When I stepped foot on the ground in Kenya, I couldn’t stop thinking about how incredibly blessed I am to be 22 years old and have traveled to every inhabited continent on the earth. God has been so good in giving me opportunities to travel and see different cultures and how His grace, power, and His good news transcends borders.
We are in Nairobi, Kenya, for our month 4 debrief. In a few days, the squad will take a bus to Tanzania to begin ministry. I am really excited to begin our 3 months here in Africa. I definitely miss India though! In what was my favorite month of ministry yet on the race, my team was abundantly blessed in the craziest ways. Whether it was things like having 2 sets of Christian neighbors that had us over for meals and movie nights or having the most cultural and fun Christmas ever, my word that sums up my month in India is BLESSED. And I loved those kids. Oh how I miss those kids! Their English was so good that I taught Bible studies and discipled them just like I would a kid in the states. It was so fun for me to get to teach them, spend time with them, and just love them. I also learned a lot from them- they have incredible faith muscles and they love each other so well as brothers and sisters.
Our last week in India was amazing. We did a bunch of fun events with the kids like a pizza+movie night, a field trip to a park for a picnic then to a circus, a barbeque night, we sent the couple that runs the place on a date night, and Spencer and I did a man day with the older boys. On this day, we learned this equation: $1 soccer tickets + $2 smoothies + 7 dudes= one amazing and very affordable man day.
In summary, it was an incredible month in which God lavished gifts on us. In front of me now is a quick trip home to the states for 3 med school interviews (may God use this trip in divine and supernatural ways) and 3 months of watching the Spirit move in Africa. Can’t wait.
In Christ,
Kyle
P.S. It’s crazy that next Christmas Eve I will be able to think back to the last year and go, “oh yeah, last Christmas Eve I was the speaker at a midnight service in India”. So cool.
