What do we do now?

It's a question we've all been asking ourselves, in different ways, since we arrived back on US soil.  What do we do now?  

What do we do with our thousands of uploaded pictures?

What do we do with the sweet voices in our heads, songs we heard sung to the Lord in dawnlit stairwells?

What do we do with the memory of the smell of a slum?

What do we do with our redefinitions?:  Poor isn't what we thought poor was.  And neither is rich. 

What do we do with handwritten notes from an orphan, who tells you she loves you and asks, please come back?  (Mine are still on my kitchen counter, in a little pile, competing for attention with school papers, and bills, and Liam's latest fingerpainting, and unread books).

And then there's the other question ... from all of you.  How was Kenya?  How do we answer that?

Please forgive us if we're doing a poor job.  If we can only stutter something paltry and short like, "Amazing" or  "Powerful."  Or even, "I'm not ready to talk about it." God bless you all for wanting the details.  And man, do we have details!  But they're just too many to choke through a five-second funnel, and trying to seems like an injustice.  But we will want to share — need to share — so please keep asking.  It's just that the stories may bubble up unexpectedly as we readjust.  We may suddenly need to tell you all about little Valentine and her hilarious telephone song, or the way to tell the difference between the 6 Marys at Tumaini.  And we may cry doing it. 

And then, one last thing.  I have a question for you:  Would you join us? 

Most, if not all, of our team now either sponsors a child through Kenya Connection or are monthly donors to Tumaini and Huruma Children's Homes.  Some were already sponsors before the trip.  Others committed to becoming monthly supporters upon seeing the power of these ministries in person — and meeting face to face the souls who have been rescued forever because of them.  Would you join us?

Would you join us in helping Grace and the other amazing kids at Tumaini? 

(That's Grace there with Lillian, who lost her parents just a few months back.  Grace has taken Lillian under her wing and they are nearly always together...)

Or would you join us in being a Kenya Connection sponsor to support one of the kids like these, who receive schooling and monthly support through the field program in Kirubia:

If your answer is 'Yes,' please post your name in the comment section and we promise to set you up. 

And we also promise it will be the best $40 a month you could ever spend.  You will never, ever regret it.

Yours in Christ,
Abigail