One thing God taught me was to be grateful in everything. EVERYTHING! While this seems like an obvious Sunday school lesson, let me elaborate. We spent six days in the Hope Center, an orphanage located in Oyuma that houses AIDS‐ ravaged children. There were SO many...
In April, of 2017, I had the wonderful opportunity to travel to Kenya to experience “The Take Heart” ministry. It changed my life! I was able to see, firsthand, the poverty and brokenness in the lives of the widows and their children. On my visit to...
Hello (or should I say, Jambo!!!) my friends! I have officially been in the states for a good 3 days and boy have the past 3 weeks been a ride. People have been asking me how Kenya was, and every time I get asked the question… I just don’t really know what to say. I...
I’ve spent the past few months perfecting my sales pitch about porcupine quill bracelets, hand-dyed tapestries, and acacia wood talking sticks. These products filled the heavy boxes that I unloaded in the morning; they crowded my table later in the day, sheltered from...
Nairobi, Kenya • July 13th, 2015 Today we drove to the Mathare Child Development Center where a local Kenyan named Jane showed us around the school and church. She was incredibly inspirational, helping almost 1,500 kids each day. It all started in 1999 when 12 boys...
The team has arrived safely in Nairobi! Here’s their update: First day in Kenya. We visited Alice at the Candlelight school and made our first fair trade purchase. We then had chapatis and lentil soup at Alice’s house. We are now visiting with Stacey...
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