Team Debrief Tonight

My first missions presentation tonight at FCC. I'm a bit anxious as I don't like speaking in front of crowds, but hopefully God will give me strength as He always does in these circumstances.

Shouldn't be that hard because these are people I know from church.

It should be exciting! And wait til you taste Kenyan tea.

LBNL (last but not least), pray for me for tonight. Asante sana Go Team Kenya! (a cheer?)

Kenya Sharing and Debrief Prepping

Some good advice from Chinese proverb:

To talk much and arrive nowhere is the same as climbing a tree to catch a fish.

What would you specifically like to know about the Kenya missions?

Here are some topics to look forward to:

- Team dynamics
- House/Kitchen staff
- VBS
- Slums
- House visits* (what I'll be sharing)
- Orphanages/ rehab center
- Deliverance Church

What's in a weekend?

I rolled my ankle playing basketball this past Sat. As a result I got plenty of rest through the weekend. Some of the things I did: watched plenty of NCAA/NFL football, tried to read a Churchill memoir of WWII, cleaned my turtle tank (read: replaced filter), watched Pan's Labyrinth (excellent)!!!

Oh and I also uploaded some "albums" (flickr calls them sets). Team Kenya photos on Flickr:

 

Team Kenya will be doing a presentation this Fri. at 7pm at Foothill covenant. Click on this link to view the invitation. I will be talking about our poor housing visits along with Helen. Hopefully you guys will be able to make it. Map it.

Team Kenya Meeting

Out: Worry about how I would share my Kenya experience with people. Partly due to my selfish reasons, particularly, I didn't want to forget those feelings. They were mine. Another reason, I didn't want to get defensive when others react in ways I didn't expect them to react.

Very encouraged by Mel's sharing last night...

Melissa: I went to love them and pray for them, not convert them.

Isolation, detached, withdrawn. (It's...okay).

T: Not necessarily know what God wants me to learn. It could take a year, a couple of months...

I guess each of us process these things differently. It's crazy how God works!

A pretty good meeting.

Team Kenya Full Video

Over the weekend, Kevin posted this full version of our Team Kenya 2007 video on YouTube. I didn't expect him to finish it so quickly, and to have it turn out so awesome. Also while you get a chance visit other videos posted by TeamKenya2007.

Can't wait until we meet up this Wed. for our de-brief/reunion. WAHOO!!!

Team Kenya 2007 Intro YouTube Video

Where have I been? I feel very out-of-it after coming back from Kenya. Among other things were just trying to adapt by to work here. I don't know if I'll ever be that motivated to work having seen Kenya. Life is so different over there. (I know two weeks and that is all I can say? More to come...)

I'll update more, specifically filling this blog with my journal. If you look on my right handbar, you'll see a Kenya Missions link where I have more info about the missions. However, for some reason not many people are clicking on that. So from here on out I'll update about the Kenya missions on my main blog.

Check out Team Kenya intro video done by Kevin Hu. Nicely done!

Thank you for your prayers and support!

Praise The Lord

Here we go. Hallelujah. Praise the Lord.

Our team were commissioned yesterday. We even got to go up to the city to see where Gina goes to church and got commissioned there. Everyone at GrX-SF were really friendly, and pastor Ali's sermon was very good.

Here we go Team Kenya!!!

Team Kenya 2007

It's nearly a month until Team Kenya 2007 heads out for our short-term missions and as I thought I would quickly remind readers of my blog to keep us in your prayers.

I also wanted to share our team photo taken during our missions orientation and to let you know I updated my "Take Flight Kenya" missions blog. You can find the updates here: http://www.mhlstudio.com/kenyamissions/

I am thrilled and excited, somewhat perplexed and in awe, to be able to go to Africa and perhaps be shaped by what God has in store for me. Feel free to ask me if you have any questions about the missions and what we are trying to accomplish. Thanks!