FAMILY I have always believed that God is colorblind. I had never seen it more beautifully displayed than in the welcome hearts of the Kenyan pastors with whom we worked. Never will I forget the message of thanks Pastor Washington shared in the first church building that was completed on our trip. He said that he wanted no confusion to … Read More
Upside Down Worlds – Part 4: Listening to the Locals
LISTENING TO THE LOCALS While staying with the Muttais in Kitale, we had an awesome cross-cultural experience. It wasn’t an earth shattering experience like participating in some tribal ritual or something. It was just a conversation on the graduate bench at Legacy Service Station with a local man named Joe. We sat there for a few minutes sipping on our … Read More
Upside Down Worlds – Part 3: The Importance of Education
It’s a shame that I graduated from college nearly five years ago, yet I took the fact that it was a right for me to be educated for granted. I think a lot of western students do the same. I had heard the statistics before that if you were in college, you were part of the 1% or 2% of … Read More
Upside Down Worlds- Part 1: Joy in the Midst of Suffering
As I sit in the comfort of my own home on this snowy January evening, I am reminded that my world here is completely upside down from the land beyond the equator that I have just returned from- Kenya. I’ve travelled a good chunk of the globe- been to 3 continents prior to this trip. Yet, I have never experienced … Read More
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