Walking Through Waiting
It’s been a while since I've had the chance to actually sit down and write - life feels like it's been moving so fast, catching up with me. Right now, my team and I are currently staying at a base beneath Mount Kilimanjaro, however every few days, we pack up and head out to camp in the middle of Maasai land. My heart feels drawn to the Maasai people, especially the children. We had the pleasure of ministering to school kids, and in just a few hours, I found myself completely in awe of their sweet hearts. One of the primary school teachers shared with me that most of these children walk around twelve kilometres every day just to get to and from school. For those of you who don’t know, that journey would take around three hours at a walking pace - every single day, under the blistering heat of the African sun. To think I used to complain about a 40-minute bus ride in middle school, you can probably imagine how quickly I was humbled. After a long, difficult walk, these children a...