Monthly Archives: November 2013

As with any life-altering experience, there are always the weeks and the months after.  For our team it is the weeks after Kenya and Living Room that are significant.  We returned to our jobs, to our church and to our neighborhoods.  It can be hard to think about how quickly we readjust to the rhythm of the normal.  In a few more weeks, friends will have seen all the photos on Facebook and co-workers will stop asking about our time there.  Life will move on.

I arrived at Living Room with very little expectations or understanding of what I might experience.  I wanted to be surprised by what God had for me and our group.  Surprised, I was!  In fact, it has taken me almost five days to even process it all.  Communicating it in a few sentences will never cover it all, but I will give it a shot.

Solid Rocks and Deep Wells

It is Saturday evening in Kenya as I write this.  Most of the team is off to bed as I sort through my thoughts from our time here.  It has been an honor to represent my team through these blogs and more importantly to provide a glimpse into the great work God is doing at the Living Room.  This will be my final post as we are headed off to a safari early Monday morning to spend time in reflection as a team.

Hard Work and Washed Feet
“In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” – Acts 20:35
Reagan
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Right now is the evening of our second to last day at the Living Room.  As I write, I find myself with an ache across my back, blisters on my hands and sores in my mouth.  I thank God for these things, because it reminds me of our mission.  There is so much pain in this world.  There is so much pain in the Living Room and the poverty-stricken areas of Kipkaren.  Yet, God is in control.  He is so much bigger than these things.  Today was a very personal day for me.