This trip we had planned ahead of time for me to get to meet with the street boys for about half of the time I was here. We are two weeks into our trip today and I haven't met with the street boys once because for all of you who don't know, things never go as planned in Kenya. As frustrated as I was tonight I started thinking deeper about it and realized maybe that's what I wanted for this trip but that's not what GOD wanted for this trip. Maybe all along He had in mind that I would gather information, research, etc. about what it means to be a missionary and to actually run a home that houses orphan children. I've been to a couple of different homes now: the Nakuru Children's Remand Home, Okoa Mtoto (street boy holding facility), and a girls probation center. At each place I have been able to see what works and what doesn't work and unfortunately for one place nothing is really working. I have learned that for me success is not measured in the number of street boys that come through and leave but getting to see each boy change, grow up and be free from their former lifestyle.
Tomorrow I get to actually meet with a group of street boys, well if all goes as planned. Another obstacle that has been in the way that I forgot to mention is the Government just recently did a "clean up" of the streets and tried to get all of the street boys off of the streets which at first I thought was encouraging and later I realized where some of them have gone and it's not so great. Point being that it's been way harder to meet with them because many of them don't hang out in the town as much because they're afraid of getting caught. Hopefully tomorrow goes well and I get to meet with them again on this trip, but I'm giving it all to God now because it just doesn't work when I try and do it on my own.
P.S. Prayers are always appreciated because working with street boys is never easy and not always the safest work out there.
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Thursday, July 4, 2013
We're back!
I know it's been a while since I have updated this blog, it's been so long that I completely forgot my password and other login information. Anyway, we're back and I'm so excited to see what God has in store for us while we are here. Every time I come here I realize more and more that this is the direction God has for my life, I don't know what it is about this place but something just pulls me closer.
Knowing that I feel called to be a missionary after college, Tom has decided that he would make me very busy while I am here so I can't wait to share with y'all what all I am doing! Here is a little taste of it: this next week I will be at the Virginia Children's Home every morning and then in the afternoon I will be spending it with the street boys of Nakuru seeking out ministry there, next Tuesday I have to have a thirty minute lesson prepared for a group of high school students, more encounters with the street boys that same week, a weekend prepared for the interns at the Virginia Home, and many other small tasks here and there. It is definitely a lot to take in and prepare for but I am very excited to be busy!
I'm jumping around quite a bit and this should probably have been posted first. But I am so happy we have arrived safely. We made it in late Wednesday night and had no problems going to bed, only problem was sleeping in. Maybe because of jet lag or maybe because of excitement. We got all of the "boring stuff" out of the way early Thursday morning (i.e. currency exchange, internet modems, blah blah blah) and then made our way to the delicious Art Caffé where I had this delicious BLT:
and then we continued on our journey and have made it here to Nakuru!
I'm very excited for this month I get to spend here and very excited to share with y'all the work God is doing here!
Lastly, I am awakened by this verse, "Be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, "I will never fail you. I will never abandon you." Hebrews 13:5. So, what more do we need?
Knowing that I feel called to be a missionary after college, Tom has decided that he would make me very busy while I am here so I can't wait to share with y'all what all I am doing! Here is a little taste of it: this next week I will be at the Virginia Children's Home every morning and then in the afternoon I will be spending it with the street boys of Nakuru seeking out ministry there, next Tuesday I have to have a thirty minute lesson prepared for a group of high school students, more encounters with the street boys that same week, a weekend prepared for the interns at the Virginia Home, and many other small tasks here and there. It is definitely a lot to take in and prepare for but I am very excited to be busy!
I'm jumping around quite a bit and this should probably have been posted first. But I am so happy we have arrived safely. We made it in late Wednesday night and had no problems going to bed, only problem was sleeping in. Maybe because of jet lag or maybe because of excitement. We got all of the "boring stuff" out of the way early Thursday morning (i.e. currency exchange, internet modems, blah blah blah) and then made our way to the delicious Art Caffé where I had this delicious BLT:
I'm very excited for this month I get to spend here and very excited to share with y'all the work God is doing here!
Lastly, I am awakened by this verse, "Be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, "I will never fail you. I will never abandon you." Hebrews 13:5. So, what more do we need?
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