Tuesday September 10, 2013             God has brought me here to experience intimacy with me. I am here because He wants to know me more deeply and wants me to know Him more deeply. The Lord just wants us to be content wherever we are in His Presence and to love, knowing that He has us wherever we are for a reason.             This past summer I struggled with being content because of all of the preparations and excitement for Africa. Now that I am actually in Africa I struggle...

Have you ever climbed a mountain? You start the climb admiring the majestic size of God’s creation. You begin your journey and realize that you are off the trail. The rocks are rough, the grass is high, and the top is still far in the distance. You begin to wonder why the heck you are here and regret every step you take moving forward. Halfway to the top you look back and realize that there is no way you could turn back now, though tears are now streaming down your cheeks. You’re tired, thirsty, worn out, and afraid. That’s how I’ve seen my time here in Kenya. I...

I have so many experiences here already and we are only half way through. I could sit down for hours talking about everything that has been happening here and what God has done in my heart. I thought I trusted God before I came on this trip but I had no idea what trust was. Everyday I am forced to cling to Jesus because there is literally nothing else that I can cling to. We have our ministry, our teammates, and the church that we serve, but even those are solely dependent on God. We often go to hospitals to pray over people, to pray for healing and salvation for them if they have not...

     As I was walking to church yesterday, I looked up to see a young boy, around the age of four, running towards me with his arms wide open. Immediately I stretched out my arms toward him and stooped to accept his embrace. This was love and joy at its finest. I carried him on my side into church where he stayed with me until the children were asked to leave for their service. I did not see him again until after the second service as I was walking to the market. I found my beloved friend, Brian, running towards me with his arms wide open. A mzungu (white person) is not...

     Sometimes things turn out a little different than we expected.  I was so set on going to G42 in January but that is no longer the plan.  I had been praying about it, and God kept telling me that He would provide! God did not change my heart until He saw that I totally trusted that He would provide and I finally knew that it did not matter what anyone else thought.  God told me not to go to G42, but instead to go home for now to love people and share all that I have learned and done in Kenya. For a couple days I felt pulled home, so I sat down and...

I feel like I cannot process anything that has happened in Africa. I think it will be harder to come home then it was to come here.   It feels normal to me even when everyone is staring at me because I look different.  It's normal  to hear different languages and to not understand.  On Sundays, it's normal to  sit through a 4 hour church service.It's normal to sleep in a sleeping bag and to not be able to drink water from the sink or in the shower.Seeing lots of bugs is normal and so is wearing the  same clothes over and over.It's...