Kenya update!

Quick Kenya update! 

Our Kenya team has made it to London! YAY! We're currently waiting in the airport for the connecting flight to Nairobi.  By the time we get there is will be 6:30am tomorrow and 11:30pm back in good ole Tennessee! 

Flying has been an experience switching flights and waiting for hours at a time. To pass time, we've kept ourselves entertained with everything from bananagrams to singing Taylor Swift to one of our teammates whose birthday was today! 

It's hard to believe that Kenya is about to be a reality within a matter of hours! I'm so excited and ready to go love. With any long flight, or flights for that matter, a good read is always a must. Earlier this semester our RA staff started "Life of the Beloved" by Henri Nouwen and it's now become one of my favorite books! He's a beautiful, inspiring, and personally challenging writer all at the same time. The book isn't long  and in the short amount of pages his words touch a deep portion of my heart.  At one part he goes through how we as humans are meant to be given to all those around us. He says "Our humanity comes to it's fullest bloom in giving. We become beautiful people when we give whatever we can give: a smile, a handshake, a kiss, an embrace, a word of love, a present, a part of our life...all of our life." Maybe not the kissing part but this summer I intend to give all that I can give in the rest of those aspects! Right now all I am is a suitcase and stethoscope and that's about it. Alone I am a pair of feeble hands and knees but if that is all I have to give I pray that God uses all of it to better His Kingdom. 

To the rest of my sisters and brothers who are out on the field right now I hope you all are doing well and already giving yourselves to those around you!  This is the last post that I'll make before I lose constant internet connection. From here out I will try my best to update once a week when internet is available! I love you all much!