Heading to the Nations!

I can’t believe the time has finally arrived! It’s now 7 days until I board a plane for my beloved Kenya once again. My heart is ready. Ready to hug my friends and family there, ready to dance and play with the kids at our Children’s Homes, ready to watch God work mightily in the lives of our teams and interns, ready to sit and pray with the sick, ready to be God’s hands, feet, voice, and ears, and ready to experience all that He has for me in the next four months. This summer is going to be big; I can feel it in my spirit. God has much in store and I have much to learn and follow Him through. He’s leading me into 7 countries this summer – can you believe it? He’s been expanding my heart for the nations this past year, and now begins the journey of Him actually taking me there. Here’s the tentative plan (tentative because I definitely never know what other detours or stops God may want to throw in along the way):
May 14: Depart for Kenya
May 28-30: Leadership Training Time in Rwanda with New Covenant Ministries International
May 30-June 7: Ministry at the ELI site in Bukavu, Congo with my parents and their team
Jun 7-Aug 30: Kipkaren, Kenya Hosting teams & interns and partnering with the ELI training center, children’s homes, health clinic, HIV program, and other ministries
Dates unkown: Travel to Kampala, Uganda to visit Watoto Childcare Ministries and the girl that I have sponsored through them for the past 5 years
Aug 30-Sept 3: Visiting missionaries and a church plant in Pattaya (red light district), Thailand
Sept 4-7: Visiting AIM 4 Asia in Phnom Penh, Cambodia; AIM is helping with the recovery and rehabilitation of women and children rescued from the human trafficking industry
Sept 7-15: New Zealand; visiting my good friend Annie Wright who is serving there for 2 years
Sept 15: Arrive back in the U.S.
It’s going to be an exciting journey and I can’t wait to see how God wants to teach and use me in each of these countries!