Traveling to Kenya was rough…..
We sat in the Atlanta airport for about
8 hours.
We took a 14 hour flight to Dubai.
Lost Chris for a few hours because they
wouldn’t let him enter the country without a visa (He’s Canadian).
Waited for 6 hours in the Dubai
airport.
Took a 5 ½ hour flight from Dubai to
Kenya.
Sat in line for about 2 hours to get
visas for all 12 people on our team.
Took a 45 minute bus ride to our
hostel.
The leaders didn’t get to rest, but got
to go buy food and bus tickets.
Woke up at 5am the next morning to take
an 8 hour bus ride to Busia.
Praise God for sustaining us and
protecting us during all that travel.
Day to Day Life in Busia, Kenya:
We live in a house with a western
toilet and running water (thank you God). All 9 girls sleep in one
room. The contacts were nice enough to give us mini twin mattresses,
so we are spread out all over the floor but sleep pretty comfortably.
The 3 guys share the room next to ours. We have quiet time with the
Lord in the morning. We eat breakfast, prepared by an amazing
cook/member of the church. At about 12 pm, we walk to the church and
when we get there, we play with all of the school children. They are
about 3-5 years old and absolutely adorable with their runny noses
and school uniforms. At 1:00 we participate in “lunch hour” which
is basically a church service for the church leaders. We sing, dance,
listen to a really good message, and pray. Then we eat lunch (pb&j’s
everyday) and wait to picked up for the crusades. At around 4pm,
sometimes 5, sometimes 3…we are on Africa time after all, we ride
to Matayos. Its the next town over where our Pastor holds the
crusades. We worship out in the open, right in the middle of a
market. We dance with the locals and pray. Then the pastor gives a
message in Swahili, which sounds really beautiful and powerful…if I
could only understand what he was saying. Our team sings and does
skits. Then they ask who wants to accept Christ and each day people
have come forward. They invite us to lay hands on them and pray for
them, then we get to do the same, as they pray to bless the children
of the town. We go home and eat a delicious Kenyan supper, prepared
by our wonderful cook. We have family time as a team, and listen to
each other’s testimonies and stories. We shower, go to sleep, and
wake up the next morning to do it all again. Next week, we will be
doing door-to-door evangelism, digging a well for the church,
preaching in church, and visiting the hospitals. We are all very
excited!
I’m really enjoying my time here. Our
contacts are great, my co-leader is super fun, and I love my team.
God is good…all the time.
