This past November I went with a team of 9 people to Nanyuki, Kenya. I was able to go with 3 friends that work with e3 Partners and my friend Holly from California. It was really a great trip and I was so blessed! Here's my team that I worked with for the week (Mercy, Holly and Pastor John): 
On this trip we had an eyeglass clinic. People could come and try on reading glasses and pick a pair out free of charge. After they could stay for spiritual counseling. We spoke to one man as he was trekking up the hill. We told him about the eyeglass clinic and with a sigh, he turned around and went down the hill. Later on we saw him walking back up the hill, smiling and waving at us. We asked him if he got his glasses and I told him to try them on so I could take a picture. Here he is:
This is David:
He was one of the first people I shared the gospel with on this trip. I came to find out that David was a believer and was so happy that I was sharing the gospel in his area. I found myself talking with a lot of people in this area who were believers. I encouraged them to be the shining light in their community. Please pray for David that he can be used by God in his neighborhood.
This is David:He was one of the first people I shared the gospel with on this trip. I came to find out that David was a believer and was so happy that I was sharing the gospel in his area. I found myself talking with a lot of people in this area who were believers. I encouraged them to be the shining light in their community. Please pray for David that he can be used by God in his neighborhood.Halfway through the week we had the privilege to go to a hospice. There were people with AIDS, cancer, many neglected elderly people, homeless and one man with leprosy. We shared our testimonies, the gospel and sang songs together:
The man on the left of this last picture (green shirt) was a homeless man. The nun who is in charge of this facility told me that he had never known love. I was shaking his hand when she told me this and right after he hugged me with the biggest hug (I bawled my eyes out). On our last day, Pastor John said, "I feel like we need to go into this house." So we went. As Mercy was sharing with the family outside:
Pastor John was talking to the man of the house inside. I went in to give Pastor John a tract and when I did I met the man Pastor John was talking to. He had been very involved in the government and was a very dedicated Muslim. I asked him a lot of questions and he answered and argued with me. I tried not to have an argument with him but to ask him what he thought about Jesus, God the Trinity, etc. It was very interesting. By the end of our conversation he said, "I am not prepared for you and I don't think you are prepared for me." He was right. I asked him if I could pray for him. He said no. I said that I would pray for him later then. :) He said he would pray that God would send me to northern Kenya to talk to the pagans there. I wondered why he would want me talking to them since I wasn't Muslim. I found out later that it is VERY unsafe for North Americans to enter northern Kenya. Ha! :) Here he is:
At the end of the day we spoke with a man named Peter who wanted us to pray for him. He said his life has been destroyed because of his alcohol and tobacco addiction. Pastor John and I prayed for him and when we were done he gave us his bag of tobacco and said he didn't want it around him anymore. Please pray for Peter. We gave him the name of the pastor of the new church that is now established in his community so that he could get some more help with his struggles.
What a great trip!! So many people blessed my life.
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