and think of how blessed I am to have you in my life.