Reflections on the Kenya Trip

It has been over a week that we returned from  Kenya, and I must say that I am still processing the mission trip and where it will lead me .  During the time that we were gone

we saw poverty, hunger, slums, schools, boarding schools, hospitals,  universities, orphanages, HIV/aids orphans, and  many worthwhile projects.  We saw shortages of food, water and other basic things we have taken for granted in the United States.  We saw that each day was a day in which the majority of the people did what they had to, in order to survive another day. We endured sadness and sorrow, along with laughter and happiness.  Regardless of what we saw and experienced, the most memorable thought or lesson  that I have gotten from this trip is the happiness these people have, even though they have absolutely nothing.  I, but only have to think of them, when I might be having a bad day in the future.  I will not forget their love for our Lord and how they have placed their faith in their survival  in His hands.   Those of us that went on the mission trip  to Kenya have formed an unspoken bond between ourselves because we better understand the needs of these people.  I daresay that everyones' love of our Lord has increased hundreds of times by just observing these people and their happiness with and for the Lord.  May God bless them. 

Joe Mikeska