Msai Land

When I was working at summer camp I went through an experience that made me certain that I was pursuing the right career. All through the weeks, the media team took pictures and videos of the different activities that camper’s experience. At the end of the week, they made two clips showing the big amount of fun that campers got to experience. I remember at the end of the very first week, when I first saw the clips, my heart was torn into two pieces. Part of my heart was really happy that all the campers had fun, while the other part of my heart grieved over all the kids in other third world countries that do not even get ¼ of this chance. This part of my heart was filled with anger, sadness and determination to step out and change something about the problem. I knew that I couldn’t start a big program like summer camp in those countries, but I knew that I could at least show the people that there is someone who cares. I knew that I couldn’t start a ropes course or go carts lessons, but I knew that I could tell them that they are valuable and that we’re all precious and equal in God’s eyes.

Today, I was part of a group who changed the lives of some people on the Msai Land which is about an hour away from the school. People who live there don’t have any access to clean water, so Maxwell academy takes a group of about 10 people staff/students and go to give them clean water once a month. Once we arrived there all the people brought their empty tanks and crowded around us. With beautiful and wide smiles they showed us their appreciation. The story does not end at this point. When all the little kids crowded around us we decided to play a little game with them. We couldn’t think of any game so we decided to just hold hands and ran in circles. You might imagine that the game was really silly. It may be in some places, but not in this village where people were acceptable and loving.  This simple game of holding hands and going around and around in circles brought the biggest smiles on those kid’s faces.  They knew and could feel that we cared and loved them.

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If I can just express how I felt! Words cannot explain the JOY I experienced during that time. Seeing those beautiful smiles on those people faces made my day. On that moment I felt that I was on cloud nine.  My heart was full of JOY I never experienced before, not even when I got an A in my Theology class! I was more sure that I went to Kenya for a reason. It felt like Jesus and all the angels in heaven were looking down and smiling at us. I felt privilege to be a part of a group that was God’s hands, feet, and even smile on the Msai Land today.