We leave in a few hours for Dubai, a 15 hour flight, and then after a long layover we're on our way to Kenya!! I can't really describe the mixture of emotions I am experiencing right now I can't decide if I'm excited or just scared out of my mind! The last few weeks we have been going on retreats and really trying to prepare our hearts and minds for all that we will experience in Africa. On the first retreat we went on, we went to Leb Shomea, near Corpus Christi. Leb Shomea is an international house of prayer, it is an area where silence and solitude is practiced year round in order to practice the disciplines of simplicity and solitude. I will admit I was pretty nervous about not being able to talk for 2 days but once we got there and got into the rhthym, the silence was extremely refreshing. I never really realized how accustomed we are to noise ALL the time. The area was beautiful with a ton of wildlife and scenery, there were also a lot of trails to walk down and just time to be able to wrap your mind around all that is God and all that is His creation. Needless to say, I recommend anyone who finds themselves getting to caught up and consumed in the duties of daily life to take a trip there. When we went to Leb Shomea, I was put in the house of Jeremiah as my dwelling. Now I don't know about you, but whenever I open the Bible, I never know where to start. So when I opened my Bible, I immediatly turned to Jeremiah. I started to pray to God about what He wanted from me, just in the next 6 months and life in general, who He wanted me to be, and where I fit in to this whole mess. I've just kind of been trying to figure out who I am and where my role is a lot lately. I've also been anxious about my abilities to reach people while I'm in Africa-seeing as I've never been someone who is a big talker. When I began to read Jeremiah, I wasn't expecting my prayers to be replied to so quickly as I read Jeremiah 1:5, which said "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you..." Before I was even formed-He KNEW me. I don't even know me. But none of that matters, because even if I don't know where I fit in or who I'm suppose to be, God knows, and only by intimately knowing God, will everything else fall into place. God knows that I am not an eloquent speaker, or very confident when it comes to things like that, He knows my fears and concerns, He knows who I am and who He made me to be. Lastly, God gave me this- "Do not say I am only a child. You must go to everyone I send you o and say whatever I command you." Jeremiah 1:7 Please keep me, Kristin and the rest of the team in your prayers!
My email- shaleynikkai@hotmail.com
My address-
Made in the Streets
P. O. Box 77826
Nairobi 00622, Kenya
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