Art in the Park

You just never know who you will meet. While browsing around at the annual "Art in the Park", we happened into one photography booth. While looking around, I spotted a sign saying that proceeds would go towards a trip to Ethiopia in one month (but the month was striken, and above it was "week"). We made inquiries and learned that the couple (John's, I think that is his name, is in the picture on the flight to Kisumu) were going with a group from their church, First Baptist Church North Kansas City. They had an interesting story. They had a Kenyan women in their small group and so they planned a short term medical mission trip to Kenya. They contacted the denominational mission board and were told that their trip didn't fit what they did. Undaunted, they planned the trip any way on their own. This year they are going to Ethiopia, again planning the whole trip. We shared that we were going to Kenya and were partnering with Buckner. They seemed impressed and would look up the Buckner website that we gave them. We came away thankful for the Buckner organization and the opportunity to share what Buckner is doing in helping out in short term missions.