We arrived back on American soil on Monday afternoon after nearly 40 hours of travel! Even though our team was certainly ready to come home to our families, the parting from our Kenyan family was bittersweet. All of my luggage is now unpacked, but I know it will take me quite awhile to unpack the…
Ready to Depart
I have watched the marked line on my wall calendar merge with the current week as the date for Kenya draws near. God has cleared my path to go, as I knew He would. My outstanding projects at work are nearly complete, my bags are basically packed, and my body is continuing to heal from…
Covenant of Peace
As I sit down to write today, no profound thoughts or observations are making their way from my brain to my fingers and onto this electronic page. Rather, my mind is swirling with thoughts like, “I will be on a plane to Africa in 11 days, and I haven’t even made my packing list yet.”…
Empyting to be Filled
Our Africa team is completing a short booklet of devotions to prepare our hearts for the trip. The devotion I read last night was about adopting the attitude of Christ by serving others in humility. Vanquishing the subconscious attitude of superiority that infects our Western culture. Rather than approaching individuals of a different culture with…
One in the Play of the Many
I recently read the following passage in a septet of poems by Rabindranath Tagore, a late nineteenth century/early twentieth century poet who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. It touched my heart as beautiful imagery of missions & developing lasting relationships, through the common bond of the Creator, within a culture different than…
A Life Called to Love 