Upendo Ministries

  • Upendo Ministries

    Upendo Ministries

    Upendo Ministries started out as a dream. In February of 2019, I had the privilege of visiting Huruma Dolor Orphanage, in Stellah, Kenya, and that was the beginning of so much more… Read more

  • Coming to an End

    Coming to an End

    Today was a mixture of emotions. Going to Maasai Mara with my friends was so much fun but having to say goodbye in the same day was equally hard. This morning we left around 6:30 and had a three-hour drive. We took two vehicles the school van and Timothy Boiye’s van. I went in the… Read more

  • New Eyes

    New Eyes

    It kind of changes things when you go to the place you are going to call home at some point in the future. Medida was different this time. I had new eyes, and I was absorbing the environment as much as possible. The smells, the scenery, and most of all, the people. Seeing old friends… Read more

  • Asante Bwana

    Asante Bwana

    I am feeling so extremely blessed. God has shown me His plan, and I can truly say that it is so much better than any plan that I could’ve thought or dreamed of.❤️ The fact that I’m fourteen and on my fourth trip to Kenya, is no coincidence. It is most definitely the Lord’s providence.… Read more

  • Feeling Blessed

    Feeling Blessed

    Today was so amazing! We left the hotel in Nairobi at 7:30am to meet mom at the airport. (She got her lost bag.) Our taxi driver was so funny! We got to the airport and we met a Kenyan man and an American woman with two children. Come to find out, she was originally from… Read more

  • There is a Peace

    There is a Peace

    I am here! I am in Kenya!!😍 We kind of had a rough get-going, but it just matters that we’re here now! Our flight to Amsterdam from Salt Lake City was delayed four hours so we ended up having a ten hour layover there. We got to Amsterdam and met Aunt Julie at our gate.… Read more