i'm finally here.

hey all-
i'm writing to you from a cyber cafe in nakuru. it's pretty amazing. i can't help but notice the two ladies next to me who are enthralled by an email chain letter. apparently her cousin in ivory coast, son of a rish diamond tycoon, needs her money so that they can share his dead father's fortune. it's so weird because my cousin in ghana just had a very similar experience. i just hope he got my check.
i wish i could explain to you how amazing this trip has been thus far. the highlight thus far has definitely been meeting the boy i sponsor, gerald morito. he's seriously the coolest one there. i'm not even biased. he's the kindest sweetest kid. he just holds my hand everywhere i go. i love it. if anyone has the chance to sponsor a kid, do it. it's amazing. they just got some new boys too, so i think you can call cornerstone and set it up. do it. in other news equally as important- i just found out that ucla beat oregon. booyah.
i would also like to share with you that a miracle has happened. no not someone's life being saved, or someone being healed, those are far too easy for god. so we were teaching the kids how to play knockout, and my friend jaime decided to tell everyone that i was going to teach them how to slam dunk. for those lucky few who have had the chance to see me with my shirt off, i'm about as white as they come. i can't even touch the rim. but i thought i'd miss and at least everyone would get a laugh out of it. and that's when god, in all his infinite wisdom, decided that the best use of his unending power would be to make me fly. i threw it down. it was nothing short of amazing. now you might ask, why are you telling us this, of all things, while your're halfway across the world. because i'm self-absorbed. it's as simple as that.
seriously though--these kids. geez. they're unbelievable. i've been here for just more than 2 days and they don't stop blowing me away. it's been the most humbling experience of my ife. god is just so big. he just constantly reminds me of that-whether we're playing 7 on 7 soccer or praying with the street boys or washing dishes. he's established this little bastion of hope in the midst of abject poverty, and the contrast is astounding. ROHI and Dave and Kimberly Shields, and all the people who work here, are the very definition of a light that shines in the darkness. Pray for Dave and Kimberly, that god blesses them and encourages them. they are so selfless. life is amazing. thanks for all your prayers. keep em coming.


love you guys
---kev


ps how cool is it to serve god. his heart for the sick and the needy, the homeless and the hungry- how great is that. this sounds really dorky. i guess i can't write what i feel. meh.