preparation

we are buying tickets soon!
the tentative date for leaving is june 9. mmm, less than two months away.
it is good to see how the Lord continues to remind me of kenya, just enough to excite my heart and to lift the place and people up in prayer. he gives me pieces of excitement, just enough to keep me ready but not too much so i can still live today.

since my last post, the Lord has been really preparing this trip in ways I could not have imagined. i found out that brian, who is filming a project for goya, will now only be in kenya for 3 weeks instead of 6. this changes a lot for me because it was good to know that another person would be there while i was there. but i am trusting the Lord to show me why this is, and to establish strong relationships with the kenyans and to provide a blanket of protection over me while i am there. please lift this up in prayer.

as this semester wraps up, i am amazed at how fast it went. almost a year ago, i was moving to kentucky to live with my sister. i can't believe that a whole year has passed. the Lord has changed so much in me and in others. this year has been hard, full of changes and battles and growing up. in those times, it had been easy to not trust the Lord's plan and direction, but he has continued to provide in unexpected ways.
i have learned to rest in the truth that the Lord knows what i need way more than i do. when all else fails and changes, He remains. He is faithful to keep his promises and strong to provide.

"My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." therefore i will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. for the sake of Christ, then, i am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. for when i am weak, then i am strong."
1 Corinthians 12:9-11