Last week was our last week in Kenya. I’ve been trying to
think over everything that happened last month, but its been hard. So many
things have happened in the last month and its hard to grasp all of them. It
was a good first month. The best way I can describe it is a month of growth.
I was sitting next to Tom on the bus to Mbarara, a very
eventful trip, and we were talking about Kenya and he asked me what I would
take away from Kenya. I thought about it for a bit and as I thought about it,
as much as I hate to admit it, I realized that the past month has been a lot
about me. God has worked a lot on me this month. He has worked on me trusting
him and my family (aka, my team), he has worked on me learning to really listen
to him and open myself up to him, he has worked on my relationship with him so
that I can have a better relationship with others and be able to better love
other people.
That was hard for me to admit at first. I mean, I’m a
missionary, I thought I was supposed to be all about others. But I realized
that sometimes God needs to work on you first. You have to work out your own
crap before you can really be useful to those around you.
Its been a great month. We got to treat people who have been
in pain for a long time, we got to pray with people and encourage people, we
got to teach in different places. We saw not just the city of Kakamega, but the
surrounding areas and villages. I have no doubt that God touched many lives
this month and he used us to do it. Our contact blessed us in so many ways. It
was good. I now have family in Kenya who I love with all of my heart.
We left for Uganda last weekend. The entire squad spent a
couple days in Jinja resting and just enjoying each other after being apart for
an entire month. My team and team Tuna Moto are in Mbarara for this month. The
twelve of us are living at an orphanage/school/church this month. We are all
pretty stoked about it. We get to live with the most beautiful children I have
ever seen in my life and love on them all the time. Yesterday we got a tour and
we went into the girls dormitory and when we went in I got more hugs than I
have ever had in my life. I decided if I ever have a bad day, that’s the place
to go. Its going to be a good month. I can feel it. God is good.
