At the end of November a team came from the US, Canada, and China to work here in Kijabe. They were all from a group called Engineering Ministries International (eMI). The team consisted mostly of engineers and architects who had come to do design work for the ten-year master plan of the Kijabe hospital.
I looked into volunteering with eMI when I graduated college, but ended up moving to Haiti to work with a different group. However, I’ve stayed up to date with their work and get emails every so often about their projects and what they need help with. About a month before the team came I got one such email that said they had a project in Kenya….in Kijabe…at the hospital. I was pretty excited considering the hospital is a ten-minute walk from where I live. Anyway, I got in touch with them and was able to join their team while they were here.
It was a long week and a half. We put in 13+ hour days and were working on some large projects concerning the layout of buildings, new infrastructure, and the vital work that the hospital does. I really enjoyed getting to work with a team of engineers though and it reminded me how much I love being able to do that type of work.
My heart is to be doing international development work and to use engineering as a tool to partner with locals, build relationships, and be a catalyst for change. Often our work here in Kenya has little to do with the technical and is primarily focused on other things. While I see the value in what we are doing, God is continually reminding me that he’s the one who wired me and wants me to have an outlet for engineering, problem solving, and the technical work that I enjoy.
I was thinking and praying the other morning and perplexed because I thought I should have my life figured out by now. I’m in my late 20s and by my thinking, I should be pretty clear on what I like to do, how God has gifted me, and how to apply all of this to my everyday life. And maybe I should, but I feel like God is reminding me that it’s a journey. He wants me to continually be evaluating what I’m doing, what He’s saying, and where I’m going.
I think these past few weeks have been a time of evaluation. I’m thankful that I can evaluate things with Him and what usually happens is growth.
