My Prayer Today – Through a Different Lens
Matthew 6:9-13 (NIV) This, then, is how you should pray… Only a week ago, I was on safari in Kenya. We all woke up early in the morning to go watch the sunrise over the Masai Mara. We came upon all...
View ArticleSunrise After Sunset
This is a WOW. I sat in the slums of Narok Kenya, and listened to the children who wrote this. When they performed this “spoken word,” that they had written and memorized, I cried. In fact, I asked...
View ArticleGoodbye 2014 and HELLO 2015 with EPICNESS!
What can I say about this last year? Great, crazy, weird, sad, happy, lovely, and busy. There aren’t enough words. Indeed, it was a good year. Here are some of my favorite photos from 2014. 1. THE...
View ArticleWheels Up – Africa bound
I am on my way to Africa…again. I going to the east side of Africa, to Tanzania and Kenya, where the scenery is completely different than the desert of Burkina Faso where I was a couple weeks ago. I am...
View ArticleThe Wedding of the Royal Lions In the Masai Mara
Once upon a time, there was a lion prince and a beautiful lioness princess. They fell in love, and he asked her to marry him. So, on a beautiful Saturday in February, they decided to have their wedding...
View ArticleDusting off the Blog and headed to Kenya
My first trip to Kenya (and Africa) was in 2009. I wasn’t working for Compassion yet, but I was on a sponsor tour with my husband Steve (who had been working for Compassion for 15 years). Our kids were...
View ArticleWe Have Arrived!
Just a little update. We have all safely arrived into Kenya, and are settling in to our cozy little cabins for the night. Tomorrow, we head out to see a Compassion center, smack dab in the middle of...
View ArticleCelebrating a Birthday in the slums of Mathare Valley
I spent my birthday in Kenya, in the slums of Mathare Valley. Today, a couple hundred small human beings surprised me with cake, sang “Happy Birthday,” then fed me….literally. Mathare is one of...
View ArticleThen and Now
I had prayed before this trip to Kenya that I would come into it with fresh eyes. This picture below is from 2009. Steve and I had brought our girls with us to Kenya, and this is the first church we...
View Article10 Reasons to go to Kenya
Ok people, who wants to go to Kenya? I work in our Tours and Visits for Compassion International, and people always ask me, where my favorite place is. That is a tough question. I like different places...
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