You rumble along in your Land Cruiser after a day full of seeing everything

from Impala to the King of Beasts itself.

The sun is beginning to set over the vast and beautiful African plain.  
 
 

 

You’re at an orphanage, an adorable African baby is falling asleep in your arms after a long but

Rewarding day of bringing Physical Relief and Spiritual Hope to the kids

At the Christian orphanage you are staying at.      
 

 

Or there has been a famine in the area for a long time and you are able to help feed a whole village.

  

  
 
 
 
 
 
 
It’s the middle of the African Bush and you are staying with one of the wild tribesintroducing Jesus for the first time to their society.   

 

 
 
 
   
Revival has broken out and you are the middle of seeing Thousands come toChrist and

Hundreds of others being set free of demonic possession and

experiencing physical healing.
 

 

I hate to break it to you, but:

 

African Isn’t That Sexy.

 
 

Don’t get me wrong.

Those things COULD happen on your trip to Africa.

And for some people they do.

 

For the large amounts of people coming with these Expectations of Africa –

They are usually pretty disappointed.

 

Those Expectations are rooted in a couple things:

1)     That God is only in the BIG THINGS or that He only cares about the BIG THINGS we do for Him.

2)     That Africa is the Holy Grail of Missions that will answer all the deep longings or our soul.

 
 

I have had some AMAZING days in Africa……..

 

In my two trips here I have been able to feed orphans, provide for widows, preach at many churches, see people come to Christ, witnessed physical healings and had my soul blessed by the beautiful worship.

 

I have been overwhelmed and challenged by the lives of local Men and Women I have met giving their
life to make a difference on this hurting continent.                                               
                                                                                                                                       Bishop Busuru of Kenya

  

I have been on two Snorkeling trips, a Safari , climbed two mountains and seen incredible beauty all across Africa.

  

I have also had some Very Average Days. Hard Days. And even AnnoyingDays.

 

In East Africa we have done a lot of door to door visitation.
 

Which can involve having the same conversation you just had at the house before, with a stranger you just met, as you sit in their house with a translator you’re not sure is understanding what you’re  saying.

 

Have you ever eaten a steady diet of Potatoes, Bread, Bannanas, Rice, Beans and Goat meat complete with fat and bone?               

 

What about when  everywhere you go –

 

Kids yell “Mizungu! How are you?” and then want to have the same boring, limited English conversation you have had a thousand times before.

 

Or you can’t walk through town without people gawking, yelling obscene things or bluntly telling you to give them money or something you own.

 

Do you like looking like a Walking Dollar Sign to everyone you meet?

What about 6-7 hour church services?

Or not being able to move your feet in a cramped bus while a butt is in your face as you travel for 10 
 hours?

 

Sometimes you sit around all day because Ministry only last 2 hours.

Sometimes you are asked to preach with about two minutes warning.

Sometimes you pick up a lovely disease like Malaria, or get a Parasite or the lovely Ring Worm.

 

Best of all, you have a good chance of getting things stolen or robbed at gunpoint.

 

Like I said……

 

Africa Isn’t That Sexy.

 

The Point Is This:

 

Wherever you go or Whatever you are doing.

 

No matter how good your intentions are or

how good of things you are doing.

 

If Christ isn’t the center and the

MAIN REASON

You will be disappointed and your true expectations will be revealed.

 

But if Christ is

THE CENTER and THE REASON

It won’t matter

Where You Are, What Happens or What You Are Asked To Do.

 

Africa might not always be Sexy

But if you let it – It will teach you that.