No words....

Hi all!

So here I am in Kenya! This has been the most amazing experience. I spent a week in training and then last Thursday we set off for Chicago. Our very first flight was canceled and so our plans changed rather quickly. We ended up flying to Chicago on Thursday night and then were put up into a really nice hotel. We then got up at 4 in the morning and flew to London. By the time we got to London it was very late and there were no connecting flights to Nairobi, so American Airlines got us another hotel in London! There was no flight until 8 p.m. the next day, so poor us, we had a whole day in London to play! That was so amazing!!! London is beautiful. We hopped on our plane at 8 and then flew to Kenya. Our flight arrived at 6:00 am. Over all we flew around 17 hours - and I think I slept for maybe 2 of them... needless to say I was TIRED. When we were picked up we had a whole day ahead of us.

This place is amazing. Missions of Hope International is all about helping this community and changing the lives of the people who live in these slums. It is an amazing ministry. I'll go into more about that when I have more time.

I cannot believe the conditions that these people are living in. It is the worst thing I have ever seen in my whole life. The average family makes around 1 dollar a day and there are two states of living: desperately poor and poor. I am so saddened by the way these people have to live. The sights and smells and sounds that I have experienced here are beyond anything that I can say.

But you know what, I have seen God here. Despite the filth and the stench, these people are more joyful than anyone I have ever met. They find their joy and peace and love in nothing but Him - because honestly, they dont have much more than that. They are so thankful for what MOHI (Missions of Hope  International) is doing for them and they feel blessed to be where they are.

The kids here are precious. They are so full of life even though there is so much death around them.

I don't know what God is doing in me. All the things I expected were completely incorrect. I don't know how God is going to move in my heart. But I do know that He. Is. Good. and that He. Is. Here.

Please continue to pray for me and my team. This is a wild ride!

There will be more to come soon. But for now, it is time for me to go.

With all my love

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  1. Forget-Me-NotJune 23, 2011 at 4:22 AM

    Hey girl! following your blog now (Jordan Pfrang here)...God will do so much in your heart (no one never knows what to expect, and I think God does more in our hearts who visit...) So glad to hear your are doing well.

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