Last summer, after 4 years of planning and postponed trips, my daughters and I finally made it to Kenya! We had been supporting 2 orphanages in Nairobi and Kisumu for 7 years and now were finally able to visit. We served with Cornerstone Faith Assembly and had the most amazing trip!

Their children's ministry team was already pretty awesome, and it was a lot of fun to train 30 of their young ministry leaders in children's ministry topics. We also trained them in all aspect of putting on a VBS and we put on a 3 day VBS together. It was a blast and a great success! We left behind a fully trained ministry team that could lead a large VBS with ease.
We spent some time training the 2-5 year old teachers, providing tools, resources and encouragement to them.

And we led a parenting seminar with parents from the church. Many of their questions were similar to the ones that parents have here, but they also asked about basic issues like discipline and trying to understand the stages of development.

The most profound impact for us was actually visiting a church plant that had a school for children living in poverty and another abandoned baby home. These touched our hearts because they were just a small example of the many needs of the Kenyan children. Hearing the stories of the babies abandoned in public latrines, by riverbanks and in the bush broke our hearts. I can't even imagine the desperation of a mother who leaves her child out in the open to die.

My daughters and I sat over tea after visiting St. Anne's Baby and Children's Home, musing over what we had seen and heard. We felt God calling us to continue working with children in Kenya in a different way. We believe He wants us to help Kenyans adopt to these orphan children. Thus the vision was born that has blossomed into our trip to Kenya this summer!
Details of our 2010 trip to Kenya are in the blog below.

http://3kingsinkenya.blogspot.com/