Getting there!

Well, the first wave of appointees has left the building here at AIM headquarters in Pearl River NY. We are on two separate flights until Heathrow (London), where we will merge onto our flight to Nairobi. We should arrive there on Friday evening (Friday morning on the West coast). We will be in Nairobi for a few days until ABO (Africa Based Orientation) begins – language acquisition, prep for life in Africa, some field trips – we’ll be there for about three weeks in Machakos at Scott Theological Seminary.

It has been wonderful spending time with other missionary families (we’re not the only nutty ones!!), most of whom have children younger than ours. All but a few are en route to RVA as well, so we are already getting to know the staff with whom we will be serving in Kenya. God is gracious and generous and good and we are humbled by His outrageous love and provision.  As we wait in the now quiet building, we are reflecting on this journey that was started over two years ago (although in God’s plan, much longer than that!). 

God is the master of the impossible.  Apart from Him we can do nothing (John 15:5). And yet through Him we can do all things (Phil 4:13). Paradox is the thread of God’s tapestry, the pattern of which is invisible to our limited senses until it is displayed gloriously, perfectly timed and exquisite. That He uses us to create His intricate designs is bewildering and beautiful.

Please join us as we pray that we can be open and teachable as we try to walk in His perfect will for our lives in all things.