Coming home from Kenya in November, I was praying and praying about my future there.
I wasn't sure if or when I would come back since I had just made the transition from Saddleback to Mariners.
But God knew.
{If you are not interested in the process, but in the end result, skip to ***}
I came home praying that I could talk to Jeff {my boss} in an easy, comfortable conversation; not wanting to say "I just came back...when can I leave again?"
Two days after I came home, Jeff brought up the idea of my returning...mentioning that he had already spoken to "the Kenyan missions guy" at Mariners {whose name is Christian; he's actually Kenyan and runs all of the trips to Kenya...making the title doubly awesome} and that I could go back, but we'd just have to figure out timing.
So, I began to pray for an easy, comfortable conversation with Christian. I didn't want to walk-up and say, "Oh, you're Kenyan. I love Kenya...when can I go there?"
About a week later, I got an email from Christian saying something-along-the-lines of: "I heard you love Kenya. Want to meet up and talk about Kenya?"
I instantly wrote back and said, "Absolutely."
The next afternoon, I sat in Christian's office talking about how I've fallen in love with Kenya over the years. I also mentioned that I would love to take some students there. We talked through a few things, he asked a few great questions and we left it with: let's have another meeting, with Jeff.
About a month later {a few weeks ago} Jeff and I met with Christian. We talked through a bunch of details...and a lot about our desire to take students on an international trip.
Christian said, "Go for it!"
***
Mid-March, three of us from the Student Ministries Team will be taking a scouting trip to Mariners' partner church in Nairobi. After a week {or so}, the boys will fly home and I will head to Kitale for a few days!
Then, in June, we will take a group of students out to Nairobi! I am so excited...I'm already praying, thinking, writing about the preparation for the trip. {Oh, and I will head to Kitale for a few days at the end of that trip, too!}
God is so good. What an amazing process to have been facilitated in less than two months!
I honestly can not wait to see how this all shakes down!
I wasn't sure if or when I would come back since I had just made the transition from Saddleback to Mariners.
But God knew.
{If you are not interested in the process, but in the end result, skip to ***}
I came home praying that I could talk to Jeff {my boss} in an easy, comfortable conversation; not wanting to say "I just came back...when can I leave again?"
Two days after I came home, Jeff brought up the idea of my returning...mentioning that he had already spoken to "the Kenyan missions guy" at Mariners {whose name is Christian; he's actually Kenyan and runs all of the trips to Kenya...making the title doubly awesome} and that I could go back, but we'd just have to figure out timing.
So, I began to pray for an easy, comfortable conversation with Christian. I didn't want to walk-up and say, "Oh, you're Kenyan. I love Kenya...when can I go there?"
About a week later, I got an email from Christian saying something-along-the-lines of: "I heard you love Kenya. Want to meet up and talk about Kenya?"
I instantly wrote back and said, "Absolutely."
The next afternoon, I sat in Christian's office talking about how I've fallen in love with Kenya over the years. I also mentioned that I would love to take some students there. We talked through a few things, he asked a few great questions and we left it with: let's have another meeting, with Jeff.
About a month later {a few weeks ago} Jeff and I met with Christian. We talked through a bunch of details...and a lot about our desire to take students on an international trip.
Christian said, "Go for it!"
***
Mid-March, three of us from the Student Ministries Team will be taking a scouting trip to Mariners' partner church in Nairobi. After a week {or so}, the boys will fly home and I will head to Kitale for a few days!
Then, in June, we will take a group of students out to Nairobi! I am so excited...I'm already praying, thinking, writing about the preparation for the trip. {Oh, and I will head to Kitale for a few days at the end of that trip, too!}
God is so good. What an amazing process to have been facilitated in less than two months!
I honestly can not wait to see how this all shakes down!
1 comment:
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
Yeah God and Yeah Allison and Yeah Kenya!
This is so inspirational...
God works EVERYTHING for good and He certainly knows the plans he has for YOU...
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
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