When I signed up for this trip I was just expecting it to be like the other mission trips I’ve been on. Hang out with people, love on people, meet the physical needs of people, and share the gospel once or twice (And when we did share the gospel I knew for sure it wouldn’t be me doing the talking, but boy was I wrong.). On the past mission trips I’ve been on and my whole life really, I have been in control of my comfort. If I don’t feel comfortable doing something, I simply don’t do it. However, on this trip I have had no choice but to surrender my desire...

A lot has been happening in these last couple weeks in Kenya! 3 weeks ago we were told that 150,000+ people are affected by a drought around Mpeketoni. The crops are dead which makes it hard for people to survive and make a living. They have to ship in food from other cities, and depend on other ways to make money, and eat. We have “droughts” in America, but I have never had to depend on God for providing rain so that we can eat or survive. After hearing about the drought and how much it’s affected these people who we are ministering too, we began to pray for rain. We felt...

Step 1 : Margaret, the wife of the Pastor who is our contact here in Kenya, walks up to me one day while we were with the Maasai tribe and asks me “will you walk with me”.  This was no ordinary question. Something about the tone of her voice and the look in her eye told me that we were going to walking down more then just a dirt road in Kenya. This was true. As we walk she began to paint a picture of her vision for an orphanage that they are beginning to build for orphans that they are already supporting.  I saw my future in this place begin to unfold as God confirmed...

A few weeks ago, I wrote in my journal during ministry "Distracted by time. Deceived. We reap what we sew." Here is why: our teams have met many individuals who are just waiting to one day feel conviction that they need to be saved. They know of Jesus and the Gospel story and yet they wait. They believe, but do not receive his saving grace. So they ask to come back and try them again another day, perhaps they will feel differently then it seems. And we do go back, day after day because we are finding out more than ever that time is precious. The pastors here impress the urgency of...

So today we woke up and went to the hospital to pray healing over sick people. When we got there my translator Jonah said that he couldn't translate for us because he had a bad toothache, and it hurt to talk. He is never only there to translate, but he also enjoys helping others and telling people about the Gospel. He has such a big heart for people. Despite his pain in his mouth, he couldn't help but to ask what was wrong with the people in the hospital so that we could pray for them. During our door to door ministries if we are stuck on what to say next he explains the Gospel...

We are in a WAR   One thing I knew coming into this trip, was that it was going to be a battle to bring the Gospel to these people. I was right.   Since arriving, we have quickly realized the spiritual battle going on in Mpeketoni, Kenya. Right off the bat I was thrown into the pulpit to preach the first sermon to the church. Spoke on Job and perseverance through struggle and how God has a sovereign plan behind it all. Two days after that, we went into the local hospital and prayed over the sick and hurt. A lot of spiritual warfare in that place. Then time for the...