Past and present

Tickling Sheila :)

Daisy, Memoi, Brian, Joseph, Cisco, and Mercy piled on my lap the week we arrived @ the home.

working on saggee with Courtney outside the fire room or 'Kenyan kitchen'

Baking cookies with Brian in the 'American kitchen'

The last bus ride to Nairobi: it was pretty sad, but I had time to reflect on everything that God has brought me through these past four months, and I had only gratitude and love in my heart for everything He's done for me.
It was really hard to say goodbye to the kids -and my favorite little girls and babies were the most difficult.
I think God blessed me with grace to be strong and gave me His heart for the kids, although it's difficult to leave them indefinitely. I know that He will complete the good work He started in them, and that He has been and will be with them forever and always. This cross-cultural adventure has been instrumental in shaping me to be more like Him, and I pray that God used me in some way to impact the kid's lives. I have hopes of visiting my friends and kiddos in Kenya sometime in the next 5-10 years, but for now, I'm greatly anticipating coming home :), and I know that the timing is right and God is calling me back to life in Pennsylvania. 

Me n' Mary Rose <3 I love her, she's my buddy. 

Watching the movie 'Brave' with the girls & Mary Rose. Left to right: (myself), Hannah, Winnifred, Mallory, Faith 1, Rose Alice, and Judith (this is another one of Courtney's photos). 

"Jesus is patient, Jesus is kind. He does not envy, He does not boast. Jesus is not proud. He is not rude, He is not self-seeking, He is not easily angered, He keeps no record of wrongs. Jesus does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. Jesus always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Jesus never fails."

"If through a broken heart God can bring His purposes about in the world, then thank Him for breaking your heart." (Oswald Chambers)