On October 8, our 11 member team from Acton UMC will leave to be in mission in Maua, Kenya. We go, in the name and spirit of Jesus, to offer grace and hope at the Maua Methodist Hospital and the Methodist Bio-Intensive Farm. We go with many doubts about our effectiveness to change the world; we go uncertain about what we will accomplish in our western sense of accomplishment; but most of all we go with certainty that we have been called by God and in that we place our trust. We hope to communuicate with you on a regular basis about our experiences in Kenya. We covet your prayers for our journey . . . asking that you pray specifically that God will be at work through us in a hurting world and that God will be at work in us in our growth as faithful disciples of Jesus. So that you can pray specifically for us by name, our team members are: Karen Isliker, Candy Cane, Marie Blakeney, Dawne McAlpin, Doug and Sheryl Crumrine, Tom and ReAnn McHaney, Crain Inman, Dale McCormick and Richard McCarthy. Thank you for sharing our journey with us . . . we appreciate your prayers and your comments.
"Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man, woman or child whom you may have seen, and ask yourself if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him or her. Will he or she gain anything by it? Will it restore him or her to a control over his or her own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj (freedom) for the hungry and spiritually starving millions? then you will find your doubts and your self melt away." ---Mahatma Gandhi
