Why I Went to Kenya

Of course I went because I wanted to do good, because I thought that going there would be at of some good to the people I went to. But mostly I’d say I went for myself. I hesitate to say that, and have hesitated to say that because of what people think I mean when I say that. I do not mean that I went for fun, or to experience live, or to have an adventure or anything else like that. When I say I went for myself I’m acknowledging that trips like this are just as beneficial for the ones who go as for the ones gone to. I went because in some strange way I had to go. I had to see a different way of life, the Christian community is a global community and I needed to see that to experience that. I knew I’d come away with a different perspective, that’s what happens when you open yourself up to different people, I also knew I’d come back and be able to tell what I saw, what I experienced, what challenged me or inspired me with you all and with people I haven’t even met yet. I knew that as I came back and shared this trip with others that this trip would reach further and do good in more areas that just Tumaini Children’s home in Wangigi Kenya. So I set out with high expectation, I set out with the desire to love those that I was going to and an openness to take in everything around me.