August 6, 2009

Kenya in One Word...

Oh Kenya. How can I explain Kenya to someone who hasn't been? It is impossible. I can't do it and I can't possibly put it into a few words for you, or it would be about 1,000,000,000,000,000 pages long. But I will try to give you a feeling or explanation of how I felt when I got there and when I left............... Overwhelmed. Overwhelmed in the condition Kenya is in, the condition of the people of Kenya, the condition of Segera and Endana. But through the midst of my awe in the way things were, I could see how I was sent and others were sent to help things that are to become there. I was overwhelmed in the endless possibilities that Kenya has to offer itself.  Though it might be a poor country, it has a ton of potential and all I see there is what can happen rather than what has already happened.
 
So not only was I overwhelmed in what I could see physically, but God overwhelmed me with a huge since of Himself being in the people there. We are rich to the point of not being able to see God through our selfish desires, but because of the few things they have, they desire God everyday and let down their sorrows and troubles on Him to take care of. I am jealous. I am speechless about what I saw and can't quite say any more. God has worked through them so much and I feel that I came away with more by going to Africa than I could have possibly given them. What could I have given them. Materials??? Why??? Materials are good and all but they have God in full blast in that mission and community that I felt "overwhelmed."

So there is an attempt of what Kenya was like. I have stories but stories can't quite tell the precise feelings either. So I might pop one out every once in a while in my blog or something. There are definitely some funny stories that I will tell. But there you have it. The long awaited (maybe not) Kenya post. Sorry it took so long.