Kenya Adventures!

Lions, Zebras, golden trees, vibrant colors, Masaai tribe, radiant sunrises, are just a few things you will see in Kenya. You will also see crazy traffic, poverty, trash, orphans, and beggars. Yet when you look deeper at it all through spiritual eyes seeing what the Father sees, you will see palaces, treasure, gems, kings & queens.
              

                

 


 I came to Kenya with the intent to see the Kingdom of God through different lenses and therefore I did. After a few days in Kenya’s main city, Nairobi, exploring the terrain of Kenya through a safari staying in the Bush, and visiting the Massai tribe, we headed toward the Mizpah Prayer Center in Nakuru. There we were greeted with an atmosphere with continuous day & night fervent prayer & fasting. This was a culture that carried such stamina & perseverance in God’s presence. People turned their heart cries from difficulties to God petitioning Him with praises of thanksgiving. They have a mandate to pray for the nations all over the world, yet God has placed a special mandate for 2 nations… Israel & what else? NORWAY! Of all nations, why Norway? Again another place in the world God is drawing people to stand for Norway in prayer. Even on their platform they had 3 flags: Kenya, Israel, & Norway. This is so special.

 

 So here we are a team of 7 people representing different generations & different nations coming from Norway to Kenya yet each of us carrying something to be added to this culture here in Kenya also with open hearts ready to receive from Kenya. The focus the Holy Spirit laid on each of our hearts was to encourage & empower the worshippers in their identity as sons & daughters of a good Papa God. Over 25 different denominations of churches gathered at Mizpah for a week of teaching on worship. The Holy Spirit really unlocked people’s hearts to a new level of authentic worship as they explored different expressions of dance, art, songwriting, and received healing from the love of the Father. Two people were physically healed in our dance workshop without any teaching on healing. The Holy Spirit just came with healing of a fractured ankle and head ache. Amazing things happen in God’s presence.

 We had a very significant time at the end of the week releasing their unique sounds of worship. Every person on this earth carries his or her own song and each nation and culture carries a unique sound. There are 42 different tribes in Kenya. We encouraged them to write from their own sound & language using their authentic instruments as well to release the sound God has given them to for the glory of God in worship. Jesus died for that sound of worship to be released. It is easy for people to try to copy the sound of the West because that is what is popular and what we hear on the radio and television. Yet God is longing to hear the sounds of His people’s hearts from the language of their hearts that He has given them. It was beautiful to hear so many people during the week writing songs from scripture and from their heart and their language.

 It was a challenging, powerful, inspiring week in Kenya. It was great to deposit some things we brought with us there but even greater to leave with treasures that we received. I encourage everyone to check out the Mizpah Prayer Center, go visit or sow financially into what they are doing! They are an incredible example of the Kingdom through reaching out in their community with their orphanage, school, water supplies, crops, and continuous prayer with services everyday twice a day for people to come from all over Kenya! We are excited to develop more of a partnership with them & continue to invest here! Maybe you will want to join us on our next worship mission to Kenya?