KARIBU
(Welcome) to our blog!
Lots of love
from the Mi2: Kenya team to our family and friends back in the states and in
the Czech Republic! As you all can tell,
after 30 hours of traveling, we safely made it to Kenya. We thank God for smooth and safe travels—I’ve
literally never made it through London-Heathrow airport so smoothly; it’s a
miracle! I’m going to back things up a
bit since we just now got internet access and focus this blog on the beginning
of Mi2 and just my/our heart about this team as we began to take this journey
together barely a week ago. Oh and P.S.
this is Amy writing!
So our
adventure began last Saturday as we, along with Will Rogers, Ben Thornley,
Blake Shively, Jeri Lyn Fluhr, and the Czech Republic team, made our way to
Georgia/Tennessee. We spent the weekend getting
to know the whole Mi2 team, learning more about what our summers will look
like, and participating in some extreme water sports. We experienced sweet fellowship that can only
come from the Father; He really just bound us all together in ways that I don’t
understand. I know that I can honestly
say that all 13 of us left feeling like family.
He is just so good. Overall, it
was a perfect weekend just spent prepping physically, emotionally, mentally,
and spiritually for this summer internship.
On Wednesday
our adventure across the world began.
Our families and friends gathered at the airport to see us off and to
pray over us. I am so thankful for the
people that came to send us off—it really meant a lot to all of us to have such
a strong foundation back in the States that will pray for us and welcome us
home in 11ish weeks. Saying goodbye to
my family and friends for the summer was harder than I thought especially
saying goodbye to the Czech team in Chicago, but I know that God is going to
rock our worlds this summer and our reunion in August will be sweet.
Over this
past week I have just been in awe of God and how he put the whole Mi2 team
together. In the short week that I’ve known the team, I
have seen God’s hand moving over us and binding us together. I know that without a doubt that this team is
God-ordained and that he is on this journey with us in Kenya and in Czech. A wise man once told me, “Remember your all’s
team spans continents. It’s a special
team-trust me in that.” Those words have
really meant a lot to me and to my fellow Kenya-ers as we embarked on this
journey with feelings of excitement and uncertainty. There is specialness about this team that we
can all sense, but I don’t know what that specialness is quite yet. And I certainly am not worthy to be part of
such a special team, but I’m so humbled that I do get to be a part of what God
is doing in Kenya and in Czech (indirectly).
I know that my fellow Kenya-mates feel the same way. Even though 6 of us are in Kenya and 3 are in
Czech, we are one Mi2 team and through this team God’s glory and goodness are
being made known in Africa and in Europe.
We may be only a few people in the scheme of things, but I know that God
has used us and is going to use us to make himself known in these places and
beyond. I’m so thankful to be part of
this team-in Kenya and Mi2 as a whole. I
feel like I’ve known my Kenya team for way longer than a week; they truly feel
like family to me and I am so excited for us to grow together as a team and
individually.
So yeah,
blogs will be coming soon about our first couple days in Kenya, but I can tell
you for sure that God is already opening our eyes and teaching us so much. We are so thankful for the internet…finally…
and I pray that it continues to be in full working order. We love each and every one of you reading
this blog and we appreciate even more your prayers. Please pray that as a team we will continue
to grow in trust and love for one another and pray that we just make ourselves
more available and open to what God wants to teach us. We love you all.
“Now to Him
who is able to do immeasurably more than all we can ask or imagine, according
to his power that is at work within us, to Him be the glory in the church and
in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.” Ephesians 3:20-21
In Christ,
Amy
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