Experiences are things to be valued! Good or bad, easy or difficult…experiences make us who we are and who we will become. Some experiences, more than others, are life-changing. This has been one of those life-changing experiences for me! God blessed me with the opportunity to live among another culture…for the first time I was amongst the minority (where I now reside, Nathan and I are the only two white people). On this journey I have worked at one of the largest mission hospitals in Kenya, I have stood within 10 feet from wild animals, I have experienced life in the slums of Nairobi, I have worked in an outpatient clinic with the Mausai, and I have traveled to a land that very few white people have ever witnessed! On Tuesday of this week I traveled 2 hours farther into the “bush” into an area that is very densely inhabited and is mostly populated by wild animals. The “road” we traveled was a dirt path filled with large rocks and potholes…the path winded around open plains, through the bush, and over mountains. When we reached our destination I realized how unique this opportunity was. I was told that about one white person per year visits this village. After arriving we hiked through the fields and partially up a mountainside…the view was stunning, we visited the Mausai villagers, then we went to the clinic to supply healthcare. I was the main provider supplying prenatal care…I was amazed at how quickly the facility filled once the villagers heard the white doctors were present! It was a long day, but it was one of those days that only come once in lifetime. As we traveled home that night I rested my head against the vehicle door. With my window rolled down and the cool breeze blowing against my face, I gazed at the multitude of stars in the sky. I sat quietly for 2 hours recollecting my journey these past two months. How can I sum up everything I have experienced, how can I share what God has done in my life the last 52 days??? Words and pictures can only explain so much. More than anything throughout this journey I have longed to share my experiences with my loved ones, especially my fiancé, Justin Crowe. I have desired for others to experience these moments and to see the power of God firsthand. At the end of my journey I have come to appreciate this time alone with God. While I desired to share so much with others, He just desired to share time with me! God knows best!!! He knew that I needed this time alone with Him, He knew that I needed to grow in my faith, that I needed to fall even deeper in love with Him! You see, in 37 days I will no longer be alone…I will become one with my fiancé. God has used this journey to help prepare me for my future marriage…He has strengthened my love for Him so that I am able to always love Him more! He has provided me with a strong foundation going into my marriage. God has opened my eyes to so very much these past two months. More than anything I look forward to seeing how this journey leads to future opportunities to serve! My fiancé and I are very open to Gods plan for our lives; we are both very willing to go wherever He leads! In 37 days I will get to marry an extraordinary guy that God has placed in my life, then in June I will graduate from physician assistant school, then…it is up to God! Not having a plan would have scared me in the past, but now I know that God has a plan! I trust that God will use the skills that He has blessed Justin and I with to best glorify Him! Thank you God for this amazing opportunity to serve you, to glorify you, and to fall deeper in love with you!
“Christ Jesus, who died – more than that, who was raised to life – is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: ‘For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.’ No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:34-39
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