July 2004: That's me at Deliverance Church in Kitale, Kenya...bathing a little street child ....the day my life was forever changed.
I listen to alot of contemporary Christian music. There was a time not too many years ago when I used to think that people who listened to Christian music were a little weird....but, funnily enough...that is mostly what I listen to now.
I love a band called Caedmon's Call. Their newest album has a song called "Two Weeks in Africa". When I heard it a month or so ago...I started to cry. It reminded me of how I went to Kenya in the summer of 2004....for just a two week trip. The difference between me and the girl in the song is that I didn't wait 7 years to go back. ....I knew right away that Kenya was going to be a big part of my life and I was back 5 months later and have been going back on a regular basis ever since. Specifically, what I knew on that first trip was that the children of Kenya would be a big part of my life. I'm going to write alot about those kids....but first...here's the song:
Two Weeks In Africa
Artist: Caedmon's Call
Johannesburg to Capetown, the plane had barely touched down.
She was taking photos for the friends back home.
This was always where she felt her heart belonged.
She was finally here,the sky was bright and clear.
(Two weeks....)And we all can feel the calling,
(Two weeks....)to make the world a little smaller.
And so a girl got on a plane,for two weeks in Africa.
Johannesburg to Houston,
she came home on a mountain.
But school was starting, things kept moving on.
Before you knew it, seven years had gone.
She found a picture of her,standing, smiling,
arms around the starving kids.
She swore not to forget,she swore not to forget...
(Two weeks....)And we all can feel the calling,
(Two weeks....)to make the world a little smaller.
And so a girl got on a plane,for two weeks in Africa.
And if we follow our dear sun to where the stars are not familiar.
Faces turn to numbers,numbers fall like manna from the sky.
Why, oh why? Oh Father, why?
One village in Malawi now has water running pure and clean.
One church alive in Kenya's full of truth and love and medicine.
We put the walls up, but Jesus keeps them standing.
He doesn't need us, but He lets us put our hands in.
So we can see,
His love is bigger than you and me.
(Two weeks....)And we all can feel the calling,
(Two weeks....)to make the world a little smaller.
And so a girl got on a plane,for two weeks in Africa.
You can hear a little clip of the song at: http://www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B000TJ6AJC001008
I love a band called Caedmon's Call. Their newest album has a song called "Two Weeks in Africa". When I heard it a month or so ago...I started to cry. It reminded me of how I went to Kenya in the summer of 2004....for just a two week trip. The difference between me and the girl in the song is that I didn't wait 7 years to go back. ....I knew right away that Kenya was going to be a big part of my life and I was back 5 months later and have been going back on a regular basis ever since. Specifically, what I knew on that first trip was that the children of Kenya would be a big part of my life. I'm going to write alot about those kids....but first...here's the song:
Two Weeks In Africa
Artist: Caedmon's Call
Johannesburg to Capetown, the plane had barely touched down.
She was taking photos for the friends back home.
This was always where she felt her heart belonged.
She was finally here,the sky was bright and clear.
(Two weeks....)And we all can feel the calling,
(Two weeks....)to make the world a little smaller.
And so a girl got on a plane,for two weeks in Africa.
Johannesburg to Houston,
she came home on a mountain.
But school was starting, things kept moving on.
Before you knew it, seven years had gone.
She found a picture of her,standing, smiling,
arms around the starving kids.
She swore not to forget,she swore not to forget...
(Two weeks....)And we all can feel the calling,
(Two weeks....)to make the world a little smaller.
And so a girl got on a plane,for two weeks in Africa.
And if we follow our dear sun to where the stars are not familiar.
Faces turn to numbers,numbers fall like manna from the sky.
Why, oh why? Oh Father, why?
One village in Malawi now has water running pure and clean.
One church alive in Kenya's full of truth and love and medicine.
We put the walls up, but Jesus keeps them standing.
He doesn't need us, but He lets us put our hands in.
So we can see,
His love is bigger than you and me.
(Two weeks....)And we all can feel the calling,
(Two weeks....)to make the world a little smaller.
And so a girl got on a plane,for two weeks in Africa.
You can hear a little clip of the song at: http://www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B000TJ6AJC001008
You know...I just love the part that says: "We put the walls up, but Jesus keeps them standing.He doesn't need us, but He lets us put our hands in. So we can see, His love is bigger than you and me. "
When you get right down to it....I guess that is why I go to Kenya...it's hard to describe to someone who has never been to Africa...but God's presence is so apparent and real. When I am there I feel like I am doing the work that I was born to do and it's pretty great. If everybody could find a similar "calling", I have to believe that this world would feel a lot different....a lot better.
Hey...check out the album http://www.amazon.com/Overdressed-Caedmons-Call/dp/B000TJ6AJC/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1201419089&sr=1-1
Even if you aren't a big fan of Christian music... I think you'll like it. And if it makes you want to go to Africa...let me know.
God Bless...
Mama O
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