For the first few days that we’ve been here in Isebania, Pastor Abraham of Deliverence Church, our contact, has had us doing door-to-door minsitry. Now, as pretty much anyone who knows me will tell you, I am unbelievably uncomfortable with 
door-to-door stuff, but apparently that’s what they do here in Africa, walk around and talk to strangers. 85% of Kenya claims to be Christian, that coupled with the warm-hearted welcoming culture here, it’s been really easy to walk up to a couple women doing their hair on their front step or a handfull of carpenters taking a break and ask them what they think about God.
Day 1) Eight people come to know Christ
Day 2) People get healed from knee pains and stomache issues
We’ve been going out in groups of three, two World Racers and a translator. JD and I have been partnered with a very patient wonderful women named Nhora. One day, the
three of us set out for our daily walk through the town and we came across a couple of women hanging out outside of their homes peeling potatoes and after my failed attempt at small talk, JD stepped in to ask if they needed prayer for anything. For the next hour, people started coming out of the woodwork to get prayer. Young men, women, and even people asking us to pray for their infants were lining up to get prayed for. I have never seen anything like that in my life.
I think I am going to have tons of opportunity for growth here in Africa because the things I’ve always thought were awkward and horrible are normal and somewhat expected here. I have always hated the idea of door-to-door ministry, the thought of public speaking makes me want to throw up, and nothing makes me more nervous than praying for healing for people in a hospital but we’ve been doing door-to-door minsitry all week, I’m signed up to lead an adult Sunday School next week, and hospital ministry starts on Tuesday.
There is absolutely no way that I am going to go home at the end of this year even remotely close to the same person I was when I left.
