Hello everyone, we are doing very okay. (as they say in Kenya) We have our three week assignment. We will be leaving for Thika on wednesday to stay with Pastor Patrick. It is a new assignment so I am not certain of what we will be doing exactly but I know it will involve preaching, home visits, evangelism, talking at schools, and building relationships with the people we will be living around. We may or may not have internet access so it may be a while before we are able to write again. Oh and we are living by a pineapple factory...so hopefully we'll get some really good pineapple.

On a different note. I got to see my pastor from 2007! He is sadly not hosting students this year because he has other missionaries staying with him but he came up to the pastor's training to see me :) Praise God for the blessing of sitting and talking with him. He is a great man of God and very inspirational and has a big servants heart.

Sorry I do not have much to say this time around. But I must tell you that it is so great being here. I feel so comfortable here and God's presence is beautiful and intense. And it has been great to come as staff. I lead a small group, and it has been a blessing to watch them grow just in the one week we have been here. God is already showing them, beyond what they already knew, on how great and deep His love is for us. We serve and have a very good God, who is faithful and so intimate. When you take yourself out of your comfort zone and out of what you are used too, it seems you can see God more clearly and really listen to Him. It is easier to give Him your attention because everyday distractions are gone. It is so so good. I encourage you, to take some time today and just be with our Lord.

Please be praying for us as we enter our assignments. For strength and boldness as we share God's word, love, hope, forgiveness, and peace. Also please be praying for the Kenyan people. ALong with the 1 million + orphanes that are here in this country.

Nakupenda!

Bwana Asifiwe!

I will try not to overlap in what Ryan has already said, but we are here and it is so wonderful! My heart has been running over with joy to be back in the place I fell in love with 3 years ago.

It started when we got off the plane and I got my first smell of Kenya, oh my, how wonderful and sweet. Kenya has a smell that I am not sure how to describe, but it welcomed me home to Kenya.

We have been very busy. Our first day we took the students into Ngong town, their first time using Swahili and buying things. It was great to be among the people and talk to them. They are very warm and friendly. They speak British English so I found myself picking up my accent from 3 years ago so that they could better understand me. And I love using my Swahili, at first it was awkward but now it flows out without me thinking, so Praise God!

We went to Mathare Slum yesterday along with a children's home Sanctuary of Hope 1 and 2. SOH 1 and 2 was founded by the directors of our trip, Brian and Debbie, they have rescued 21 children from the slums and we got to see and play with them.

Three years ago there was only the one home and I met one of the boys there. His name is David and I got to see this again yesterday and he is SO big! His story, however, is heart breaking. As a small child his mom could not feed him and she was an alcoholic. So she would give brew to her son so that he'd pass out and she could go to the bars. When he would awake he'd go find food in the dumps and sewage. He was rescued and brought to the home in 07, very scared and quite. But now seeing him 3 years later, he is a changed child. He is very good at soccer and still is a bit shy. Thank you Jesus for him and for saving him.

Please be praying for our team as we continue to learn about Kenyan culture and please pray for the staff team, we begin to match people for assignments tonight.

Love you all! And miss you.

Leave Tomorrow

Our big adventure starts early tomorrow morning (June 4th) at 4:20 am as we drive to the airport to leave for KENYA!