Sisters On A Mission

You say your life is dull right now and you often complain of boredom.   You spend your time trying to fill the loneliness with just the right person; you try to break into just the right clique.   What if right now in the current monotony God is preparing you for the greatest adventure of your life?   And He is using the loneliness to cause you to draw near to Him, so that He can fill your heart with His love, His presence, His daily grace and mercy. He knows that what He will have you do next will require the love, grace, and the power that only comes from an intimate relationship with Himself.   Instead of expending your energies trying to meet your own needs and desires, pour your focus, time and attention into getting to know the character of God.   You’re going to need that knowledge and understanding of who He is, to pull you through the greatest adventure of your life!

Lately I've felt like Charlie Brown. Not that I've had an "I'm a loser attitude," but the rain cloud hasn't gone away! No matter how hard I've worked or studied, the storm cloud has poured down rain in my life. I've come home from work with cuts, bruises, and swollen feet. I've lifted countless boxes, cut myself from dull box cutters, pushed heavy loads of supplies, all to try and get thousands of products in place so that the right people can use them when the time is crucial. I've gotten up in the wee hours of the morning or stayed up til the wee hours pushing myself to get my degree. On top of that, there are people whom I believe I've needed to build into their lives. Any chance I have gotten in between, I've spent building into my life's passion and dream, KCC Coaching & Consulting, educating the world about one another. And yet, things have only gotten harder. I've grieved over dear friends who ...

With one week underway, Jody has been from Kibera slums to  Machakos (61 km from Nairobi)! Jody arrived in Nairobi Kenya after a 26 hour journey which started in Dayton, Ohio.  She barely made her connecting flight in Zurich, with only 30 minutes to spare!  All her luggage made it and she breezed through customs. Tammy & Jody after a long day in Kibera slum. American missionary, Tammy and Eva, Kenyan ministry partner and Auntie, met Jody with cab driver Benjamin to welcome her back to Kenya.  All three have been good friends with us through out our years spent in Nairobi, so despite the jetlag, it was a good reunion. Arrival at the apartment had a few unexpected surprises.  The previous guests had left the place rather untidy and so Eva and her sister graciously offered there cleaning services.  They literally scrubbed from ceiling to floor and the place is ready for our girls' to come from their village home for discipleship cl...

Hello Friends!  Jody is returning to Kenya in November and Christy will be continuing the ministry in Ohio.  Here are Jody's thoughts.... Dear friends, On November 13 th  I will be journeying back to Kenya, Africa. You may be asking, “Why now?” or “Aren’t you afraid?” I’ve received hundreds of these questions over the last two weeks. “Why now?”   It is time to continue the work. I talked to one of our precious African daughters last month.  She told me what she was learning in school and how she was growing in her faith. I have watched her and our other girls grow from struggling orphans to beautiful butterflies ready to spread their wings. My goal is to train them up in such a way that they will have confidence to teach and mentor others. They will become the women of Kenya and future leaders of the ministry. They will teach other women how to live in the joy and freedom of Christ. This trip, it will be summertime in Kenya. I will have more ...

Be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. Ephesians 6:10 In soccer, Jody and I tend to cheer for the underdogs and the U.S. was not the favored to win last’s night’s game against Ghana, the team that beat them in the last two World Cups. In the second half the cameras kept focusing on a Ghanaian fan that the announcers assumed was high. But we quickly realized he was a witch doctor in a demonic trance! Suddenly what began for us as a fun sporting match became an acute reminder that we live constantly in a Spiritual battle. The US team kept defending attack after attack and they were growing weary, something that happens with all of us in the Spiritual battle. We too grow weary, we think we are too weak to defend against the Enemy anymore and we feel like giving up. Despite suffering injuries, exhaustion, and dehydration, the U.S. team never gave up, even though their opponents were physically stronger. God really used it to show us how the Enemy often gets us to think that...

"For evil to triumph, it is enough only that good men to do nothing." -  Edmund Burke

September 21st, just three days before I was scheduled to fly back to the U.S., highly trained terrorists stormed a crowded mall in Nairobi, killing men, women, and children.  It wasn't until I returned to the U.S. and read the news, that I learned friends of mine in Nairobi had survived a horrible ordeal. I'm grateful to Phil Walton and his wife Katherine who helped me as I struggled to write a business plan one year. And it was Phil and Katherine who were the few brave ones willing to drive us single women home after Bible studies ended late at night.  I was deeply moved when I saw them share their stories on Dateline the other night.  I've posted the link to the show here, and hope you are encouraged as I was.  God reminded me that He brings hope in the midst of evil and that He hears our cries and comes to our rescue. Thanks to Phil, Katherine, and Blaise for your courage to share your stories! I know it will take awhile to recover from all this, but God ...