Adventures come in all shapes and forms. Some are grand and epic, about which books are written and tales told. Others happen in the imagination of a child and only require space to play and to dream. But, no matter what kind of adventure, the common element is separation. Separation from the normal, everyday, run-of-the-mill happenings of life, and diving into a new reality is how all adventures begin.
The journey began for our Faith and Community team back in November 2009. Several of us with connections to CTC gathered at Mozart’s Coffee Shop in Austin, Texas to talk about coming together as a team to travel to Kenya and experience for ourselves what Zane had been telling us about for years.
At that first meeting we decided we did not want to focus on a particular project or element of CTC, we wanted to focus on relationship. A common belief that all people are created in the image of God drew us together, and a common experience of the power of community brought us to Kenya. Relationship.
Money was raised (easier than most people think), bags packed, tears shed, and 24 plane-airport-taxi hours later we were in Nairobi!
The excitement of our arrival temporarily overcame any notion of jetlag (an 8 hour time difference). As I drifted in and out of sleep that first night, I was startled awake by the sound of two monkeys arguing (how can you tell?) in a tree outside my window. Yep, we are in Kenya!
The next morning we headed north out of the city toward the town of Maai Mahiu. As the road swung to the right on the edge of the Rift Escarpment the whole beautiful, amazing, Rift Valley opened before us. Its scale defies description. Beth, Sandy, Sam, Judy, Lysle, Emily, I let out a collective, “Wow.” Definitely a new reality! Separation.
Peace,
Ken
Note: The Faith and Community team has completed its trip to Kenya. This journal entry and the ones to follow document a piece of our experience.
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