Kenya or Bust

Our church had monthly "Mission Meals" to help support ministries that work to change our city.  We would eat a meal together at church and collect the money we would normally spend going out to eat. 

Last night my community group had a mission meal for my trip to Kenya.  Can I just tell you, I have amazing friends!  Not only did they give generously, they showed their support through their interest, encouragement, and advice. 

I am so thankful for the opportunity to go to Kenya and cannot wait to share the experience with my community group.  I am blessed.

I got this text a few weeks ago....

While sitting at lunch with friends after church a few weeks ago I got this text from a friend in Houston.

I won't pretend I didn't get a little teary eyed....  

During my senior year at Baylor I started to develop a heart for orphans...specifically orphans in Africa.  I had spent two weeks in Thailand the previous summer on a mission trip with my church's college group.  It was my first trip out of the country and when I came back I couldn't really imagine international missions would be a big part of my future, so I knew my heart for Africa had to be something God was growing in me.

It wasn't unusual for me to end up in tears anytime someone mentioned Africa so I decided to look into a couple of teaching programs in Tanzania and Kenya.  When it came time to fill out the applications I didn't feel at peace about it and decided to apply for a teaching job a little closer to home.

Seven years and a text message later....I'm going to Kenya! I don't know a lot of the details yet but I am excited to see how God fulfills this dream He placed in my heart years ago.

I am not a blogger.

I am not a blogger. If my ten posts over five years didn't confirm that, then my year and a half hiatus certainly does. I couldn't even remember my password to login. I blog in my head all the time. I'm constantly making lists of things I want to write about but I never quite get the pen to paper...or in this case the fingers to keys.

I think most of my hesitation stems from feeling like I don't really have anything to say.  Plus I want it to be the perfect balance of funny and serious; relevant.

So I'm going to try to be a better blogger...not for increased pageviews or comments, but for me.  I want to have a record of this journey I'm on to becoming me.