Kenya Believe It?

Kenya Believe It?

I sure can’t. After nine months of fundraising praying and stressing it’s almost time for Africa!

Let’s relive the journey shall we?

 Upon returning home from my previous missions trip last summer I felt out of place, like I was 1,001 piece to a 1,000 piece puzzle. And I prayed that God would allow me to go another AIM trip so I could belong again. I wanted to go to Guatemala, because that’s where my heart is.

 But God said no, He said Kenya, and I fought it!

So when I tried to apply to Kenya he kicked me off the web page, and same for every trip other than Kenya. When I clicked on Kenya, I was sent directly to my profile and logged in and applied for the trip.(Freak computer error? I think NOT) so I complied, you can’t argue with that!

And within days, I was all about Kenya, and my heart kept growing and growing! It’s all I could think about! Kenya was right for me!

 So I began to fundraise, and it was slow at best! As of a month ago I had $2,000 and still needed about $2,600! Yikes! I was anxious, stressed and being told to look into other trips. But through it all I knew I was being tested. I knew that God wanted me in Kenya, and if I believe that He wanted me there, He would get me there.

AND HE DID!

In less than a week, I had the money on it’s way to me and was provided for! My faith was tested and God grew me from it.

This journey was crazy! Full of joy, and laughs, and many tears, lot’s of crying out to God! And it’s this journey that has ,me able to be going to do God’s work.

So to all my friends who I ranted to, THANKYOU for listening.
All those who believed in what God was doing and supported though prayer THANKYOU.

To all those who supported finically THANKYOU, you made this happen!

To me Swazi. team, THANKYOU for helping me become who I am today, and ALWAYS being there for me, you provide laughs and memories that pulled me through.

Lastly…
To my new Kenya team who went through the same thing, READY, SET, HERE WE GO!

So I leave you with this…

"...And so my prayer is that your story will have involved some leaving and some coming home, some summer and some winter, some roses blooming out like children in a play. My hope is your story will be about changing, about getting something beautiful born inside of you, about learning to love a woman or a man, about learning to love a child, about moving yourself around water, around mountains, around friends, about learning to love others more than we love ourselves, about learning oneness as a way of understanding God. We get one story, you and I, and one story alone. God has established the elements, the setting and the climax and the resolution. It would be a crime not to venture out, wouldn't it?
It might be time for you to go. It might be time to change, to shine out.
I want to repeat one word for you:
Leave.
Roll the word around on your tongue for a bit. It is a beautiful word, isn't it? So strong and forceful, the way you have always wanted to be. And you will not be alone. You have never been alone. Don't worry. Everything will still be here when you get back. It is you who will have changed."