Babies crying.
Kids playing (I mean screaming), as they run back and forth right in front of the center.
A drunk pregnant lady stumbles in uninvited, demanding counseling services (which we politely decline for those who are not sober).
The loud bass from our neighbor’s music blasts in the background.
The clanking of dishes from our other neighbor makes piercing noises as water makes its way into the room where our counselor is meeting with clients.
There I was. . . .once again. . . in church. Physically present. But wrestling. With my monkey mind. Wondering if my life had purpose. Disappointments and defeats flooding my sensitive soul.
And then I looked up and saw Elijah, one of our BEAM Kenya scholarship students, standing in front of the church. . .
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In 2012, I went to Kenya for the first time for one month assuming I would get the “volunteer in Africa” bug out of my system and move on with my comfortable life. I helped with a public health survey in a slum and that experience turned my life upside down one slow day at a time. Learn more about Humbled Warrior…
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