so three days left...yep in three days i'll be on a plane headed for Africa.

yeah i can believe it.

things are crazy busy. i haven't started packing...i may be moving out of my apt...gotta get grown up stuff situated...but in it all one constant remains....my faithful Father who loves me and is holding me up with His righteous right hand.

i love experiencing the goodness of the Lord...what i need to remember, however, is this goodness when times get testing, when it gets a little hard. it's easy to be goofy happy now because all of this fantastic blessings are coming my way (money for africa, new car) but i can bet the enemy has some snares set up somewhere.

i'm not naive anymore...he's always seeking to devour me...oh but He that is within me is so much greater.

so i'll remember. i will remember the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.

i'm thinking of my babies...yes they are my babies now, the ones in africa. i have been interceding for them and their families, for their futures, for their present. they have permanent indentions on my heart.

they will become what the Lord has meant for them to be...they are his sons and daughters and deserve the inheritance of the King.

they will be the head and not the tail...they will lend and not borrow..their seeds will not beg for bread. they are a chosen generation and a royal priesthood. they are His own. they are His very heart.

believe it...for it is truth

bless the Lord at all times.

i will bless the Lord.

being His hope,
keta

my Faithful

It is absolutley amazing how faithful the Father has been to me...but then again one of His names is Faithful so it should be no surprise
It's amazing how i forget...numerous times He has said to me "Beloved, i will take care of you" and yet over and over i would try to do things for myself

This time was different, raising support i mean. it was hard and stressful but a blessing as well. i drew into Him more, I completely leaned on Him as my Tower, my Provider...and though i had moments of leaning on my own understanding....i always returned

Just when i wasn't expecting it, and when i was say "Lord i give it to you" (for the thousandth time it seemed) He provided....above and beyond...exceeding and abundantly far above all I could ask or think.

I'm leaving for Mozambique in 6 days....i'm gonna start living out my passion in six days, living my purpose in six days. though when i think about it...i guess i kinda have been living it out already. praying for those children, dreaming big, casting the vision...i've be living it out in my heart, in my mind.
in six days i get to start the reality of it.

six days. six days? six days!!!!!!

Bless the Lord....i bless the Lord.

So in about 2 weeks i'll be headed to Mozambique...i cannot explain my emotions. Right now my heart is anticipating....it's ready to be where it belongs.

When you know your purpose, when you are aware of your passion...nothing else can satisfy. nothing else will satisfy me...being there is all that i need.

Headed back to Africa...

Well everyone it's that time again, my most favorite time of the year.....I'm going back to Mozambique!!! (YAY...does a little dance)

This time I get to stay for 2 months...yes 2 months, which means i get to invest more time with some amazing little boys and girls, and amazing adults as well :)

My plan is to go back and volunteer at the School for Orphans and Vulnerable Children. Whatever they need me to do I will be at their beck and call, whether it be teaching some English or cleaning out the goat pens....i'm game for anything.

My heart is to eventually be there for aout 2 years and possibly establishing a long term English teaching program at the school. My long long long term goal is to open up an arts center.

I know, I know...you're thinking 'why do they need an arts center...isn't food, health and shelter more important?'

Yes. those things are way more important...they are essential.

So let me start by saying this...first and foremost I want to see their physicla tangible needs met. i hope by conjoining with the missionaries I will be working with, that we can do that. Believe me that is my top priority

But i want to open an arts center because i want these children to have to to be just that children. You see by the time they are old enough to take care of a little one or do some sort of labor they are put to work (the age is usuall about 5 yrs old)

So they don't have time to explore whether or not they like to draw or build, whether or not they do pretty well in science, do they like to write poetry or songs.

Each one of those children have a talent. They are architects, designers, singers, teachers, doctors and so much more. I want them to have to opportunity to bring out those gifts and talents that God has given them. I don't want them to be buried any longer because of the circumstances and seeming hopelessness that surrounds these little ones.

There is hope.


They don't have to walk in the path of poverty or sickness like their parents and grandparents have.

They can be prosperous. They can build up ther community. They do not have to settle.

They can be what God has called them to be.

That is my heart.

Guilty....

I admit i am a bad blogger...i mean it's not that i don't want to, it's just that life is crazy busy. i have been a bit tired lately with running around with little ones all day. but i absolutely love my new job...those babies are my heart!

in other news..i recently reopened my etsy, which i'm pretty amped about. i have some new things, creativity is being unleashed...so we'll see how that goes

in other other news: i'm headed back to Mozambique, Africa at the end of May. Oh my how excited I am!!! I can't wait to see the children at the school in their new uniforms we purchased for them! I can't wait to love on them for two whole months!!!!!! I'm raising support to go and i know Jehovah Jireh never fails. I am so pumped...this summer is going to be amazing!

so that's all for now, i should be in bed...but i'm still an18 year old college freshman at heart, who thinks she can stay up until 3 in the morning and still function properly (not so) i'm a 25 year old preschool teacher who needs here beauty rest/refreshing, restoring energy to do it all again tomorrow rest

Good night and God bless to you all
keta

I'm baaaack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What an amazing time of ministry we had!!!!!!!!!! It was so great, but it was hard as well. Seeing so much poverty and feeling helpless. But spending a day at a preschool or in a squatter camp and showing love to a few people...telling one little girl she's special and she can grow up to be a ballerina...those things..those seemingly "little" things are tremendous to those people. I was humbled and grateful to be an extension of the love of Jesus.

here are some snaps from Africa... (those beautiful babies... i miss them so!!!!)

this is a squatter camp: (I'll put more up later)

Why is packing so hard?

I need to pack. I leave in 2 days and I don't even have a list made of what I need. Geez..i'm such a procrastinator. It's just that packing can be somewhat overwhelming. Especially when you're going to a foreign country for one month! One month!


Instead of packing I sew...it relaxes me :) This is what I made today:
















do you think it's pretty?

Look at me instead of writing this I should be packing...and yet...i am still writing.

In the words of Ellen "Procrastinate now!"