My Africa Adventure has begun!!

            My Africa Adventure has begun!! I have officially now been in Africa for a full week! However, the actual planning began eight months ago, the praying started ten years ago, and the preparation has been a part of my entire existence, thus far. Sitting in my new room, at my desk, blogging about my day to day experiences seems so surreal to me! Living a life in Africa has been just about the only thing concerning my mind over the course of the past few months, and the fact that I am actually here is a dream come true for me! I have wanted, wished, and longed to be here for quite some time and I am simply in awe of God who has gotten me here! The fact that God would use a sinner such as me to share his love to the least of these amazes me! I am so undeserving but yet so blessed and thankful to be here!

            My first 48 hours in Kenya were nothing short of an emotional rollercoaster. If you know me, you know I’m an emotional person anyways, so add 72 hours of travel, saying goodbye to ALL of your closest friends and family, and you are sure to get a break down or two in the midst. Let me be honest here, those two days were t.o.u.g.h tough. Gaining a new family, new house, new country, and learning to live a new type of lifestyle all together was A LOT of change to take in, all at once. It was overwhelming. I had one break down (that luckily only lasted for about 5 minutes) of me feeling inadequate, unqualified, and doubtful (from the Devil himself) to do what I KNOW Christ has so clearly called me to do, but with a little help from Jesus and Kari Jobe I was over it in no time! It took some time for me to get over being jet lagged, to settle in, adjust, get use to all the different smells, the stares from strangers, and the scariness of walking down the slum streets of Kibera, but I now, thankfully, feel right at home, and where I should be! I am resting in his perfect peace.

            God has placed me in a loving home, with loving Kenyans, to love on me and vise versa. He has provided an incredible staff for me to work with, and he has given me students to teach, encourage, inspire, share my story with, and love on! Some people find it shocking or odd that I would want to move to a foreign country to do what I am doing. I get it, it’s not the “norm”, or the “All American dream,” but I am seeing some of the most beautiful parts of the world that God created for mankind, meeting incredible new people along the way, and experiencing the most beautiful love story of all. God’s love. Is there anything better?