Good Day David’s Hope friends! I am about to head off for my fourth trip to Kenya and am getting excited about what God has in store for me there. All my other trips have been short-term mission trips. This will be my first solo experience, and I know will be very different from anything else I’ve experienced. For those of you who know me well, it will not come as a surprise that there are lots of things I hope to accomplish on this trip. Most importantly, I want to spend some time encouraging Pastor Steve and Mary and building up our relationship further. Steve and I talk on the phone every other week, but nothing replaces spending time together on the ground. I’m looking forward to really experiencing their ministry on a day-to-day basis. I specifically planned my trip to be 7 full days so I can walk with Steve through a typical Sunday-Saturday schedule. This is going to give me great insights to better understand how David’s Hope can best come along side and support them in a way that will maximize our Kingdom Impact. I have been praying that any actions we take with David’s Hope do not push them in a direction or at a pace that they aren’t comfortable with, so this opportunity will be a great way for me to double-check that and make sure our David’s Hope team is following both their and God’s leads.

I have lots more to share about all the things I’m thinking about as I board the plane, but I’ll save that for later. For now, I hope you will join me in praying for this trip. Specifically, I am asking:

1. that God will focus my vision on what He wants to teach us as an organization and me individually
2. that I will be an encouragement to Steve and Mary and their ministry
3. that God will be glorified through my time in Kenya