It was good to sit with the high school team their last night in Kenya and just reflect on the trip and talk about stories that impacted them. I think it is amazing to see hearts change in the lives of youth and also for me to remember that God is still working in my heart. I think after seeing poverty a lot, it doesn't impact you as much. But really, God calls us to continuously be broken hearted for the poor.
Somethings our students learned...
thankfulness...for the ways that God had blessed them, for their families and the love they receive from their parents
God loves the poor...God says that it is harder for a rich man to go to heaven. The students saw this in the faith of the people of Kibera. Many of them said it was a faith that they had never seen before because we can rely on all the things we have but the people they met had nothing. Therefore, they only had God to believe in and rely on for everything.
the blessing of education...The students at New Hope Primary School and the students in the Kibera Penda Project scholarship program see their education as their way out of poverty. It is their hope. The 8th graders spend all of their time studying for their big primary school exam. The high schoolers are soooooo thankful to be in secondary school. Many students DREAM is to go to boarding school. Many of our students realized they take learning for granted.
strength and perseverance... Many of the relationships that students built with the students in Kibera grew strong for only 2 weeks together. Many stories were shared and our students got to know the lives of the kids in Kibera. Many of these kids have been through so much and are so strong and so joyful. Our kids would talk about their new friends and were so amazed when they found out this friends parents had both died, or they took care of all their siblings because their mom was sick with AIDS. They felt like they complained about such small things when such huge difficulties were facing their friends.
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