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!!

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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....

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

The Countdown Has Started...

The countdown has started and I will be returning back to Kenya in 21 days. Oh my gosh I am so excited!!! My heart just continues to become more passionate and filled with an abundance of joy and happiness every time I think or talk about Africa. I am especially excited for what God is going to do through myself and our team of 34 incredible people. We wait expectantly for the thousands of children we will be ministering to, the lives that will be changed out there and through our team, all the God stories and much much more!

I am excited to be returning again this year as Co-Leader. I love my responsibilities in leading the team.

I want to thank EVERYONE who's had a part of sponsoring me this year. I couldn't have done it without you.

As I venture off to my 2nd Home (with already knowing, that I don't want to come back "Home Home"), I ask that you keep myself and our team in your prayers.

•   Prayer in the areas that God will start preparing my heart & mind.

•   Physically, that I will be healthy and ready to work.

•   Emotionally, that I will have clarity of mind, and be free of anxiety.

•   That He will open up doors where I can share His Word and love with whomever I come in contact with.

•   That His light & love will shine out of me and that no words will be needed, but just to L.O.V.E. every child and adult.

•   For safety and protection

•   For the decisions that must be made by myself and others in leadership positions as well as all team members.

" I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." Philippians 1:3-6

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Thank you for all your love, support and prayers. 

My 2012 Kenya Experience Through Pictures

It was such a Blessing to see Felix' beautiful mom Naomi. When I first saw her walk through the gates I noticed that she was PREGNANT! If you didn't know last year when I was in Kenya, I found out the tragic news that Felix's baby sister Faith had passed away. This past year I have been praying that she was able to have another baby. Well...after talking to her....I found out that she was 9 months pregnant, and she was due the week we were there!! Before leaving I never found out if she had the baby or not, but I have been praying that she is safe and has healthy baby. I am hoping to find out sometime this year what she had.

 FELIX IS GOING TO BE A BIG BROTHER AGAIN.....AND HE IS SOOOOO EXCITED! 

This year I bought Felix new uniform socks and shoes! This was such an exciting moment for him. He didn't know I was going to do this, so when I called him to come over and sit down he had a HUGE SMILE. As I opened the box with new shiny shoes & his new socks, his EYES LIT UP!! The best part of all was being able to take his old socks (as you can tell in the picture below his toes were hanging out) and shoes.....and help put on my little boys new socks and shoes! This was such an overwhelming experience and I was able to share and cherish it with my boy! How something so little means so much to a 7 year old!  

BAPTISMS!!!! Where do I start....to try and explain how overwhelmed my heart was during this whole experience. Baptisms is HUGE out in Kenya. So huge that when you get baptized, you will get a certificate from the Government stating that you have been baptized. In the Kiamaiko community, where our school is and where we baptized 12 people, unfortunately the community is mostly Muslims....BUT THAT DID NOT STOP US!!  When a Muslim sees someone gets baptized they know they are a Born again Christian. During baptisms, the community on the other side of the school gate did not like what 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!! 

After I baptized the first lady, I had found out that the majority of the people in Kenya NEVER have been fully summered under water. Thinking of the way they live out in a 3rd world county, that made complete sense. Well since this was there first time that where whole body was under water....can you imagine what there expressions were on there faces???? (you can see through the pictures a glimpse of it....minus the yelling and screaming as they came up) 

THIS MADE & TOOK BAPTISMS TO A WHOLE NOTHER LEVEL!!