My Month In Kenya
Kenya was a really good month. We were blessed to have AMAZING contacts (Ben and Christine..AKA mama). They always made sure we were comfortable, well fed and relaxed. At breakfast and diner we all got to sit around the table with them and it always felt like family time together.
For the first week we did construction to build a church. We shoveled, mixed cement, shoveled, carried bricks, shoveled, layed bricks and shoveled some more. We got to talk to some really cool guys and start to see the building come together. Even though it was hard work it was actually a real fun time.
For the remainder of the time we got to spend a lot of time at Gilgal high school/orphanage. We spent a lot of time getting to know the students and their stories. I think they were more of an encouragement to me then I was able to be to them. Many of them had heartbreaking stories but continued to have faith in God and a positive attitude
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We also got the chance to evangelize in slum areas
At the end of our month we decided to make an american meal for our contacts and all of the people that helped cook and clean for us. We made them cheeseburgers, french fries and brownies. It wasn’t an easy task because cooking in an african kitchen is much differnt from what we are used to. It ended with us cooking over coals in the backyard. The brownies were more of just batter but in the world race chocolate is chocolate! It was the first time for any of our new friends had tried hamburgers or brownies…weird huh? Half of them enjoyed it and the other half didn’t really want anything to do with it. It was humerous to watch their confused faces when we put the burger on bread with lettuce, tomato and ketchup together.
