“A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.” Proverbs 17:22 Louis is a lady who has been  in the woman’s ward at the hospital since October paralyzed from the waste down from an accident. Everyday the doctors have to rotate her  on all sides so that bed sores don’t form. When we 1st met Louis she was this sweet, timid lady who would barely look at us. She loved to sing, but she would never sing for us- we just has to sing for her, and she could barely lift herself up; she had no strength in her arms and no feeling in her...

Once a week the team gets to help out at Regant Academy Primary School for the day. In the mornings we help correct homework and mark papers, and when we come back after lunch we teach them Bible verses and songs. We have a blast singing with them and telling them stories. We are finally starting to get all their names, and each of them have already stolen our hearts. 🙂 Here are a few pictures from mine and Holli’s class last Monday. Regant Academy Primary School   Looking out of Class 2’s window before a storm       Listening to teacher Holli 🙂...

            Sorry for the delay, but I promise you all that I am still alive.  The past couple weeks have flown by. The days are moving very fast and it’s hard to believe that we are time here is already half over.  We are leaving for a week stay with the Turkana tribe this morning.  We will be there until Sunday. The following week we have time off and are staying in Nairobi.  After that, we only have 4 weeks left of ministry before a one week final debrief somewhere else in Kenya.  Then,...

  The first day we went to the displacement camps I immediately hit it off with the older half of the girls. They range from 12-16 years old and I am completely in love with all of them already. Even only after spending two days with them I am convinced that out of all the ministries we are in, the ways God is using us as a team here, this is exactly where God is calling me personally to pour myself into. Cecilia, 13 years old, caught my attention right away; she spoke English very well and had such a big smile on her face. The first day out there she wanted to show me her tent which...

Most recently I’m learning what it means to have a servants’ heart. Not just within the walls of our community, but how we can better serve the people that we are ministering to. What does it look like to be a servant of Christ? I was reading 1 John 2:5-6 “But if anyone obeys his word, God’s love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him. ‘Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did.’ “ That verse spoke powerfully about how we who claim to live in him MUST walk as Jesus did. My first thought was where do I start? The...

I’m in complete amazement of all the things that God is teaching and showing me. I am constantly humbled by how little I really need in order to get  by. When I think about the American lifestyle verses the African lifestyle I’m shocked at how much we take for granted. Yet, at the same time I am reminded of how little we need. It’s definitely eye opening to live simply. It makes you really appreciate what you have and allows you to realize how truly blessed we really are. As Americans, we’ve learned the ways of the world, but not the ways of God. In fact,...