A friend and I recently thought we should change the old adage, "It isn't good; it isn't bad; it's just different." to "It isn't good; it isn't bad; it's just hard." when describing Kenya. This only slightly references living outside... Continue Reading →
Every traveler has this experience, even when the journey is not geographical. You come to an event so far outside your comfort zone, so different from what you've known the world to be, that the very color of the sky... Continue Reading →
I've spent the week in Nairobi for work. I've gained five pounds (because of the good food), taken long showers (because the pressure is more than a medium trickle), and restarted my interval training (because the hills aren't strewn with... Continue Reading →
Maybe this is a new bit of Elaine trivia for you: If I’m stressed out, I loose my keys. It’s my “tell”. I might appear cool, calm, and collected on the surface, but if I’ve lost my keys— I’ve lost... Continue Reading →
I'm just the one who can go. There was a time in my life that I thought I had to fix everything. That was my job, and purpose. It is what gave me self worth--or took it away. Being a... Continue Reading →
I can't believe my one month vision trip to Kenya is almost over. 90% of me wishes that I was staying. That I could buy the car and set up the house and just start the business of living in... Continue Reading →
I'm back on a porch, a back porch this time, reconnecting with my roots. My roots are humid... I'm coming to the end of a transitional week in my home state of Arkansas. I've sold my home, finished the school... Continue Reading →
I'm slowly transitioning into intentional fundraising. I've actually paid a company to train me on how to best go about raising support. The goal is to gather the partners God is calling into ministry with me for monthly, ongoing, foundation,... Continue Reading →
I'm inching ever closer to having my feet firmly in two worlds: America and Kenya. This weekend, a good majority of my worldly possessions were shipped to Arkansas for safe keeping, sold or donated. I'm sleeping the last week in... Continue Reading →
The Africa Season 