Praying for Kenya
I am 15 days away from hopping on a plane to serve in Kenya. I am both excited, nervous, and expectant all at the same time. Excited: I have never been to Africa before. It's an entirely new culture, an entirely new environment, and as my shot record will show an entirely new set of germs. I love newness. Nervous: One of my biggest prayer requests I shared during my support/dinner party a few weeks ago was that God would "prepare me to be unprepared" for what I would experience. It's been a long time since I will have "tasted" poverty like I'm expecting to see in Ngaamba. And honestly, I don't even think the trips I've had to Piedras Negras with the Aggie BSM in college (Piedras is on the Texas border) will even prepare me emotionally for the conditions I'll see there. I pray that God will break my heart, that He will stir me, and that I'll never be the same after this trip. Expectant: Maybe this has something to do with &q