this blog post needs to be prefaced with a few things: 1. The computer i’m on does not like me and won’t let me resize pictures. Sorry that they are humonguous. 2. I’ve fallen in love with Kenya, along with 12 other people i know. 3. I don’t know how i’m going to leave this place.   this is our first day at the school! on mondays we teach kids. They are handfuls and are from ages 3yrs old to 5th grade. We are either called “mzungu” (white person) or “cha cha cha”   This is how beautiful Kijabe is! You are all so jealous that...

We had an amazing time at the Turkana Tribe. Here are a few pictures from the week.   We told the the story about the lost sheep. Some of them got enough courage to act like a sheep.   Liz trying to be a Turkana women. Those ladies are tough!   One of our many walks!   His stories get better and better!   Nothings better than a sugar cane snack!   Enjoying lunch at the dinner table!   Brother this is your gift from me if I get it through the airport. Its legit! we went up into the mountain, chopped down the tree, and made the rest of it the Turkana...

Some beautiful children from the Maasai Tribe. The little kids are always caring for the babies.  Kicking around the soccer ball…Kenyan style.   Precious Smile!!   Liz telling the kids about the states…or teaching them to say, “welcome to my crib!” Who couldn’t love a face like this one?    Regan and Brian right before they fell in the waterfall…just kidding.   The view from the look out rocks. Here is a pic. for my family…just so they know I’m alive and well. This is Alex…he’s a giggle...

     This week our team had the opportunity to spend a week with the Turkana tribe in the Maai Mahiu region. We usually spend Tuesdays ministering to this community so we have been able to build close relationships with our translators and the Pastor of our church.      The Maai Mahiu region where the Turkana tribe live is a very rural area located in the Rift Valley. Poverty is extremely widespread, and most people commute to different places for work. Many people rely on selling crops (corn, bananas, onions, etc.) and animals (goats, cattle, and...

I’m late in getting a picture blog up so these are from earlier on!   Me and Kelli on Mandy’s Birthday   Miriam, Erick, and I (read previous blogs for stories behind these two!)   Bean stand in the street market in Maai Mahiu   Vicki cooking in our kitchen back in Kijabe!   Cactus flower outside the church in Kijabe      Kelli, Mandy, and I at youth worship      Streets of Maai Mahiu   Mandy and I before our hike on our day off   On top of a random mountain overlooking the Rift Valley     On...

“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hit it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.” (Matthew 13:44) This man in the story was so pumped up for what he found that he sold everything so that he could have the only thing that mattered. He knew that what he stumbled (the kingdom of heaven) was more valuable than anything he had, so he went for it with everything in him.   What an amazing time at the Turkana Tribe. It was full of long laughs, more friendships, and new life. The first few days we...