Kenya Adventures 2014

*KENYA ADVENTURES *

I am headed back to Kenya to serve and lead another passionate @crossroadsca team. I am looking forward to seeing my boy Felix and serving the Kenyan people through CMF. Thank you for supporting and praying me through another Kenyan Adventure.

Check out my Group Rev page to help support me and to help me raise funds so that I can travel back Kenya in 47 days.

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Baptisms

*Flash back Friday* To when we did baptisms in Kenya for the first time. Our @crossroadsca team baptized over 250 people/students. This was something that we were praying about for 2 years. The thoughts and doubts were …, “How can we baptize people when they live in a 3rd world country and water is so precious to them? Where and how can we do this?” Well in 2012 it finally became REAL!! We took an inflatable pool (that we blew up by mouth, because who needs electricity), and had water provided by our schools water well. God had it ALL planned out.

Being apart of this experience is beyond words that I can express with an overwhelming amount of emotions. We were able to see the Word of God being fulfilled and come to life in front of our eyes. “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, BAPTIZING them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”

Baptisms are HUGE out in Kenya. When you get baptized, you will get a certificate from the Government stating that you have been baptized. In Kiamaiko where our school is located, the community is mostly Muslim. During the baptisms, the community on the other side of the school gate did not support the baptisms we were doing. They were yelling and throwing things over the gate....DID THAT STOP US??? NO!! Not only did we make THAT gate shake....but we made the GATES OF HELL SHAKE!!

43 more days….Check out my Group Rev page and help support me raise the rest of my funds. Asante Sana

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Orphans

"I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you." John 14:18 

I put value in things. These children, having no things, put value in God. I put my trust in relationships; these children, having already seen relationships fail, put their trust in the Lord.” ― Katie J. Davis, Kisses from Katie

Hamburgers

*Throw Back Thursday* to when we made 1,300 hamburgers for all our kids in Kenya! It was there first time ever eating one!! When we gave them their hamburgers they didn't know how to eat it, so we actually had to show them how!! From their precious smiles to their big eyes when they took that 1st bite, are moments that I will never forget!! Can't wait to do it again in 5 months!! 

Felix Mwangi

Missing My Precious Boy, His Sweet Smile & Laugh So Much Tonight! Wish I could hold him in my arms right now & tell him how much I love him! Praying For you Felix!

Prayers are going up

Thinking and praying for all the precious children and families that live in the Slums in Mathare Valley. It is about 7:30 PM over in Kenya right now....and as they lay their heads down to sleep....Lord I ask you place your angels around them and keep them safe from any harm. 

 "The Lord watches over you— the Lord is your shade at your right hand; the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord will keep you from all harm— he will watch over your life." Psalm 121:5-7

Simon Peter

I had the incredible opportunity of meeting my sisters sponsored child......Simon Peter.  I had asked him wanted to be when he grows up.....He looked at me and said," A Pastor". I then right away told Pastor Chuck who was standing right there (God moment) and he was so excited to hear that!! We laid hands on him and Pastor Chuck lifted him up in prayer! Thank you Pam @pameeboo for capturing this beautiful moment!

Our precious kids out in Kenya have such a passion and vision of what they want to become later in life....And by the Power of Jesus Christ they WILL become what they want to be....And those who sponsor a child have such a huge part in this!! 

Praise Him

"Praise him with the tambourine and dancing; praise him with strings and flutes! Praise him with a clash of cymbals; praise him with loud clanging cymbals. Let everything that breathes sing praises to the Lord ! Praise the Lord!" Psalms 150: 4-6  

No matter where you are at in the world....No matter what your living conditions are....No matter how rich or poor you are...No matter how young or how old you are....No matter what you use to make music....Even if it's drumming with a stick....NOTHING CAN STOP US FROM PRAISING OUR LORD AND SAVIOR EVERYWHERE IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE!!

Kenya Team Trip 2013

As we said our Goodbyes....And having to once again leave my heart behind....I am Remembering all the work my amazing team and I had done and the transformation that God did through each one of us!

38 Team Members

14 Days

1,411 Kids served through VBS

1,300 Hamburgers served

1,200 Sweaters & socks distributed

37 Baptisms

Evangelized to 70 & 13 made decisions for Christ!

Medical:

211 Kids dewormed

70 Patiences served

140 Pastors/ Staff taught by Crossroads Pastors

3 sermons preached

Blessed a school in the Mara, funding their meal program for 211 kids for a year!! 

Bwana Asifiwe!! Praise The Lord!!

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY....