At the same time, I have gotten to see my lack of faith so clearly the past two months. As Kenya has turned from a vague thought to actually choosing dates and writing support letters, I have felt so insufficient. I've worried that I'll either be a tearful wreck the entire trip or a stone-cold, rich, snobby college student to these people. I've been scared that it will ruin my life or that it won't change it at all. I've worried that the trip will not be helpful to the teachers or students, that I won't be bold enough speaking about Jesus, and that the trip just won't happen at all.
This is where I should say I've gotten over all these worries by trusting the Lord's faithfulness and remembering how much he's provided for me throughout my life. So far I'm still just scared. So today, I guess my big prayer is that God would help my unbelief. I want to believe that he is a strong, good God who is far more interested in loving these people than I am, and will remember them far longer than I will. I also want to believe that he is interested in changing my heart to look like his, and that he loves it when I ask to love more like him.
And while I ask for a stronger faith in who the Lord is, I will also ask him to be taking care of his people in Elangata Enterit. They are praying for...
-Housing for 10 teachers
-4 additional classrooms (enrollment at the school has now exceeded over 600, and the demand for new classrooms is growing)
-10 toilets for girls
-Water Supply System
-Clearing six acres for farming around the school
-Building a permanent gate
-6 dairy goats and 6 dairy cows
-A 20% academic improvement yearly
Please pray that money for our team would begin to arrive and that God would prepare our hearts to be changed.
I love you all.
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