As we were driving through the Kenyan countryside a few weeks ago, one of the young women traveling with us asked how old I was when I first came to Kenya. I thought for a moment and said, "I turned 22 in Kenya." She said, "So, you were my age." Oh. In that instant I felt two things: old and in awe. I honestly didn't realize how young I was when I set off to ...
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What it means to be SO LOVED
The small house was dimly lit and fairly shabby, marked by an air of neglect that went deeper than a need to sweep. The woman who lived in it wore the same expression of being tired, overlooked, unwanted. Her small house was a symbol of her status: she was the wife who was unworthy. In her culture, multiple marriages were common, and often the importance of the wife ...
Will there be enough? 5 Verses to Remind You that God Provides
I check the balance and take a deep breath. There isn't much. Will there be enough? Needs pop up as brand new texts. They ask for prayers and help if we have it. This ministry is small, but it means something. A little support is more than none at all. So we send it. Each month, we send what we have and trust God to give us more. Or at least I try ...
Refuge
"Redeemed from the pit." Christians hear that (and think that) phrase quite a bit, and with good reason. God's pulled me from a few pits, I promise. But when I visited Kenya last month, I saw someone on the first day out. I watched a young girl be pulled from refuse and given a refuge. Nine months pregnant. An orphan. She spent her days digging for food in the city dump. Now, she and ...