The phone rings and it is time to break out into overdrive – we leave home in 9 days! Destination Kenya after a brief stop in Ontario. What to do first??????
We need to pray.
We need to plan.
We need to pack.
We need to play!
Play? Spend time with friends and appreciate the things you can do at home that will not be part of your lives for some months – like exercising at the pool, tea time with friends, long safe walks any time of day, bible study with dear long time friends, racquetball with John and so on.
Will we miss these things? – yes. Are we happy to be going? – yes.
The project on which we will volunteer is in north western Kenya among the Turkana people who are living in harsh and unforgiving conditions. We will oversee food relief and will stay until the end of February …
As we plan, prepare and pack we begin to re-focus our mindset.
For example, We are driving along the highway following a vehicle with a unassembled Rubbermaid shed on the roof. We are reading the description on the box as we sit at a red light and simultaneously it strikes both of us how this mere shed suddenly looks like a sophisticated home !
Adventure and many challenges lie ahead. We are privileged to be able to participate. Old friends and new ones await – we’re coming - but first we pray, plan, pack and play!
2 comments:
hooray! I can't wait to see you both!
How exciting! Africa is such an awesome place. Keep us posted...
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