I am here!!

I made to Kenya!!! After 2 days of traveling and almost no sleep we made it. We missed our first flight in LA and Chicago was a nightmare to the point where we nearly missed our flight, but after all the nerves and panicky prayers we made it. Praise God!!

I have spent lots of time with David and Matt in the last week and I am growing closer to them as brothers, which has been really cool. My initial response to Kenya was that of intimidation and feeling REALLY out of place. I was intimidated, I think, partly because of watching Blood Diamond on the airplane to Nairobi. It is a very violent and intense movie. I think it would have been better if I watched Finding Nemo or something. I still feel out of place, but I am not nearly as intimidated.

The Masai People are so interesting. I spent two full days with them and I learned a lot. I sat in on one of their community meeting out under some trees. I sat in some red dirt for almost two hours and listened to many older men get up and say things of which I understood none of it. I spent some of the time taking pictures and the rest of the time praying for the Masai. I met two Christian Masai men named Daniel Laon and Ben. They are my new friends. The Masai live out in the bush of Africa and live in mud huts. They are the largest tribal people in Africa. I witnessed the gutting of a goat and a Masai BBQ as well. They cooked goat only because we were there (the mizungus: white people). The medical facility is underway. They are digging for the footings and taking 300 tons of aggregate there as we speek. I have much more to say, but I need to go so Dave and Matt can use this computer. Thank you for any and all prayers. Pray for the Masai and the group of 40 americans that will be here shortly.

Steve
"Draw near to Him, and He will draw near to you."

I leave in 7 hours!!!

I am now in Corona, California and I am so excited to be flying out in just a few hours.  My friend David and I are at his house and he is chatting with his girlfriend while I start this blog.  I hope that this blog can be a blessing to you all and that the Lord would use it to encourage and challenge its readers.  I still don't know exactly what will be in store for me there in Kenya, but I know that God has led me to go and therefore I am very excited!!!  I think that I should get off the computer, but I hope and pray that this blog will continue and that it would be a blessing to you all.

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding.  Acknowledge the Lord in all your ways, and He will make your paths straight."  Prov 3:5-6

I love you all