And
so, beginning with that email, God has worked in awesome ways to guide me to
going to Kenya myself! I will be going with SIM,
an international, interdenominational mission board working in 65 countries in
Africa, Asia, and South America. I will arrive in Nairobi May 13th
and will be there until July 24th. While there, I will have a huge range of
experiences, from city life in Nairobi to going to Turkana for a week—a two
day’s drive into the bush and sleeping in tents. I will get to interact with
kids in Sunday school and MK teenagers, go to the slums and teach English in a
juvenile center, as well as attend a Bible study with young women and take
lessons in Swahili.
To be
honest, my time in Kenya will probably be most impactful on my own life. I want
to do long-term missions work when I graduate from college and this opportunity
is going to be a huge learning experience. Africa will be very different from my
experiences in South America with my parents and I’m super excited about
working under a variety of different missionaries. I will get many new ideas of
how to do ministry while getting to know a different country and culture and
see how God tugs at my heart, guiding and preparing me for my future.
Please pray:
-for divine appointments and conversations. I
know that any influence I have will not be of my own accord but because God has
prepared encounters and the right words to be spoken.
-that I will be teachable and able to absorb
as much insight and wisdom as possible from these more experienced
missionaries, growing immensely in preparation for my future in long-term
missions.
-that I would bless and encourage the Kenyans
and missionaries I go to serve.
1 Peter 4:11a If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very
words of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength
God provides, so that in all things God may be praised
through Jesus Christ.
In His service,
Tabitha
Greenwood
If the Lord leads you to
invest in His work through my time in Kenya, your prayer support is crucial. If you feel called to support me
financially, my need is about $5,000, including airfare, daily living
expenses, and travel within the country. I have bought my plane ticket but other funds are still lacking.
For more information email me at tabitha.greenwood@gmail.com.
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