Open doors

When you open a door, how do you keep it open? That was the focus of today's message at Africa Transformation Mission church. If you open a door it is your responsibility to keep it open, but if God opens a door, it is His responsibility to keep it open. As long as He's is holding that door open He can bless you fully with whatever miracle is on the other side. The point being, don't try to help God with His miracles, just wait for Him to open the door so that you don't have to worry about keeping the door open while the miracle passes you by.

This message really made me think about our trip here to Kenya. Last fall we all started to pray for an opportunity to serve God's people this summer with the few medical skills we have learned in the past year. When this opportunity presented itself we weren't sure it was going to work. Along the way our plans for the trip have changed, but God has continued to provide. God has really opened this door and many others along the way so that we may serve our family here in Kenya. Worshiping with the Africa Transformation Mission church this morning was another door that just gave us a brief glimpse of how much love these people have for Christ. The service was long, lasting about 3.5 hours and with a lot of music. Never before have I danced in a conga line during a church service, nor have I ever been in a group of people that are so passionate about worshiping God. Some music was English, some Swahili and some Nigerian, but everyone was worshiping the same God that blesses us all. It was so amazing to be able to share in that time with many of our new friends.

Today was a great day to get refocused on why we are here and what God wants us to do. I feel as though we are ready to move on with the week ahead and run through any doors that God opens for us with smiles on our faces, hearts ready to love, and hands & feet ready to serve.

-Samantha

P.S. if you want to know more about the church we visited go to:  http://africatransformationmission.blogspot.com/