I've been home for two weeks from the medical mission trip to Kenya, and I still struggle to find words to adequately explain and describe it.
The blog has been quiet.
I've been processing.
So, in an effort to at least touch upon the trip, to share a bit about it with my friends and family, I looked back into my journal and found this prayer, my first journal entry upon returning home.
It speaks from my heart, records a few impressions, and stands as a continuing prayer from my deepest parts...
THANK YOU, God for my dear brothers and sisters in Kenya!
As I drink my first homemade cup of Kenyan tea, I want to lift up: Pastor Joseph and his wife, Phoebe, Pastor Peter and family, Esther, Phyllis, Eunice (our translators), and Sammy, our safari driver.
Lord, I thank you that your Word stands true and that it is for all people, at all times, for all races and nations and socioeconomic classes.
Oh, Father, your creation, O Lord! Your glory made manifest on this Earth for us to see and enjoy! Oh, Lord, the gifts that you give us! The mercy and love that relentlessly pursue us!
"You will praise the name of the Lord your God who has worked wonders for you..." Joel 2:26
Thank you God for showing us your glory, your love, your provision, your mercy and care and protection and peace, and revealing yourself to us--to all the nations--and for giving us an eternal hope, which we will never understand or deserve.
Help transform my heart and make it more like yours--loving, patient, outward and others focused (and not inward and self-focused).
AMEN
Photo credits: Lee Ann Stone, Risa Filbey, Laura Cloutier, Caitlin Charette, Holly Nilsson
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