Brittany Inman is at home in Washington during the summer break, so last week I emailed her some questions about her upcoming trip. Here are her responses:1. What city/country will you be in?
I will be in Eldoret, Kenya (see map below)
2. What dates do you leave/return?
I leave the 28th of June from Portland and I return around July 14th.
3. Are you going with an organization? How many are in your group?
I am traveling with Open Arms International. I'm not sure the exact number in my group, I know some from the UK are meeting us in London during a plane change.
4. Can we reach you by email while you are gone?
I don't think I will be able to reply to emails. I'm not really sure what to expect internet-wise, but I do know that one person who lives in Eldoret is responsible to send updates to friends and families. I was allowed three email addresses to include so I included Dewey as one of the three contacts, and he is more than welcome to forward any updates he receives to people that are interested.
5. In just a sentence or two, what will you be doing there?
I will be working some of the time at a village that the organization has built for Orphans, particularly whose parents died from AIDS. The other part of the time I will be traveling with a medical clinic in the slums, providing prayer and Children's ministry, most likely to the children waiting to be seen by the doctors. : )
6. Do you have any prayer requests you'd like the church to know about?
When I heard about this trip I felt God pushing me to go, and for the first time in my life I felt God speaking to me fairly clearly. Now at times, I feel that I am unprepared, or not good enough to be a messenger of God to these people. I am trying to get closer to God before I go, but I have found myself distracted with work and with preparation for this trip (packing wise, not spiritually). I really want to do what God wants me to do while I am in Kenya, but I am afraid that I will be scared or not know what to do. Also I know that what I am going to see during parts of my trip is going to make my heart ache and I want God to help me deal with that, I want to be able to push my feelings aside and really throw myself into this work so I don't come home regretful because I could have done more. The organization people also suggested that I request prayers for adjusting back to life in the US after having seem so much poverty/suffering and hopefully amazing miracles : ). One last thing that I am worried about is not being about to give food/money to the people there; we are instructed not to do that, but that many people who need so much will ask, I know that I will have trouble with this : (
Be sure to pray for Brittany as she leaves this Saturday. If you are a student of world events, you may know that there has been a lot of violence in Kenya the last few months over a dubious presidential election, so pray for her safety as well. I'll try to update you if I hear any news from the field!
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