Since I have come back from Kenya/Uganda, adjusting has been hard at times, especially when I am trying to explain my trip to others. I've missed Kenya and Uganda every day since being back - so many things remind me of my trip and of the people there who taught me so much. Being home has definitely been good - seeing my family and friends, starting up classes again, learning about planes and spaceships that Ive only been able to dream about my whole life. But I will never be the same after living in Kenya and Uganda, and I now see a lot of things in a whole new way. Its been exciting to meet all of the MIT freshman from Africa, and to bond with all of the Africans here about how we miss ugali and African Time and how contrary to popular belief there isn't lions walking around in the streets. I even joined the African Student's Association here at MIT, and have gotten to practice my Swahili and Luganda with some of my friends/old roommate from Kenya and Uganda. I've been praying that God will give me the opportunity to go back very soon, and fully trusting in Him that He will answer that prayer. Thank you all for joining me in this journey and reading my long posts! I hope you all get a chance to go to Africa someday :)
Because God is just too crazy, He has laid on my heart another adventure for me to partake in! My church is running a mission trip to the Dominican Republic for college-aged students in January, and today I have decided to go on it. I had originally signed up before I left for Kenya, but since coming back, I really didn't want to go. Partly because my heart is still in Africa, but also because I havn't been trusting that God would provide the funds for me to go. One of my friends and someone who I look up to a lot challenged me as I was praying about whether to pull out of the trip, "Do you not believe that God can provide the money for you?". Honestly, I wasn't trusting that God would provide...the amount is simply too much. But doesn't the Bible say over and over that our God is Jehovah Jireh, the God who provides? And haven't I seen Him provide for me over and over - money for MIT, the opportunity to go to Kenya, multiple part-time jobs, admission into MIT, health, safety, a supportive friend group etc?
So after a few weeks of wrestling with this, I have decided to take a leap of faith and send in my application for the trip. If I am meant to be there, God will provide through whatever means He wants. I am going to trust in Him that in the next month He will bring in all of the funds I need within the next month!
For more info on the trip:
I will be going with about 20 other college students and adult leaders. We are partnering with an organization called TIME Ministries that has a year-round presence on the island. Our group will be building a chapel (that will be used as a school during the week) and teaching English to college-aged students, while sharing the Gospel with the people we interact with. I went to the DR with the same organization two summers ago, so I am excited to be able to use the skills I learned while I was there and to see the local people who I established relationships with again.
I would love it if you would please pray that God would prepare my heart and mind to work as hard as I can for him while I am there, and that He would allow me to interact with people who need to hear of the love and joy that can only come from Jesus. Pray that I will continue to trust in Him before and during this trip, and that He will provide all I need to go with a servant’s heart. Please pray that I raise all of the support I need, and that I will stop doubting that God can do it, and that He is in control.
In addition to praying for me, I also want to give you the opportunity to support me financially with any amount, small or large. The cost of my trip is $1600, and any contribution you can make really does make a difference. You can make checks payable to Lyndsy Muri (preferably sent by October 5th), and sent to: 362 Memorial Dr., Cambridge, MA 02139
I thank God for any support you are able to give and will be praying for you. Every donation I get will help me to trust that God is able, and that He will provide for me!
Thank you for reading this, for praying for me, and for giving anything you can to make this trip possible. God has been doing crazy things in my life through this past summer and I can't wait to see Him continue to move in my life as I trust Him with this trip and see Him work through me in the DR!
Love,
Lyndsy
Because God is just too crazy, He has laid on my heart another adventure for me to partake in! My church is running a mission trip to the Dominican Republic for college-aged students in January, and today I have decided to go on it. I had originally signed up before I left for Kenya, but since coming back, I really didn't want to go. Partly because my heart is still in Africa, but also because I havn't been trusting that God would provide the funds for me to go. One of my friends and someone who I look up to a lot challenged me as I was praying about whether to pull out of the trip, "Do you not believe that God can provide the money for you?". Honestly, I wasn't trusting that God would provide...the amount is simply too much. But doesn't the Bible say over and over that our God is Jehovah Jireh, the God who provides? And haven't I seen Him provide for me over and over - money for MIT, the opportunity to go to Kenya, multiple part-time jobs, admission into MIT, health, safety, a supportive friend group etc?
So after a few weeks of wrestling with this, I have decided to take a leap of faith and send in my application for the trip. If I am meant to be there, God will provide through whatever means He wants. I am going to trust in Him that in the next month He will bring in all of the funds I need within the next month!
For more info on the trip:
I will be going with about 20 other college students and adult leaders. We are partnering with an organization called TIME Ministries that has a year-round presence on the island. Our group will be building a chapel (that will be used as a school during the week) and teaching English to college-aged students, while sharing the Gospel with the people we interact with. I went to the DR with the same organization two summers ago, so I am excited to be able to use the skills I learned while I was there and to see the local people who I established relationships with again.
I would love it if you would please pray that God would prepare my heart and mind to work as hard as I can for him while I am there, and that He would allow me to interact with people who need to hear of the love and joy that can only come from Jesus. Pray that I will continue to trust in Him before and during this trip, and that He will provide all I need to go with a servant’s heart. Please pray that I raise all of the support I need, and that I will stop doubting that God can do it, and that He is in control.
In addition to praying for me, I also want to give you the opportunity to support me financially with any amount, small or large. The cost of my trip is $1600, and any contribution you can make really does make a difference. You can make checks payable to Lyndsy Muri (preferably sent by October 5th), and sent to: 362 Memorial Dr., Cambridge, MA 02139
I thank God for any support you are able to give and will be praying for you. Every donation I get will help me to trust that God is able, and that He will provide for me!
Thank you for reading this, for praying for me, and for giving anything you can to make this trip possible. God has been doing crazy things in my life through this past summer and I can't wait to see Him continue to move in my life as I trust Him with this trip and see Him work through me in the DR!
Love,
Lyndsy
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| My group after finishing the chapel we built in July 2011. |
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| Sitting on top of the roof after hammering all of the panels in. |
For “Everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved.” But how can they call on
him to save them unless they believe in him? And how can they believe in him if they
have never heard about him? And how can they hear about him unless someone tells
them? And how will anyone go and tell them without being sent? That is why the
Scriptures say, “How beautiful are the feet of messengers who bring good news!”
Romans 10:13-‐15
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