hunger for the lord.

ok so the past couple weeks have been more than hectic but in all have been full of God's glory. I am so excited to share with you that the Run4Change website will be up and running by mid august and it is going to be truly amazing. The Lord has been blessing my path every step of the way and I just can't wait for yall to see the finishing touches and just see it fall together and grow.

But let me tell you all what has happened since I have gotten back from Kenya. It has been exactly a month and I just dont even know where to start. One America is busy. too busy and I feel like as Americans we overlook the meaning of living life. We get so busy looking for what we want out of life and what the next step is that we forget to breath and just live for today.

This past Sunday we went over the last parts of James chapter four and it was so inspirational.

James 4:8-10

"Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands you double-minded. Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will lift you up."

Humble yourselves and the Lord will lift you up. How great is that.

Just take a moment and realize what you have done today or this week to glorify God.

If it takes you awhile to reflect on a moment then you need to ask yourself how are you living your life. Are you living it for the Lord or for yourself?

Matthew 5:6

"Blessed are those who HUNGER and THIRST for righteousness, for they will be filled."

So I ask myself what I have done since I have gotten back since Kenya, Have I been living the life that reflects of the Lord?

I reflect over the past year and just how much I transformed. Each day is a new day for the Lord, not a new day for Jenny. Living for God with everythoing I do and every breath is such an amazing feeling.

Please take the time to remember your best friend, God, is waiting to here from you and stop being ignored.

Mungu Akubariki.

With Love,

Jenny

WOW

Ok so it has been a long time since I have posted a blog but! I promised that this blogspoit would keep going and it is going to keep on going.

I have been so busy with work and new student conferences here at A&M buyt everything has been going so well!

The Lord has been challenging me so much since I have been back and I miss everyone back in Kenya!

I am going to be launching the website for Run4Change soon so I will be keeping everyone updated! and! If you are interested in tshirts! well let me know, they are going to be $12 or $15 dollars so again I will let everyone know.

I hope everything is going well with everyone and hope you have a blessed week!

If you ever need to contact me, you know where to reach me: jenkins.jenny@yahoo.com

Thanks a bunch for everything again!!

With Love,
Jenny

up in the air.

June 12th, 2010

Saturday

So I have been up in the air and down already for about 14 hours now. Oh how traveling is an interesting thing. 9 hours before this I was in Nairobi and now I am sitting patiently in London about to board my plane to head to Houston. The Lord has blessed my travels and everything is going smoothly so far. I had a blessed Friday and got to say "see you soon" to everyone. They are all so funny. They only know their life in the village or their life in Kenya. It is hard for them to understand how far I come or how it is to come each time. I wish it could be that easy as how they think. They think so simple and have an amazing strong faith. The Lord has helped me grow this path month and He is just going to continue to grow.

I just remind myself Jeremiah 29:11. This is the verse Lisa picked for Real4Christ Minitries when they first started and I got the pleasure of seeing it everywhere in the house. The Lord reminded me everyday that He has plans for me. My purpose is to be a disciple of the Lord and I am going to do that in every moment and every step of my life. I thank all of you again who donated and support me in everything I do. The Lord has done many wonderful things for Mbewau Academy and the Kenyan people and He will still keep doing wonderful things. I hope you all stay in touch with what the Lord is doing in my life and I want to know what the Lord is doing in yours! So never forget to call me or email me jenkins.jenny@yahoo.com and just share with me about life and the Lord!

Now just because my trip is done for now that does not stop my love for mombasa so this blog will still go on. This blog is more than my love for kenya but this blog is for the Lord. I want to share with all of you what the Lord is doing in my life or what He has put on my heart.

I hope you dont forget about this blogsite and visit it every once and awhile :)

I will keep you updated on when I make it back into the states but as for now, I am safely sitting at my gate ready to be up in the air once again. Ready to see what the Lord has ahead of me.

With Love,

Jenny

last night in Mombasa.

10, June 2010

Thursday

Well tonight is my last night here in Mombasa. It is weird to think at this time tomorrow I will be in Nairobi on the way back to Texas. I have been blessed with my month here with Chris and Lisa and have met so many cool people and have made long life friends. I am excited for what the Lord brings when I get back to America and can not wait until the next time I return to Kenya.

I have learned a lot about myself and a lot of where the the Lord is leading me and wants me. I know He wants me in the mission field but as for now, I just need to always have my ears open of where He wants me to be.

SO, today was an amazing day. Chris and I went to the market this morning and what a rush that was! I literally almost got knocked out by sacks of potatoes a countless amount of times. By the end of our market trip, my reflexes were pretty fast. haha but it was so much fun! I love all the people and talking to them and getting fresh fruits and veggies! yum

After we went to the LARGEST market on the east coast, we went to Fort Jesus so I could pick up a few things from Victor and Zera shops! Zera made me homemade samosas :) she is so sweet. and! Victor gave me a necklace as a gift from them from one of the shops. It is made out of coconut shell and it is very pretty :)

They both said "you are a daughter from america!" haha they are such a nice couple.

After visiting them, we went and got some fresh chips or they call them crisps here haha and some cold drinks!

Simone and I hung around the pool while Alfred and Chris planted all these new plants and Lisa was doing different projects around the house. It was a lovely day!

We had a nice steak dinner with baked potatoes and salad. It was a nice dinner with two amazing people, Chris and Lisa! I will truly miss them, but! am so happy I got to spend an awesome month with them.

I have fallen more in love with Real4Christ, with Mbewau, with Chris and Lisa, and with Kenya in a whole. I am truly grateful for all the opportunities the Lord has given me and can not wait for what the Lord has in store next.

I will be home soon and can not wait to give each one of you a BIG hug!

With Love,

Jenny

lets change lives now.

9, June 2010

Wednesday

I love Wednesdays :) they are long and tiring but I love every minute I spend with the kids and teachers at Mtepani. Today Lisa and I stayed busy organizing. She organized her medicine cabinet and I organized the whole storage closet. I truly enjoy just spending time laughing over how scared I get when a spider pops out from behind a crayon box. ha goodtimes.

The closer Friday approaches, the more I realize how much love I have for Chris and Lisa's Ministry, Real 4 Christ. I am truly going to miss everyone here but! I know I will be back soon so! I have BIG plans when I come back to the states.

I was saying in my previous blog that the Lord has set many things on my heart and now I am going to share a little!...

It is called Run4Change and it is going to help Real4Christ Ministries.

As soon as I get home, I am going to get a team together to help me put together Run4Change.

I will start up a website describing the purpose of the program and where I feel the Lord is calling it to go. I have already heard a little of the vision Chris and Lisa have for Mtepani and their new property but I am also going to sit down with Chris and get details on each thing so this program can specifically help them develop a new church, school, soccer field, out fences around the property and so on.

I am excited and KNOW that Run4Change can be a big help financially for Real4Christ. What they are doing here is exciting and is not just helping children but the community. Real4Christ is changing thousands of lives and I believe through the Run4Change program, we can help change these lives as well.

Everyone think about it! and I know you are all thinking Run4Change, well give more details. AND I will I promise! I will keep everyone updated on when the website goes up and when things get happening.

If anyone is interested in helping with this new program, contact me :)

jenkins.jenny@yahoo.com

I hope everyone has a WONDERFUL Wednesday!

With Love,

Jenny

South Coast!

8, June 2010

Tuesday

So today we went down to south coast Kenya today!

I got to see the new land that Real4Christ Ministries is going to build on and they told me the overall vision for the 5 acres :)

I met mama who lives on the land and of course she is so so sweet!

We walked the perimeter of the land (or at least tried to, haha the grass was so long). I fell in a hole, that was fun... but I saved Lisa from falling into it so that was good!

Once we walked the land, we went and visited Perwani or Perani I am not exactly sure how you spell it but we visited the school there and the kids. AND we went to the border of Tanzania just for fun since we were right there and what not.

Once we went to south coast, we had a nice lunch and ran a few errands and headed home for the day. Tomorrow is going to be a full Wednesday as always and I have a lot I want to get done with the craft closet and with the rooms and just getting final things completely organized.

The Lord blessed us with save travels and I cannot wait to share with all of you what the Lord has put on my heart for this fall :) so stay in touch and I will keep everyone posted.

With Love,

Jenny

no goodbyes, just see you soons :)

7, June 2010

Monday

So today is my last Monday in Mombasa :(

BUT we all know I will be back so no goodbyes just see you soons.

Today was a great day as always! We hung up all the artwork the kids did in their classrooms so the classes look so adorable!

After Mtepani, we were going to eat at this floating restaurant but! of course out of all the days, it was closed on Monday haha so that did not work out so we went and had some yummy chicken instead.

We then got to walk over to the market center so we could finish ordering all the kids shoes and I got to see the one of the largest markets on the east coast so ! I told Chris, actually I insisted that me and him go thursday morning and see it when it is busy busy because it opens at 5 am - around 12ish so that will be exciting!

And then after that Lisa and I went around to a few places and I bought roasted corn and freshly made chips off the side of the road...oh how I love that about Kenya! oh and I bought a pineapple :) yummy.

and then... drumroll... we finished the monkey cage! Daisy and Lilly love it! they have been swinging on the trees we put inside of it and it is so BIG as you can see I crawled through the back door of it and hopped inside!

BUT overall it was a fabulous day and the Lord gave us great weather and much laughter :)

With Love,

Jenny

John 14:13-14

The greatest thing about being a disciple of Christ is doing the will of the Lord and bringing glory upon His name.