Mission Trip Destination: KENYA

IT'S OFFICIAL!

I'm going to Kenya!

This is the notice that was in the church newsletter:

Make A Difference In Kenya

Fame is sending a team to Kenya September 14 – 24, 2010 and we would like to join with them to send people to help work in one of the largest slums in the world. They will be partnering with Keith and Kathy Ham, missionaries with CMF International and Wallace and Mary Kamau, Directors of Missions of Hope International. The main focus of the trip will be the Mathare Valley in Nairobi, Kenya, one of the largest slum areas in the world. They are recruiting a medical team and non-medical support staff to minister to the physical and spiritual needs of thousands of Kenyans. One unique aspect of this trip is the opportunity to interact with and provide school physicals for many of the over 2,000 students attending the various Hope Center schools. If you are a doctor, dentist, nurse, PA, NP, PT, or just someone that wants to make a difference in the lives of the Kenyan people, please consider joining this team.

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Details that I know to this point:

• 2 days to travel each way

• English is the primary language spoken in Kenya, follow by Swahili

• The medical team will be doing school type of physicals for the kids

• The non-medical staff (me) will be doing personal care/preventative care classes

• Non-clinic days will be spent working around the schools doing what is needed

• Some of the children live at the schools and not with their families

• It is not uncommon to see kids huffing/doing drugs in the streets

• It is common to see people cooking outdoors right next to the "sewer"

• I will be a pin cushion before I go. My shots start THIS month

• I can't wear shorts while I am there

• I will be part of a team, up to 30 people

• I will have to take malaria pills while I am there - and yes, there are nets all around the beds

• Part of one day will be spent on an African Safari

• We will be housed about 20 minutes from the Mathare Valley

• We will have breakfast/dinner where we stay, lunch at the schools

• I will be responsible for preparing a devotion/class to share with the kids

• I will experience a worship service like I've never experienced before

• I will never be the same again!


What are my next steps?

• Lots and lots of prayer

• I need to register and get my packet of information

• There are a handful of shots (and then some) I need to get. I think only two are covered by insurance. Some need to be spaced out over months, so I need to start by the end of February!

• I need to start fundraising. If you have thoughts/suggestions I would apprecaite it!

• I need to get a passport

• Prayer for the devotion/class topic God wants me to share


How can you help? Prayer is the most important thing! Pray for the team, for our safe travels, for our families at home, for the people that we will be working with! Pray that God's will will be our will and that the focus of this trip will be about serving and changing lives!

I'll be updating on a regular basis. Please feel free to comment or e-mail me if you have any thoughts/questions/suggestions!

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