I can't seem to wrap my mind around the fact that goodbye is coming so soon.
I so distinctly remember hugging my closest friends goodbye, boarding the plane from SFO to Nairobi and making my first friends at the Agape Kisumu campus.
I so distinctly remember hugging my closest friends goodbye, boarding the plane from SFO to Nairobi and making my first friends at the Agape Kisumu campus.
Many thanks to Hannah Mollath and Nicholas Kjeldgaard for the great photos!
Yet, here we are, with only 18 days left in this beautiful land.
In the last 11 months there have been hundreds of lessons learned, hundreds of relationships built, hundreds of Kiswahili words mastered, hundreds of humiliating moments hundreds of joyful moments and hundreds of miracles.
God did all this and so much more in the past 11 months, and I have had the honor and privilege to witness it alongside incredible interns, dear family and fellow missionaries.
I'm not ready to say goodbye to Kenya and hello to California, but I am ready to continue my mission. Because no matter where in the world I am, I have a mission.
A simple mission to love, serve, build relationships and show Jesus.
A mission to preach the gospel always, In Kenya or not, and when necessary, to use words.
Before I leave this place, I want to give you a little glimpse into 10 Kenyan Experiences that have changed me.
I pray these simple stories can help you experience and understand why I do what I do, and why I serve such a great God in the midst of the poverty that surrounds me.
Here's to 11 months of miraculous stories in 18 days!
In the last 11 months there have been hundreds of lessons learned, hundreds of relationships built, hundreds of Kiswahili words mastered, hundreds of humiliating moments hundreds of joyful moments and hundreds of miracles.
- Over 35 boys have been successfully reintegrated and reunited with their family.
- Nearly a hundred boys have memorized countless Bible verses and been taught deep and life-changing lessons in an effort to disciple them.
- Tens of children have come to know Christ as their own.
- The first Kisumu street girls home has been opened and by God's grace Agape has had the privilege to Rescue, Redeem, Rehabilitate and begin to Reintegrate 12 girls who otherwise would have had no where to turn.
- Children who were previously illiterate have not only began reading but speaking English.
- A new counseling department with three caring and God-fearing Kenyans has been formed and boys and girls are now counseled and ministered to on a weekly basis.
God did all this and so much more in the past 11 months, and I have had the honor and privilege to witness it alongside incredible interns, dear family and fellow missionaries.
I'm not ready to say goodbye to Kenya and hello to California, but I am ready to continue my mission. Because no matter where in the world I am, I have a mission.
A simple mission to love, serve, build relationships and show Jesus.
A mission to preach the gospel always, In Kenya or not, and when necessary, to use words.
Before I leave this place, I want to give you a little glimpse into 10 Kenyan Experiences that have changed me.
I pray these simple stories can help you experience and understand why I do what I do, and why I serve such a great God in the midst of the poverty that surrounds me.
Here's to 11 months of miraculous stories in 18 days!
