I'M BACK HOME!!! I know it's a bit of a surprise but there's good reason for me not announcing my leaving on the internet. Let me give you a brief rundown of how the last few days went at AMCC.

A week from yesterday, I invited people over who have been instrumental in sustaining AMCC for fellowship to show my appreciation before I left Kenya. John's parents came along with the Mutwangu's and Daniel and his wife, Virginia, the shop-owners and even the Asst. Chief. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel couldn't make it on Sunday but came the following day. Njau (pronuounced "jow"), the butcher, couldn't make it either but sent us some me at with his brother. In the picture above John's dad is sharing some words of encouragement and wisdom to me and the children, which each person had an opportunity to do. It was one of the most encouraging times in my life and nearly the entire time I was fightin back tears. All the kids ate a hearty meal with us in the courtyard. It was an awesome day. In this picture the kids are raising their hands in response to John's question of who wants to grow up to be a doctor and help people.

The next day when Mr. and Mrs. Daniel came over, the Mutwangu's came back as well. We had a great time together eating and enjoying fellowship. I was happy to see them all hanging out together. They spoke in their vernacular because the Daniels and Mrs. Mutwangu don't speak English. Even though I couldn't understand a word, I felt at home amongst family. I enjoyed just being there and knowing that these people saw me their son and brother. They spoke more words of encouragement and thanks to me and then prayed over me. They also gave me a bunch of pure Kenyan coffee and tea to take home with me!

I was to leave on Wednesday so I made sure I got up early to see the kids off to school. This is a picture of them holding my bags and saying good-bye. Before we let them go to school I told them i wanted one more hug and for me to pray for them. The next picture is of me praying a blessing over them and asking God to continue to provide for them as He has for the past two and a half years! He is so good and faithful!

We stopped back by John's parents house, whom I now consider my parents in Kenya, to say goodbye to 'mom' and to pick up 'dad' so he could escort me to the airport along with John and Nancy. Here we are in the bus from Nairobi to the airport.

It was two and a half looonnnggg days of travel with a night in the Dubai airport, getting about 4 hours of sleep and none on the 10 hour plane ride the next day to D.C. After another four hour flight to Denver and feeling the tiredness set in, I was pleasantly surprised by my wonderfully amazing and beautiful girlfriend who flew into Denver two hours before I got there! What a welcome home! To add to the excitement of seeing the people I love and miss so much, I got to go to Bloom Church last night and see those who laid hands on me and sent me out about six months ago. Tomorrow I'm leaving for Oklahoma where I'll get to see my precious family along with so many loved ones from Grace World Outreach.

I have to admit that it feels so good to finally be home! As far as "the mission" with AMCC goes; It's really just getting started! Don't think this will be the last blog by any means. There's still a lot to be done from here so stay tuned! And THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH for reading this and for caring and praying with us as the Lord continues to bring the Kingdom!