I must say, I think Butere, Kenya was one of my favorite months thus far. I don't even know how to describe it, but I think my teammate Garrett Hammonds put it best when he said, “These people (referring to our contacts) have showed us the love of Jesus better than anyone I know.” I couldn’t describe the month any better. Our contacts have shown us how to love like Jesus did. From the first day we arrived and received a warm welcome filled with warm drinks and dinner, to our last day filled with laughter and ginger cookies they,continued to love us. They gave up their rooms and beds to us, served us 4 meals a day, did our laundry, and cleaned for us.
It got me thinking about this verse:
Matthew 25:35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’
One day it started raining and we had to walk home, feet covered in mud. When we got home Mamma immediately filled basins with warm water and started washing our feet. She replied with, “ Well, I don’t want my daughters to be dirty!”
John 13:12-14 When he had washed their feet and put on his outer garments and resumed his place, he said to them, “Do you understand what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.


It was these endless acts of kindness that left me questioning why I have been so selfish my entire life. Typically, I won’t go out of my way for someone who needs something small, let alone give up my comfy bed to sleep on. But, these people gave up everything for us and where upset when we had to leave. I am not sure I will ever comprehend how our contacts have loved us so selflessly, but I hope I can take bits and pieces away from each one…
Every month I leave with more answers…this is how Jesus loves.
Every month I leave with more questions…how do you serve everyone like Jesus did/does?
Every month I leave with more footprints on my heart…
Every month I leave with tear stained eyes…
Every month I leave a little more broken…my old self dying.
Every month I leave a little more restored…in my Abba Father.
Every month I learn more about who I want to be….
