|| Let Hope In ||: Sasa ni Wakati

Everything is still processing. I woke up this morning confused about where I was and then really sad that I was home and not in Mwingi. I don't know if anyone else understands this but I don't feel like things will be normal ever again. I can't sit here and say "Oh, what a fun trip! Time for things to go back to normal," because things are different now. I don't want to get comfortable with life again. I don't want to pretend everything is okay when it's completely changed.

This isn't suppose to be a sad post, however. The things I saw over in Kenya were absolutely incredible and devastating. Most of the kids at the schools were running around dirty and thristy with no shoes on. The people in the towns and the market places had very little. The homes were huts, stick houses and vacant clay buildings. But the smiles on their faces and their joy was unquenchable. The children's faces lit up when they saw us enter their school. They took in every second and listened to every word and story we shared. They received Jesus and prayed very loud and confidently. We prayed for healing with them and People were totally healed. Blind eyes and blurred vision became clear. Deaf ears opened. Crippled legs were made straight. Chest aches and stomach aches disappeared.
It was the crazy stuff that we saw. The things that no one in America believes when they are told. They say "God isn't real, Heaven is a myth. You're all foolish." But am I fool when I saw a woman who couldn't walk just stand up and walk up onto the platform to give her testimony about how God healed her? Am I really ignorant when I saw children who could hardly walk without crying out in pain stand up and run, their faces full of smiles and hearts full of joy as they cry out "Jesus healed me!" Am I crazy when I say we saw demon posessed people set free? (Yes, that actually happened.) And Guess what? Those two people were both set free from evil spirits and are at full peace right now.

It was completely, totally, genuinely real. So many people were set free this past week. In fact, Kenya has been shaken over the past two months. Reinhardt Boonke the minister came to Nairobi and so did other mission groups right before we showed up. The timing was perfect
Our totals in the Mwingi Area were 33,561 salvations and 241 healings.
Praise God for a nation that has been set free from bondage. We travelled in cars, planes, then in buses and vans to get to the far, unreached areas. Our van even got stuck a few times in the dirt and sand, but that just made the trip even better! (And it gave us our team name- the Off-roaders. :)

It was worth every minute and penny spent to see those faces of people who were hungry for God receive him. I will never forget Mwingi. And I will be back on the mission field for sure. The people of the nations have captured my heart.
There are so many stories from so many of us that went on this trip. We all saw miracles, signs and wonders. Which, being said, goes along with this title. Sasa ni Wakati means "Now is the time" in Swahili. Now is the time for signs and wonders. Now is the time for a generation to rise up and reach outisde of the box. Now is the time to reach the unreached and change the course of destiny within a nation.

That being said, here are some pictures. There are more on Facebook!

Open hearts ready to receive

The woman with the crutches who got healed

I was very happy to have met this girl, Caitlin. She is awesome and God is gonna take her far.

grateful for the fun Global Ventures staff and their quirkiness

The first gathering


Glad to have met Jesus (Connor) during this trip. He was a fun guy. (By the way I got to play Bubbles the clown if you haven't noticed yet)

This awesome group of girls

Kids who love to dance

Journey to the next school

by far my favorite school/orphanage. The little guy in the orange is Ezekiel and he was pumped!

I will never forget this moment. We prayed for a crippled man. I saw him every night crumpled up on the ground in the front, attentive to the speakers, raising his hands and praying, and believing for his healing. This final night, he began walking. He needs to continue to strengthen his legs, but my friend Lauren and I witnessed his back straighten as we continued to work with him. That was the moment I broke. Tears filled my eyes as I saw him stand up and begin to walk more and straighten our. He fell back down, but got right back up and kept going. I love this man and his faith in God. I love that he kept going and that he promised to continue to keep going and strengthening his legs. He has a full journey ahead of him.

Market place Evangelism.

The girl beside me is Gladdis, and Jesus healed her legs. They were fractured from birth, and it would hurt whenever she would run and play. But after we prayed, She smiled and began jumping up and down.