So its early on Day 18 ....but today begins eleven unusual days. I fly to Kenya today (yep, just as some more rioting happened on the streets - pray for calm in Nairobi as the minority Muslim population clash with police over the deportation of a cleric).
One thing that's for sure - when you fly 11,000 miles and arrive in the noise and poverty of Nairobi, and when you walk into the Huruma slum - your spiritual antenna is pretty high!
We've always known intense spiritual warfare when a team from Redeemer's Church heads to Kenya (and Guatemala). So this requires us to stay spiritually vigilant.
Praying for good health, praying for safety in the air and on the ground, praying for good team chemistry, praying for great conversations with our guys in Huruma, praying for Ben and his driving of our matatu (wow that is always an experience). Praying.
St Paul said something about "pray without ceasing" - this morning and the next 11 days I know what that means. You just live every breath every thought and pray it to the Throne of Grace.
Its a great way to start the year. It causes you to sharpen your intentional Jesus living. You can't go into Huruma without Jesus - not just for protection, but without Jesus we've got nothing to bring.
So ...unsure if I'll have much access to web to blog days 19 - 28 ...I'll try. But if not be sure that the next eleven days I'm not opting out of intentional following of Jesus, rather, I'm hard at it and so are the other 8 folks on the team with me!
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