Hello!

Hello friends and family! Welcome to our team blog! As you can see, there are previous posts on this blog that are not from our trip. Jambo Kenya actually started as a team blog from the Kenya II 2011 team. Two members of our current team, Julie and James, were a part of that team last year as well. Obviously, we're down to the wire - we leave for Kenya in less than 24 hours - so we decided to use the 2011 blog for the 2012 team as well.

We would love for you to read a little about this area of Kenya and the 2011 team's experience. Maybe it will give you a better idea of the area we will be spending our time. Keep in mind that our trip will be much different than what you read about. The 2011 team went to Kenya to spend time at Naomi's Village, a children's home founded by missionaries from The Village Church. Our main purpose this year will be evangelism and to help support the ministry of Pastor Isaac Karanja and his wife Esther as they launch the Rift Valley Fellowship church plant. We are very excited to be involved in this church plant. We have already heard great things about how the Lord is moving in mighty ways in Kenya.

In the left navigation bar you will find a link to our team YouTube channel. We hope to post videos and slideshows on this channel often while we are in Kenya. You can view our first video now - a recent team meeting where Pastor Isaac and Bob Mendonsa share their heart for this area of Kenya as well as how the Lord has been working.

Please keep us in your prayers as we leave DFW tomorrow evening around 6pm. Please pray for the people we will meet while we are in Kenya. Pray that the Lord's name is made much of in all that we do.

Thank you so much for your support. We love you.

Post written by Julie.