It's not over 'til it's over...

The team is almost home and the primary purpose for this blog will soon be fulfilled which was to keep the families and interested parties updated. What incredible stories we've received from this journey so far! Continue to check back even after they've returned for any photos and stories that the team might want to share with you all.

DON'T FORGET about the "Kenya Party" (share time) at BPF on Friday, Aug. 8th, 7PM!

Thanks to all who have shared their updates, those who have read, those who have commented and especially those who have prayed!!


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Here is today's entry in My Utmost For His Highest, my personal favorite daily devotional. Kind of selfish of me to post this, I know, but I thought it appropriate to share this one with you today. The team is coming home and we might say that our purpose of this trip was achieved but according to this devotional it was just "an episode along the way". God's purpose is in the process and the process continues...... as long as we get in the boat.

July 28, 2008
God’s Purpose or Mine?
He made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side . . . —Mark 6:45

We tend to think that if Jesus Christ compels us to do something and we are obedient to Him, He will lead us to great success. We should never have the thought that our dreams of success are God’s purpose for us. In fact, His purpose may be exactly the opposite. We have the idea that God is leading us toward a particular end or a desired goal, but He is not. The question of whether or not we arrive at a particular goal is of little importance, and reaching it becomes merely an episode along the way. What we see as only the process of reaching a particular end, God sees as the goal itself.

What is my vision of God’s purpose for me? Whatever it may be, His purpose is for me to depend on Him and on His power now. If I can stay calm, faithful, and unconfused while in the middle of the turmoil of life, the goal of the purpose of God is being accomplished in me. God is not working toward a particular finish— His purpose is the process itself. What He desires for me is that I see "Him walking on the sea" with no shore, no success, nor goal in sight, but simply having the absolute certainty that everything is all right because I see "Him walking on the sea" ( Mark 6:49 ). It is the process, not the outcome, that is glorifying to God.

God’s training is for now, not later. His purpose is for this very minute, not for sometime in the future. We have nothing to do with what will follow our obedience, and we are wrong to concern ourselves with it. What people call preparation, God sees as the goal itself.

God’s purpose is to enable me to see that He can walk on the storms of my life right now. If we have a further goal in mind, we are not paying enough attention to the present time. However, if we realize that moment-by-moment obedience is the goal, then each moment as it comes is precious.