Where did the summer go?

Greetings from Nairobi. I sit here, baffled as to how fast time flies. Tomorrow, we are leaving for our final trip, a trip back to Makueni where we will be making final preparations and helping with the medical camp. We are so excited to see how God is going to move and work through the large team of doctors, nurses, and people who love the Lord next week in Makueni, but it is a bittersweet anticipation. Because, as soon as the medical camp begins, it means our time in Kenya is almost up. The medical camp starts on Tuesday, and our team will be driving back Wednesday and flying back to the states on Thursday. Don't get me wrong, we are excited to see all your beautiful faces once again, but it will be hard to leave all the beautiful faces that we have met here behind. We had our first round of goodbye's today at the office, as the LIA staff had a "goodbye" celebration and time of thanksgiving and rejoicing together for what the Lord has done in the last few months. I consider myself to be a pretty emotionally stable person for the most part, but I quickly learned that saying goodbye to those people that I won't see before we fly out turns me into a blubbering fool. I don't even want to know what will happen when we say goodbye to the rest of our friends at the airport...

But enough about my emotional instability issues. The main purpose of this blog post is to ask for prayers. The past few days have been crazy trying to get things together for the medical team. Prayers that the preparations would run smoothly and that all those details that need to be accomplished before Monday would be taken care of. Also, prayer for the hearts of the people of Makueni, that God would be preparing them to be open to the Gospel and His amazing plan for their lives as they come to the medical camp searching for physical healing. And also prayer for the medical team themselves, as they prepare to fly out to Nairobi very soon, that they would be strong and healthy and patient and ready to serve. It is going to be an amazing week... but without God present and working, no fruit will come of it. Thanks so much for your prayers. We will most likely be out of communication until next Wednesday or Thursday... but you all are continuously in our thoughts and prayers as well.

God is so good. Enough said. Have an amazing day :)

Lauren