How I got to Kenya

Late in 2010 (around the time I was buying and wrapping too many Christmas gifts for my children) my husband and I began thinking about a trip to Kenya to visit our former Youth Pastor and his family who were now missionaries there.  We told ourselves it would be good to do a mission trip with our family to show our children that "life was about more than them".  We planned to do some work with a Children's Home in Nakuru, Kenya in March of 2011 over my kids Spring Break.  I hesitantly left my comfort zone to "do the right thing" for my kids.  Apparently, I needed to know that "life was more than about me" most of all.  That week in Kenya forever changed me.  I went to Kenya to have an impact on my kids and the kids of the Children's Home, but I was the one who was changed.  I have since been back three more times: June, August and November.  My fifth and next trip is just over a week away (and almost a year to the day of my first trip) on March 19th.  I will be traveling with my friend Kim, who has watched my passion for Kenya bust at the seams this past year and she wants to see what it's all about.  My 17-year old son will be joining us as well.  It will be his third trip.  I will be using this blog to document my trip for family and friends back home.  My hope is that you will be blessed by it as well.