An Invitation into the Unknown

Day 8 –

We found out our assignments and assignment partners before dinner that next day. Brian and the rest of the leaders had been praying and observing that whole week on where to send us and with whom. He brought a big map of Kenya and tapped it to the front, described the nature of the assignment and the host family, and then gave us the two names of the students assigned there. I was nervous but so curious to find out! Though, some of the assignments described didn’t appeal to me at all (they usually had preaching in the mix) and I hoped that my name wouldn’t be called. However, I would have gone with a willing heart because I knew that God’s hand was in any situation. I was hoping for a rural area and something to do with children and not much preaching. Then this ministry on the coast in Kwale, Kenya, was described and my name was called along with Bea’s – both of us were nervous and couldn’t remember much about the assignment itself (other than: we would help in a school and something about Muslims). I was glad I was her partner. We had been placed in a lot of smaller groups together during the week and I liked her a lot. I knew God wanted me in Kwale and with Bea.
We would be commissioned the next day and then leave for our assignments the day after that.