Category: Upendo Ministries
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Six Years Later: A Journey of Love in Kenya

Six years ago, a ten-year-old girl in fifth grade traveled to Kenya with her family. It was her first time outside of North America, and she was beyond excited to visit Huruma Dolor Orphanage. Yes, that girl is me. 🙂 It’s incredible to think that six years have passed. In…
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Separation and Connection

August was a month of both challenge and connection. Dad embarked on a his trip to Kenya and Tanzania for a church meeting, a trip that would last for two weeks. It’s been over a year since I visited the orphanage that holds a special place in my heart. As…
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Faith Amidst Trials

Days will come when we question what is going on. The world is spinning around me, but I feel as though I am stagnant amidst the flowing waters around me. The dark nights continue to pass me by. I then am reminded: Jesus didn’t spare Daniel from the lions’ den,…
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Hills and Valleys

After seven months of continual pain, with only three minutes pain free, I “Reached Out” and touched the hem of Jesus’ garment, and He took away all pain for 22 hours! I was so thankful to be in Oregon/Washington when this miracle took place, because I was able to have…
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Intercession for the Nations

As Christians, it is important for us to learn about and pray for our brothers and sisters in Christ who live in other nations. The Bible teaches us the importance of unity and support within the body of Christ, regardless of geographical boundaries. In Romans 12:5, the apostle Paul writes,…
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Beautiful Chaos

These people are beautiful!! The day began with us meeting the other helpers at the storage hall. They loaded the big truck with all of the PCB gift items. When they were loading the flour, they created a line of people and created a chain. It ended in throwing the…
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Salaams in Pakistan

Thick fog, cool breezes, and smokey air as we waited for our Pakistani brothers to pick us up at the airport. They arrived two hours after we had landed at 5am. I was filled with excitment when Bro. Hasroon, Bro. Haroon, and Joshua approached our group. I had finally made…
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The Bible Project

My birthday gift that I requested from my friends and family this year was funds to buy Bibles and cases for the college students sponsored by Huruma Dolor. My wishes and prayers were blown away by nearly $1,900 coming in! Not only was I able to purchase Bibles and cases…
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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…
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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…